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Day Of The Cat: 1973 Lincolns And Mercuries Greet The Dawn Of Malaise!

The cage door creeeeeaks open, (perhaps suggesting the rust that will soon assail most Malaise Lincolns and Mercuries), and the angry mountain lion struts out into a field full of parked cars. The Continental... the Marquis... Montego... Comet... Cougar... they're all here, and they're all packing more bloat and less power than ever before.

11:00 AM on Mon May 5 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,624 views, 29 comments

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Full-Size 1973 Mercury: Best F----n' Car Ever Made!

Last time I was in Denver, I risked the wrath of our secret overlords by photographing their Mind Control Pinto at the airport; so far I haven't been shipped off to a re-education facility located at a defunct drive-in theater, but we all know it's best not to cross the Shadow Government. Now I'm back in the Mile High City, and this time I've found a pair of '73 Mercuries (one Marquis and one Monterey) whose owner was overjoyed to have his car photographed. He was taking advantage of a nice 55-degree day to change the coolant in his pair of 35-year-old daily drivers.

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2:30 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,939 views, 55 comments

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