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1967 Mercury Cornet Adding Breather
The duct tape we placed over... 
   
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1967 Mercury Cornet Adding Breather
The duct tape we placed over the valve-cover hole just wasn't holding, so we added a breather and hooked a 11/42-inch piece of hose from it to the back of the air cleaner to draw some of the oil vapor from the crankcase. After that, it was a lot easier to breathe inside the car.
1967 Mercury Cornet Burnout
They're cool with burnouts.... 
   
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1967 Mercury Cornet Burnout
They're cool with burnouts. Right?
1967 Mercury Cornet Rear View
When we hit Tucson for the... 
   
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1967 Mercury Cornet Rear View
When we hit Tucson for the night, we were high from the burnt oil fumes that were being pumped through the firewall. A late-night run to AutoZone helped out.

'Did you know that Llegue (say "yay-gay") al Zone means "get in the zone" in Spanish?
1967 Mercury Cornet Rear View
For about a million miles... 
   
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1967 Mercury Cornet Rear View
For about a million miles in Texas and New Mexico, there are signs that ask, "What is the thing?" It's a mummy. It cost us a dollar to see it.
1967 Mercury Cornet Adding Oil
Uh oh! Rings. The engine wasn't... 
   
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1967 Mercury Cornet Adding Oil
Uh oh! Rings. The engine wasn't smoking out of the tailpipe (yet) but it was blowing oil from the valve covers at an increasingly alarming rate. Combustion gases passing by the rings were pressurizing the crankcase.
1967 Mercury Cornet Side View
The next stop was the Salton... 
   
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1967 Mercury Cornet Side View
The next stop was the Salton Sea between El Centro and Indio, California. The biggest "town" is called Bombay Beach, which has a population of about 300 people; it was built in the '50s. The sea is actually a saline lake that barely supports wildlife.
Bombay Beach Local
In Bombay Beach, we were invited... 
   
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Bombay Beach Local
In Bombay Beach, we were invited by this local to attend the $4.95 spaghetti dinner that night at the American Legion headquarters at the end of the street. We had to be moving on.
1967 Mercury Cornet Heavy Fog
The last leg of our trip was... 
   
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1967 Mercury Cornet Heavy Fog
The last leg of our trip was blasted by driving rain and fog but we managed to make it back home with Wal-Mart oil and some shortcut help to the interstate. Next stop, the engine hoist.
Timber Wolf Speed Shop Logo
You could win this car or... 
   
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Timber Wolf Speed Shop Logo
You could win this car or one of five other classics at the Timber Wolf Speed Shop. Go to twspeedshop.com or read the Timber Wolf ad in this issue for details.

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