Doug-

We are the lucky owners of a very original 64 Mercury Comet Cyclone with only 74,000 miles. The car was originally sold in Santa Barbara, California where it spent nearly all of its pampered life. We are the third owners, and have the original registration papers and owners manual. The paint (Carnival red) and chrome are original, and the car even had the original radiator and voltage regulator! The interior has been tastefully redone in white vinyl and the carpet replaced with red tweed. The engine is the 221H.P. 289 5 bolt bellhousing "K" code 4 barrel with a C-4 automatic transmission. The car has power brakes, which has just been replaced while the engine was out of the vehicle for a fuel injected transplant and AOD automatic overdrive trans by Terry at Chatsworth Transmission. Falcon "K" replacement exhaust manifolds (Dearborn Classics) will be used along with a Canton 8 quart "T" style oil pan and Art Carr deep aluminum transmission pan. We will be adding air conditioning, so a 71 Mustang "cross flow" radiator will be used, since we live in the high desert and I can’t stand to have an car that runs hot! We will also be using a shortened aluminum driveshaft to connect to the existing 8 inch rear with the original 3.25 gearset. The donor 5.0 V8 engine came out of a 90 Lincoln Mk 7 and had only 8900 miles on it. We will be using a "mass air" Mustang sequential port fuel injected system with a 65 mm throttle body and a custom upper intake that will not require cutting the factory shock tower to brace. We will be using a frame mounted high pressure fuel pump to feed the modern engine, while using the drain plug hole to return the unused fuel. We expect to get 26 MPG on the highway with the engine remaining in "stock" configuration, other than the throttle body and 1.7 ratio roller rockers. This is possible due to the .67 transmission overdrive ratio and efficient fuel injected engine. Our plan is to have it finished within the next few weeks so that we can take it to the Knotts Berry Farm all Ford show on April 9^th. This week Mustang & Fords magazine shot the car, and engine conversion story for an upcoming issue. We will soon be doing a feature on a new Flaming River steering box replacement for the same magazine. This is the premiere magazine for "Restomod" Ford products cars, and they will also be covering our own 67 Fairlane "Project Car" throughout the year 2000.