Tag: Mercury
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Forget AMG, here’s a REAL S-55
If you like the Mercury S-55 we featured back in August, but thought the price was too high, this could be just the ticket. This one appears to need significantly more work, but can be had for $10K less. The question is whether you can get it to good condition for that much. Regardless, these…
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Yet another Fox-body Capri – this one a Turbo!
We’re at risk of being called a Fox Capri site at this point, but we’ve had such good ones come along recently that we have to keep posting them. On December 15, we posted a 1985 V8 Capri GS and on Christmas Eve, we posted a 1985 ASC McLaren Capri convertible. Today, we have another rare beast:…
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Quickie: Mercury Marauder X100!
Just a few weeks ago, we featured one of these big block beasts – something we’d never before heard of. Now there’s one ending soon on eBay. Condition does not compare with our previous feature, but this looks like an ‘all there’ and very original car. There is a reserve, but at least we’ll see…
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ASC McLaren before the Mustang
Most auto enthusiasts are aware of the ASC McLaren Mustangs built for the 1987 through 1990 model years. Those were notable for their raked windscreens and two-seater configuration. Still, many scratched their heads at the cars, as a convertible was readily available from Ford. Not so many enthusiasts know that ASC first worked their convertible…
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Unusual find: Mercury Meteor
The Mercury was the stablemate to the Ford Fairlane at one time. We don’t see these often, much less with a clutch pedal. This one is intriguing with its built 302, 4-speed manual and cool color combo. The owner rightly points out that factory 4-speed cars are rare, but the engine swap (the 302 launched…
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A 1985 Mustang GT is just too normal for you, eh?
How about a same-year Mercury Capri GS? This has the same four-barrel carb, tubular exhaust manifolds and red interior piping that made the ’85 GT so cool, but with added obscurity and a strange bubble window in the hatchback. We think this one is almost a bargain at the asking price, assuming the condition really…
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Have you ever seen a Mercury Marauder X100?
Marauder has meant different things over time at Mercury, but it has always been associated with performance, whether a whole car or an engine name. For 1969 and 1970, it stood alone as its own model and meant full-size personal luxury with the X100 version sitting on top and offering the biggest engines available. The…
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Sporty Capri
If you thought cool Fox Bodies were limited only to Mustang’s you might reconsider with this sighting. Voted as one of the best accessories to ever come with a car, the seller states that this ASC McLaren still has the original factory installed radar detector that still works! How’s that for an integrated wiring solution?…
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A Mercury truck, but not what you think
Here we have the pickup version of the Scooby-Doo era Ford Econoline van, but this one has a twist. This is the Mercury version, sold only in Canada. Mercury trucks come up from time to time, but the US ones were older than this. We like this generation of Ford truck, and the Mercury badging…
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There’s nothing like a Cougar that blows
Here we have the uber-rare and questionably desirable Mercury equivalent to the Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, complete with 5-speed manual transmission. Yes, this was a factory configuration, at least for a few years. The turbo powertrain was phased out of the Mercury lineup after the 1986 model year, even though the 1987-1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupes received…