CALE YARBOROUGH AND DAN GURNEY SPECIAL 1969 MERCURY CYCLONE'S 1/24 GMP

CALE YARBOROUGH AND DAN GURNEY SPECIAL 1969 MERCURY CYCLONE'S 1/24 SCALE GMP

This rare set includes both the Cale Yarborough and Dan Gurney special edition's of this 1969 Mercury Cyclone.
The Mercury Cyclone was the sister car to Ford's Torino. In 1969, Ford and Mercury released special "long-nose" versions of these cars to compete on the high banks of NASCAR (thus starting the famous Aero-Wars of the late '60s). The long-nose Torino was called the Talladega, while the Cyclone actually had two long-nose models: the Dan Gurney Special and the Cale Yarborough Special. The blue Gurney cars were intended for the east coast and the red Yarborough cars for the west but a great marketing strategy had Ford sending the cars to opposite coasts. Although originally claimed production numbers topped 500, only 353 cars actually exist because of an alleged slight of hand on behalf of Ford and Mercury.

In 1969, NASCAR required that a minimum of 500 cars be constructed to be eligible to race. It is said that due to the time required to build these special beauties, Ford was forced to mix a number of standard cyclones painted the same as these rare cyclone’s into a large parking area when NASCAR completed a visual count of the cars to verify that the minimum of 500 had actually been completed!

Today, these cars are highly sought-after by collector's and enthusiasts alike! The diecast artist's at GMP built a very limited number of these 1/24th scale replica's, each with exquisite detailing never before seen in a Cyclone collectible!
Very limited, only 3,450 produced... in stock & ready to ship.