The crazy thing is, Mercury actually made a factory drag with mind-blowing performance stats, even by today's standards, but it was not available to the car-buying public. Still, the style was ...

From haulers to haulin’ ass, Mercury built some memorable ... sleeker version that produced less drag (complete with a ...

His canvas was the radically customized ‘56 Mercury dubbed the Jade Idol ... exhibition runs throughout the country’s drag strips. The car’s Cycolac bodywork was painted by Gene Winfield.