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1970 Cyclone Gt Factory Pwr Sun Roof Car 1 Of 10 And A Special Order Dso84 Car on 2040-cars
Year:1970
Mileage:100000
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You are looking at what is undoubtedly the rarest and most loaded 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT ever made. Specially ordered and built for Ford Motor Company in Sept of 1969. Ordered to room 247 FDGO 17101 Rotundra Dr Dearborn MI 48121 on 8-13-1969. Tested from 9-20-1969 until 10-29-1969 and then released into the FORD Pool and purchased the same day most likely by the same engineer that placed the order. A common practice back in the day. After Ford built the first cars by hand they would start up the line and build cars to test and to show. This is one of the cars ordered in for option testing. Absolutely loaded with rare options Not found on the majority of it's siblings. This 70 Cyclone GT has the rarest of the rare Factory Sunroof option. One of only TEN cars to get the pwr sunroof option in All of 1970's production! Thats less than 1/10th of 1% of the Cyclone GT's received this sunroof! At a cost of $375 for the sunroof and a mandatory $99 vinyl top it was an extremely expensive option up charge at $474. Ordered into the garage at Detroit under DSO84 Home Office Reserve item #5903 FoMoCo room 247 FDGO 17101 Rotundra Drive. It was ordered in for testing of options from 9-20-69 to 10-29-69 and then released into the pool and purchased the same day most likely by the same person who specked it out. How else would a car end up with so many options added to it. This is truly a very special Cyclone and it can be yours. It's options are such an impressive list and cost over $2100! With a base price on the Cyclone GT at $3025 the options were more than 2/3rd's it's base price in 1970. At a cost of over $5125.00 Thats was the cost of a new Corvette in 1970. Options include (Kevin Marti Report Verified): Black Vinyl Roof Houndstooth interior FMX Merc-O-Matic Trac-Lok differential (remember this is an A/C car!) Courtesy lights Electric clock F70x14 RWL tires (another rare option on the KH wheels) PWR side windows Sun Roof Console Power front disc brakes Power steering A/C Rear window defogger Am/Fm radio Intermittent wipers Rear seat speakers Tinted glass complete Deluxe belts/waring lights Automatic Seat Back Release HD battery Styled steel wheels Tachometer Instrumentation Group This very special Cyclone GT has sat inside since 1974 - 2014 with only 2 owners in that time. The first being the FORD engineer from 1969-1974. It sat garaged in 1999-2014 with plans to restore it with the brakes, exhaust and radiator redone at that time. Another 1970 351c 4 speed car overtook his intentions and he slowly restored that car over the next many years. Realizing he wasn't going to get around to it after his other GT was done he sold it to me. I had looked at the car in 1999 and was too slow to act the first time and lost out. Right after I purchased this car I was hit with a nasty tax bill due to a mistake made by my tax man. That and the fact that I have two others cars I'm already working on is forcing my hand to let go of this car even though I really don't want to. I can well afford to keep it but now it will sit on the side lines waiting it's turn and I had planned to start on the car immediately. Your are welcome to take a look at the car and it is stored inside a warehouse in Sharonville Ohio 45215 with many other classic cars. You will need to email me to make arrangements. Nothing on this car scares me and I don't like body work and don't purchase cars that have any structural issues. I would replace the doors and fenders with clean straight ones as it is easier imop than fixing the dents. The quarters will need patched but the inner wheel wells are nice and so are the drop downs. Floor will need a small patch piece on both sides where the floor comes up in the front of the seats. But the rest of the floors are solid, toe boards floor pan and they show original paint on them... This was a common problem and there is a specific patch piece made for that area (3''x5''area). It rained hard for a day and a half when I went to look at it and towed it home. I was very impressed that the car was Completely dry inside. A testament to it being stored indoors all that time. I can also help in locating any parts you need as I have owned 17 of these cars over the years. The gauge dash dash pad is very nice and so is the rest of the interior. Someone did remove the am/fm radio but there was an am one in the trunk. I figured he put it in his other Cyclone and offered to buy it if he had it but he said he didn't have it. Also missing was the jack in the rear. I will assist with shipping that you arrange but the car must be paid if full before time of pickup and funds cleared. Vehicle must be paid for in 7 days of auctions end with a $500 deposit due at auctions end. Thats more than enough time and I can store the car for $70 a month inside heated and air conditioned storage from May-1-2014 until you come get it. You have free storage until April 30th 2014 to pick it up. But you must pay for 3 months at a time with next bill due before the end of the first three months if you need to store it longer. This is not my storage facility but I'm friends with the owner and it is a safe secure business. Any unused Full month will be refunded. The car will not be released if storage fees are unpaid. It is a trailer and semi friendly storage building and the car runs and lot drives. Title is current and in my name. Serious bidders only please. Thanks for Looking |
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