great Mercury Marauder... I don't think I can recall seeing this year and body style. Very similar to a Lincoln grill

very damn flat! the hood scoop is from a 71 Mustang I think the owner said

looks like the small gauges are aftermarket, well done!

the flag is the same one Mercury used on the Cyclone

as found

in all the cars that have been made famous, these two Mercurys are among the most classic and well known, the Hirahota and the Sam Barris Mercs

both found on http://swissstash.tumblr.com

the 1964 Mercury Comet durability run from Cape Horn to Fairbanks Alaska, 16,200 miles

images from googling, even Google books and Google newspapers

one of the few non Mopars with a Typerwriter/Pushbutton transmission. Mercury Monterey

Mercury Comet Cyclone... good looking classic muscle car looks

La Carrera Panamerica, by Pink Floyd, the documentary of 1992

this video was a good look at the 1990's running of the race, and it included clips from the 1950's and 60's to show the history of the race. It did a good job of explaining what brought the race to being, and how it's changed. One of the most unusual cars that has been in the race is the above, which I think is a Cadillac with an airplane greenhouse mated to the top instead of the cars windows, A and C pillars, and roof

it appears in the video at minute 56 and 50 seconds , and 57 and 10 seconds

More cool cars from Viva Las Vegas this past Saturday

 for contrast and comparison, the Pontiac above and below

 First time I've seen half a car lace painted... interesting

The above was just featured http://www.rodauthority.com/news/one-sweet-48-merc-cruiser-hits-the-streets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-sweet-48-merc-cruiser-hits-the-streets  I saw it at SEMA this past year.. it's really good looking http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/11/nice-mercury-in-sema-infield.html

Team Smokey Comet, NHRA record holder for 1976 77 79 80 87 88 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 2000 2001 and 2002 That might be more than any other car, ever.