Re: What's New for 1968
 

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8241/sr6806002.jpg

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7062/mt6711053.jpg

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/3386/mt6711054.jpg

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7898/cl6712034.jpg

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/999/cl6804024.jpg

M68

Re: What's New for 1968
 

1968 Mercury Cyclone Sales promo material.

Re: What's New for 1968
 

M68, I still remember seeing the first '68 Corvette Stingray and was amazed by it's new sexy looking body lines...this was the car that almost converted me. :eek:

Re: What's New for 1968
 

This (then) 10-year-old lad remembers too way back in 1968 when I first set my eyes upon a Stingray. :) My first love (to this day) was the re-styled 1968 B-body Mopars (on thru 1970), especially Plymouth's Road Runner.

M68

Re: What's New for 1968
 

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/2083/mt6710029.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7797/mt6710030.jpg

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7581/mt6710031.jpg

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/8462/mt6710032.jpg

M68

Re: What's New for 1968
 

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3951/mt6710033.jpg

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5176/mt6710034.jpg http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6991/mt6710035.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9787/mt6710036.jpg

I'll take a 4-speed Coronet R/T with the 426 HEMI option.

M68 :)

P.S. I just noticed: check out the standard 4-blade fan on the 426 Hemi engine in the picture. :)

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M68...sort of like this one.

http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

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http://classracer.com/classforum/att...8&d=1334717596

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...9&d=1334717596

Steve, I've always liked the looks of the Cyclone fastbacks...but I don't think I ever remember seeing a Cyclone hardtop...what engine choices were there.

Re: What's New for 1968
 

Moose,
The base I believe was the 302. No 6 cyls. I will try to get some info and post. That brochure did not list the engines. I think it was a VERY early brochure. I think the 302, 390(3 versions) and later the 428. I think the 351 was in 1969. I will try to find a hardtop pics too.

Re: What's New for 1968
 

Moose,
Stole this from wickypedia,
The 1968 model was named the fastest car of that year, because a '68 Cyclone ran a world record speed of 189.22 mph (304.5 kph) at Daytona. New engines were introduced for '68 as well. There were two versions of the 302-cid engine: the two-barrel carburetor code F, with 210-hp (156-kW); and the four-barrel carburetor code J with 230-hp (171-kW). There was also the 390-cid (6390-cc) engine with either: 265-hp (197-kW) two-barrel carburetor; or 335-hp (249-kW) four-barrel carburetor versions. Then, getting into the big guns: the 390-hp (290-kW) version of the 427-cid (6989-cc) side oiler engine. This engine was only available for a small part of the '68 model year, and was replaced by the cheaper 428-cid (6997-cc) with "only" 335-hp (249-kW).
NHRA's guide bears out what wicky says, but it lists 4 different 428's