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Strange video Mercury put out to support the all new 1966 Mercury Cyclone GT. Guest appearance from a 65 Comet.

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Watched this a few years ago.
Not really strange for the times. I'm was thinking of Boris & Natasha when I was watching it.

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Joe Travers wrote:
Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:22 pm
Watched this a few years ago.
Not really strange for the times. I'm was thinking of Boris & Natasha when I was watching it.

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I wasn't born yet, but sure is a cheezy video. I have seen many of the spy movies of the time, equally cheezy. Especially "In like Flint"
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Boss/Cyclone wrote:
Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:26 pm
I wasn't born yet, but sure is a cheezy video. I have seen many of the spy movies of the time, equally cheezy. Especially "In like Flint"
The Connery Bond flicks are pretty cool. Crazy women driving new Mustangs like bat out of Hades :lol:
What's not to love? :D

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Joe Travers wrote:
Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:22 pm
I'm was thinking of Boris & Natasha when I was watching it.
And the FBI agents were played by Rocky and Bullwinkle. :lol:

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Jims65cyclone wrote:
Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:32 pm
Joe Travers wrote:
Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:22 pm
I'm was thinking of Boris & Natasha when I was watching it.
And the FBI agents were played by Rocky and Bullwinkle. :lol:

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You know it, same story plot every week :lol:

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You all probably won't like this but I love the Roger Moore Bond movies. For me, he is the real Bond. He is more fun, Connery is too serious.
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Boss/Cyclone wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:21 pm
You all probably won't like this but I love the Roger Moore Bond movies. For me, he is the real Bond. He is more fun, Connery is too serious.
Things get serious when you can't pass crazy women in new Mustangs in your spiffy Aston-Martin :lol:

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Joe Travers wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:10 pm
Boss/Cyclone wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:21 pm
You all probably won't like this but I love the Roger Moore Bond movies. For me, he is the real Bond. He is more fun, Connery is too serious.
Things get serious when you can't pass crazy women in new Mustangs in your spiffy Aston-Martin :lol:

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What about "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"? Bond gets married and takes a 1969 Cougar XR7 convertible through snowing roads in Switzerland. It is not shown often, but worth it for the Cougar scenes. https://youtu.be/V9P6lIF2bS8?si=u_pGVp0UgVnch7mzImage
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Boss/Cyclone wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:07 pm
What about "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"? Bond gets married and takes a 1969 Cougar XR7 convertible through snowing roads in Switzerland. It is not shown often, but worth it for the Cougar scenes. https://youtu.be/V9P6lIF2bS8?si=u_pGVp0UgVnch7mz
Yes, I believe there is a short race scene on the ice rink with the bad guys. Good call 👍
FoMoCo was very prominent in the earlier Bond movies. Crazy girls in the early Mustangs, Goldfinger's henchman and his Ranchero, George's fiancé's Cougar. The coolest stunt has to be the two wheel Mustang drive down Vegas strip, IIRC. It's the Moore movie w/ Jimmy Dean.

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I remember in the chase scene they drive the Mustang around a parking lot and with a white 65 Comet 202? It has been awhile since I saw that one.
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I remember in the chase scene they drive the Mustang around a parking lot and with a white 65 Comet 202? It has been awhile since I saw that one.
Google is crazy. Check this out- https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Mer ... Comet.html

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Found the video and screen shot it. My memory failed, it is a white 65 4 door.
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Guess I wasted my time watching the video and screen shooting it, picture was out there just had to look. White 70 Mach I in the background shows up a few times in the background of the chase scene too.

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