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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

The Truth About Cars

Starting in 1958, Ford's new MEL ( M ercury- E dsel- L incoln) big-block V8 engine was given the Marauder name when installed in Mercury models. The door tag tells us that this car was assembled in St. Louis on November 7, 1963. Yes, I bought these badges. The Mercury brand itself departed this world after 2011.

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The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

Cars That Think

In this clip from his oral history, Ivan describes a surplus Sperry P4 military gunsight computer that his father installed in the family kitchen: Ivan Sutherland on the surplus Navy computer that his parents installed in the kitchen. The Sutherland parents were happy to indulge their sons’ inquiries.

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