Mercury Competition Team 1969
Are you or were you a Member of the Mercury Competition Team back in 1969?
Did you know Mercury had a Competition Team in 1969? I sure didn’t but thanks to helpful supporter and Mercury/Ford fan I do now! Michael J. Beckelman, Vice-President of the Hirsig-Frazier Company contacted me and provided the pamphlets and application we are sharing with you today.
However, first off let’s look at the 1969 sales brochure Michael also provided. These are photos of the actual Mercury brochure. Michael’s uncle was into high performance Fords and Mercurys back in the day and the dealer thought he should have these items.
I have a photo copy of one these and many of you might also have seen one but I have never seen an original. This one is very different and raises an interesting question. Let’s see if you spot it.
The paper color is very different from the copies and this original has color photos!
This is the sales brochure that the dealer had to help sell the new Spoilers. On the left is the Dan Gurney Special and on the right is the Cale Yarborough Special. How many of you noticed that the Cale car has a RED SPOILER? This is the first Mercury documentation I have seen with spoilers painted body color. My wife and I have an original Gurney car with a Blue Spoiler and I have seen one other as well as one Cale car with a Red spoiler. Were dealers supposed to paint them body color or leave them in the original black plastic color? Were some dealers cheap and just didn’t want to paint them? Or was it simply up to the buyer it sure would be fun to hear from anyone who might know for sure.
The second set of documents Michael provided are for the Mercury Competition Team. This document seems to be directed at not only the Cyclone but specifically drag racing your Cyclone.
Wish I had a stack of these!
I went out on a limb and had some of these Cyclone decals reproduced; how many of you would like to have one or more? I will post a copy and cost as soon as I have a final version. Ford also had a similar one but I can’t find one of those, do you have one I can borrow? Would you like a reproduction of it or some other decal/sticker if we can find them? Let me know at RFleener@Comcast.net
