Among the factory muscle cars of the late 1960s, few are as obscure yet as technically ambitious as the Mercury Cyclone ...

People who have looked into the custom history know about the Nick Matranga Mercury built by Sam Barris in the late '40s. It was one of the big trendsetters and inspired many similar creations. The ...

Detroit’s muscle car boom produced a few headline legends and a long list of overlooked contenders. Among the most intriguing is a Mercury coupe that shared its bones and much of its firepower with ...

These little-known cousins of the Ford family may be obscure, but are equally as interesting as their more famous ...

Did custom cars exist before '49-51 Mercs rolled down the assembly line? Of course they did. Has the custom car world been the same since their arrival? Definitely not! Chopped Mercs are the very ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...