Talladega 4 sale on EBAY

[jonw29]

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This seems to be a very nice car.3rd owner.

[tan top]

the more  see these Talladega's & cyclones  the more i  like  them ,       nice original  car  . don't know much about these cars  ,   could you get the  BOSS 429 semi hemi  or what ever it is called  ,   factory fitted  in these cars ?

[Ghoste]

Nope, Boss 429 was a Mustang engine only.  It's a Ford marketing decision that I always found puzzling.

[jonw29]

Ghoste.I agree.If my car had the b9 engine and a 4 spd.There is no way you could get me out of it.It would pass everthing but a gas station.

[jonw29]

If I were born rich instead of good looking I would buy it myself.

[Ghoste]

Not to forget that besides excluding it from a car they were using it in for competition, but it would have been a LOT less work to put it in there.  Not that an FE leaves gobs and gobs of room underhood.  Changing plugs or adding headers is major bit of work for you Ford folks.

[tan top]

Nope, Boss 429 was a Mustang engine only.  It's a Ford marketing decision that I always found puzzling.

                 thanks for the info ( Ghoste )
                  not trying to start  any thing here but  how & why was ford / mercury  allowed  to run them motors in the grand national  stock car series   ,    if they  were not factory fitted   

[Ghoste]

NASCAR rules only stated that it had to be available to the public, they didn't say it had to be sold as such in the body style you intended to run.

[tan top]

 

NASCAR rules only stated that it had to be available to the public, they didn't say it had to be sold as such in the body style you intended to run.

thanks (ghoste)  for the infomation 

[Ghoste]

And aren't we all glad that Chrysler didn't pursue a similar strategy?

[dads_69]

My dad had a '70 Mercury Cyclone. 429 4 speed CJ. Even he said it didn't compare to his '68 Hemi Charger. But it did do good burnouts, thats about it.
Mark

[Charger_Fan]

Wow, that thing's got less that 50K original miles? 

Wish I could afford it too.

[Aero426]

If the Talladega and Spoiler II's were available with the Boss Nine and 4-speeds,  I'd venture to say they would be a whole lot more un-affordable today.    It's really too bad they were not offered in the same configuration as they raced.

[jonw29]

Doug you could be right.I guess we should be thankful.I surely would not be able to afford it if it were configured the other way.

[Drache]

You could also get the Cobra Jet engine in them....f

[69_500]

I've always wondered why the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II's didn't even have a big block in them from the factory. Weren't they all 351 cars?

If they Talladega had been offered with a Boss 429 it would probably be the most sought after FORD produced.

[Ghoste]

Hey Jon, do the Spoiler II crowd ever get into big debates about the whole Easo ro West of the Mississippi thing?  Isn't there some sort of controversy with that?

[jonw29]

I don't think so.To my knowledge,the Dan Gurney cars were supposed to be west of the Mississippi.The Cale Y. were to be sold east of the Miss,but I think Cale's were sold in the west and Gurney's in the East.

[Aero426]

The whole Spoiler II east/west thing is an urban legend.    I've heard the story, but both cars were distributed nationally.

[69_500]

I was going to say, I thought they were pretty well evenly dispersed across the country. Then again I'm not a Mercury guy so I don't know all the details.