The NHRA wasn’t too pleased with Mercury’s Comet Cyclone funny cars for 1967. The lift-off body on a tube frame was banned quickly, but ended up welcomed back for 1967 in the new Funny Car Eliminator class. A classic example of automakers’ lasting influence on motorsports is the all-aftermarket Comet Cyclone coupe unleased by Mercury in ... More @Wikipedia
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