First time 72 Montego GT owner.
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Topic: First time 72 Montego GT owner.
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Subject: First time 72 Montego GT owner.
Date Posted: 09-November-2014 at 7:11PM
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Hello I am a first time 72 Montego GT owner, I have owned a 72 GTS Sport F/B Q-code four speed. I also have two 71 Ranchero's both special value package cars or white sale as some have called them. Both are M-code Auto with Shaker hoods. Getting back to the Montego I found it in a junk yard a few months ago complete, it is a Q-code auto on the column. With a rare Ram Air system on it( couldn't believe it was still there. It sat in that yard for almost ten years.) it also has p/s, p/b, a/c, and and an R code 3.25 Traction lok. It is is code 3H dark metallic blue with a black bench seat interior. It is still on a title from 1972 so technically I will be second owner. I have a Marti for it showing it to be one of 16 with paint and trim codes. And one of 846 with engine and trans. It is rusty in the quarters and a few spots in the floor but very minor. It still has all the original trim rings and hub caps, and a Good Year Polyglas GT G70-14 tire for a spare. It was last registered in 1992 with 86XXX miles now reads 87XXX miles so I believe with the condition of the engine and interior it is original miles. Thanks in advance and I hope to learn more about my car and buy some much needed parts for it. |
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Posted By: GTW
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 1:21AM
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Welcome, that is quite a rare ride you have there! Is it in the Montego GT registry? ------------- Griffin 1973 Gran Torino station wagon 1972 Gran Torino 4 Door 1976 Gran Torino station wagon 1971 Maverick 2 Door |
Posted By: n2fordwagons
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 2:20AM
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Welcome! Great find. Love me some Montegos. Post up some pics when you get a chance. Would love to see them. PS. I've got some '72 Montego front body parts for sale, if you need anything. ------------- Jeff 72 base Torino (modified) 72 Gran Torino Squire |
Posted By: Regul8r
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 2:21AM
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WELCOME to the Family! ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 2:45AM
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welcome! ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: legend onirot
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 2:55AM
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welcome! would love to see this car ------------- --------------------- malcolm 1973 gran torino sport (formal)... "Stacy Lynn" 1972 gran torino (formal)... "Mackenzie" 1973 gran torino sport (sportroof)... "Leela" |
Posted By: 72 RS 351
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 4:30AM
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Welcome, and yes let's see some great pics. ------------- Don 73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000 rpm 351 stroker 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 4:47AM
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What a rare vehicle! Welcome and yes, let's see some pictures. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: kychevyguy
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 6:06AM
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Welcome to the forum. Some of us on here (me for one) really like the Montegos, show us some pics! ------------- JT, USAF Ret./Architect 1971 Ford F100 "Lizzy" 1971 Cougar XR7 "Kitty" 1984 Chevy Silverado "Sylvia" 2009 Smart Fortwo Cabrio "Lil Dude" 2015 Volvo XC60 R-Design "Sven" |
Posted By: 75ranchero460
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 7:41AM
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Welcome! Post pics of the rides. ------------- Gary Ranchero=Fun 1975 Ranchero GT 460 1971 Torino GT 1962 (custom) Econoline 1967 Cougar 2002 Honda Shadow ACE 750 (sold) |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 7:42AM
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Welcome and please some post pics! The 1972 MGT's are one of my favourites. ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 10-November-2014 at 11:45AM
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Welcome and +1 on pix!!!!!! ------------- "What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind." Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 12:54PM
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Thanks I tried putting it in there (the registry) but something kept it from being accepted. ------------- 72 Montego GT Q code ram air 71 Ranchero 500 M code shaker 71 Ranchero base M code shaker 70 Mach 1 H code 71 Mach 1 M code 4-speed 71 Fastback M code 71 Cougar XR7 convert. M code |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 12:56PM
| I will definitely need parts, especially the correct rimblow steering wheel and pad. It was stolen the night I bought the car. |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 12:59PM
| Thanks for the warm welcomes! |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 1:01PM
| I have posted a bunch of pics on the forum Facebook page under my name Tom Wilson. I can't post here til I get my laptop back the hard drive crashed. |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 1:02PM
| Yes very rare! I will post my Marti when my laptop is up and running. |
Posted By: Regul8r
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 1:10PM
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Tom, when I get home I will get your profile approved. Unless Paul or Scott beat me to it! ;) ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 1:12PM
| Ok sounds good thanks! |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 3:20PM
Welcome to the forum, I will post the pictures for you below. |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 3:24PM
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Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 3:25PM
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Posted By: Regul8r
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 3:31PM
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DAVE thanks for getting the pics up! Guys Unless someone can tell me otherwise I believe he has the ONLY Complete MONTEGO specific RAM AIR SET UP I have ever seen or even heard of!! The set up is ROUND, seals to a plenum that is bolted to the under hood bracing AND has 2 vacuum dashpots that operate actual scoop DOORS!!! ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 3:50PM
There were 29 sportsroof cyclone montego GT's and one 1972 montego mx produced with this option. There also could have possibly been a few extra ram air plenums and ram air air cleaners built as spare replacement parts. There are three known survivor 1972 montego GT ram air cyclones that have been found, all of them are 429 cars.
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Regul8r wrote:Posted By: Regul8r
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 3:55PM
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I have seen his Marti report, no mention of being a Cyclone. No mention of the Ram Air set up either He bought it out of the junkyard where the original owner put it. If this isn't a Cyclone (not sure how to tell and it came from the Factory with that Ram Air... RARE! AND it is Blue on Blue not the typical GREEN! I am beyond drooling over this car! ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
Posted By: GTW
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 4:00PM
  A Cyclone would probably have the "ram air" hood decals and the "CYCLONE" side decals.More from FB:   ------------- Griffin 1973 Gran Torino station wagon 1972 Gran Torino 4 Door 1976 Gran Torino station wagon 1971 Maverick 2 Door |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 4:03PM
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There are other ways that you can prove if it is an original cyclone or not. The cyclone option included all of the options listed below. Includes functional dual hood scoop (Ram Air); Traction-Loc Rear axle; with F70 x 14 WSW Tires (with 351CJ) or 4 speed manual Transmission (came with the 351CJ only) or automatic transmission; body striping and identification; dual racing mirrors; and rim-blow 3-spoke steering wheel. Available only on 2-door models. The cyclone option was not available on the Montego MX Brougham. Mention of the cyclone option was dropped from the second printing of the 1972 mercury dealer literature, so it may have been offered only part of the year. Only 29 GTs (9 with the 351CJ & 20 with the 429) and 1 MX 2-door (351CJ) were built with this option. All of the 30 1972 Cyclones that were known to have been built, were equipped with automatic transmissions. The package for the Q-code 351 4V (4 spd or C6) was $518.10 and for the N-code 429 (C6 Transmission only) was $616.60. That was a lot of money in 1972. There is another picture below of the "Ram Air" option.   |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 4:07PM
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Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 4:08PM
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Posted By: Regul8r
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 4:10PM
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Dave can you post this info and those pics to his thread on FB for me please!? ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 4:21PM
looks like a pretty complete car!  please tell me he got rid of that 80's truck bug guard that somebody put on there  the ram air sounds rare, definitely worth seriously researching further !------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 4:32PM
| Thanks for posting the pics! It has the 3.25 traction lok I do not believe it to be a cyclone but I sure was hoping... It is blue on black by the way. It is also still wearing 1973 Utah plates. And I did take off the bug shield first thing. LOL it also came with the Good Year G70X14 tires trim rings and hubcaps. |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 4:35PM
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I hope the 71-73 mustang seal is the same for the breather mine is missing. |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 5:31PM
I will post some more information, pictures and literature of the 1972 cyclone option below. The advertisement below is from an original early Mercury Dealer Brochure. |
Posted By: 72 RS 351
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 5:33PM
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That sounds like a great car to restore, with lots of desirable features or options. ------------- Don 73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000 rpm 351 stroker 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 5:38PM
There is a picture below of the entire ram air system that had came from the factory originally equipped on the 1972 Cyclones that had the 351 Cobra Jet Engines. |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 5:41PM
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Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 5:43PM
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Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 5:48PM
The pictures below are of another original 1972 cyclone that was found. |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 5:50PM
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Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 5:54PM
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Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 6:25PM
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Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 6:27PM
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Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 6:30PM
I will post more pictures of this car below. |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 6:32PM
 
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Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 6:33PM
 
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Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 6:38PM
 
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Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 6:51PM
| That's cool mine is even higher on the VIN. I had hopes it would be. |
Posted By: 75GranMan
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 7:42PM
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I'm excited to have to have another new member...With a rare car as well! ------------- John 75Gran Torino 4spd  |
Posted By: Regul8r
Date Posted: 22-November-2014 at 7:45PM
Tom, if your VIN is even higher then I would go on the assumption that this was not an original Ram Air car. From all we have seen and heard the FACTORY ram air stuff was early production on both the Montego and the Gran Torinos. It could be a dealer add-on so the original owner bought it as a "ram air car" Either way, The Ram Air setup you have is pretty damn rare and the car is absolutely worth a nice restoration! We are here to help with anything we can. ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
Posted By: kychevyguy
Date Posted: 23-November-2014 at 2:54AM
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I'm just glad another one is saved and living on!!! (Did I mention I really like Montegos? lol) ------------- JT, USAF Ret./Architect 1971 Ford F100 "Lizzy" 1971 Cougar XR7 "Kitty" 1984 Chevy Silverado "Sylvia" 2009 Smart Fortwo Cabrio "Lil Dude" 2015 Volvo XC60 R-Design "Sven" |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 23-November-2014 at 4:36AM
| Yes like I said before I was hoping, but still very excited to find a rare piece of Mercury history. I am hoping to find the original owner or his family as I said I have the original title. The owner lived in Ogden where I found the car, which is only 35 miles from here, so with help from a friend in law enforcement hopefully I can track someone down. Also I was fortunate to find the center grille emblem in the car. I've read that is hard to find. |
Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 23-November-2014 at 4:44AM
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Posted By: Ram air 72 MGT
Date Posted: 23-November-2014 at 4:46AM
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Posted By: Regul8r
Date Posted: 23-November-2014 at 5:43AM
Yeah I see that! I just text Paul and Scott. I am sure they will look into it today. ALL of these measures are in place to keep out the Spambots and some of the riff raff. ------------- Carl Corey (Moderator/Event Coordinator) Contact ANYTIME! 1976 Ford Elite "Lola Mae" 97 Suzuki Intruder 1400 US Army Retired |
Posted By: 72 RS 351
Date Posted: 23-November-2014 at 6:32AM
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That's a really nice green Cyclone, thanks for the pics Dave. I also see it has the super rare full length rug inserts. I'm going to have to get that again, for my RS at some point. ------------- Don 73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000 rpm 351 stroker 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 23-November-2014 at 8:25AM
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Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 23-November-2014 at 8:35AM
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Posted By: dave302
Date Posted: 23-November-2014 at 8:42AM
There is another picture of the carpet below. |