Actually, if I want a roomy sedan (though not 4-door, I admit) with Mustang V-8 performance, I'll drop that 302 in a Merkur XR4Ti.
Otherwise, I like the "SVO potential" of the Merkur, just as it is.
Function before fashion.
'96 Contour SE
"Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998
