dual-quad-topped “Super Cyclone” 427 V-8; the muscular 427s came with the four-speed and gave credence to Mercury’s now-cringeworthy 1967 marketing slogan, “The Man’s Car.” This year ...

T he golden era of American muscle cars—from the mid-1960s through the early 1970s—was filled with high-horsepower beasts ...

The late great comedian Rodney Dangerfield made a long career out of the fact that he never “got no respect” and if he was a muscle car, he would have been the Mercury Comet Cyclone.

gave the 1965 Cyclone 271 hp and 312 lb-ft (423 Nm), turning it into a genuine muscle car. Like the standard 289, the HiPo was linked to a four-speed Toploader manual, but while the legendary ...

For the 1967 model year, the Lincoln-Mercury Division went with a "Mercury, the Man's Car" theme. Here's a magazine advertisement for the 1967 Cyclone, a sporty two-door derived from the Ford ...

A two-speed rear axle doubles the Hydramatic ... concern for a 52-year-old heirloom lumbering about. The Cyclone is a real car and can be driven like any Eisenhower/JFK-era Caddy.