Fort Lauderdale 2013
1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT Indy Pace Car
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$22,000 USD | Sold
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Identification No.
6H28S597789
- Mercury built 2,158 Cyclone GT convertibles; only 100 were made to commemorate the Indianapolis 500. This is one of just 33 cars commissioned to be official Indianapolis Motor Speedway “parade cars” for selected individuals to use in May 1966
- This Cyclone GT has received a frame-off restoration and has approximately 40,000 miles on the odometer. This documented “on-track” car has the factory drilling and stanchions for decorative flags that were used. The Cyclone GT has a new set of pace car decals that come with the car. The flag-frame car has the proper number sequence to back this, and it also documents when and where the car was built.
- 390-cid, 335-hp V-8 engine with 10.5:1compression ratio, high-lift cam, special valve-springs and distributor, low-restriction air cleaner, power fan and dual exhaust. The transmission is the sturdy Merc-O-Matic C-6 automatic (all pace cars at Indy had automatics in 1966) that can be shifted manually, and the differential has 3.25:1 gearing. Additionally the engine has a dress-up kit. A handling package and power front-wheel disc brakes are also on-board.
- The interior features parchment-toned interior (as are all ’66 Indy pace cars) and a center console between bucket seats. The dash includes the Rally Pac instrument cluster with dash-mounted tachometer. The drivers’ side mirror is remote, as is the trunk release. The convertible top is power and the pace car has power steering. The steering wheel is wood-grained with Cyclone GT badging.
- Standard exterior components include a twin-scoop fiberglass hood, GT badging and stripes. Redline Firestone Wide Oval tires wrap chrome styled –steel wheels. The car comes with paperwork, manuals and articles that chronicle this fine and uncommon Indianapolis 500 pace car.
