History 64/65 Comets old drag cars lets see pictures

Who was the driver of that car?

 

alright all you comet guru's,

anyone have this issue? would you be willing to sell it or scan for me? thanks again.

 

That Fastback would have been awesome, the grill, not so much.

 

MERCURYJUNKY Did anyone have an AWB small block car back then??? I know of the Doug Nash Bronco Buster , but it was more of a Funny car...

 

Thought I had it,have the whole 65 year but none in 64.Damn

 

I couldnt find anything on the driver.The dragstrip is Lions.He's got some Bill stroppe decals on there.Second true cyclone 64 I've seen.Doug nash's was a caliente,And I believe one of the endurance comets.Hope someone else knows.

 

Pflueger Lincoln Mercury was out of Honolulu.This is 1 of 5 cars "special ordered" by Jimmy Pflueger in 1964.Shrewsberry drove one and Earl Char drove one.A Caliente B/FX is still around and a Cyclone with the "hi-po" package is still around.I've been researching these cars for 25 years.As soon as I figure out how to post some pictures,I will.

 

Speaking of 271 hp 1964 Comets.....when I bought my Cyclone drag car in the 80s I noticed that it had a K serial number. At first I got excited, but then I read in a Ford book that the K was basicly a 289 4V with come extra chrome in a 1964 Comet....and that Hi-po was a different code.

I've really never thought much more about it and just assumed there were 271 hp Comets in 1964, but last night I found an old thread in a Mustang forum regarding Hi-po 64 Comets. It turned into an all out keyboard brawl but one of the mods stated there was never a regular production for US sale 271 hp 1964 Comet. Everybody kept referencing a TSB (tech svc bulletin) that there claimed verified that the cars were built....but one of the mods (who seemed to know his stuff) maintained that there were no Hi-po 64 Comets. They were of course available in 65.

 

I have heard there were hipo 64 Comets and that they were D code if I remember correctly. I have also heard that they came factory with single exhaust due to manifold clearance problems.

 

There are so many stories that you don't know what to believe.According to the books and dealer pamphlets I have for 65s, the true Factory 271 hp engines either had no letter in the vin# or had the "K".The "K" in Mercury meant a 4 Barrel 289,Mercury did not use the "K" to denote a 271 HP engine like Ford did.The 65 Comet 271 did use a single exhaust as there was no provision for duals,the 64 Fairlane was also a single.A friend here in town ordered his 271hp new and it had all the usual 271hp stuff,bolt in shock tower brace,toploader,9",NO power steering or brakes,NO engine vin #.He just sold it last year along with alot of great Ford and Mercury cars[none I could afford].Just to add fuel to the fire,I heard the 64 271hp Comets were built in Canada along with the rare 64&65 Falcon 271hp cars.I will not swear to the figures but they are ones I have researched and a few from personnal experiance.We may never know the truth! ROY.

 

I'll second that. I had a 32K mile original Cyclone, original to the last piece. "K" code, but not a hi-po. Single exhaust and all. Glad to see some recent shots of your Comet. I remember watching you run when it was in primer and had Clifford (i think) manifolds, a 4 barrell, and ran in the 12's. It sure has come a long way...very cool.

 

I have 2 64 Cyclones both are K code. I'm pretty sure neither were 271 HP cars.

 

Thanks guys for the complement's on my car...

 

I ran across some more snap shots of my dads old Cyclone drag car.

 

K-code does not mean hi-po in the Comet line.You needed a 6-digit DSO to show you had a special ordered "package".The build sheet under the back seat (64) or in the door panel (65) would also tell you if you had the hi-po.There were approximatley 250 hi-po Comets in 64 and 65 together..The ACC (American Comet Club) had a newsletter dated May-June 1989,Vol.7,Number 11-12,with all the hi-po info for 1964-65 Comets.

 

Those are some cool pics....

 

Would love to see some proof of a 289/271 hp 1964 Comet...Ford Motor Co. documentation or other. I personally don't think they made them. It is believed that Ford did make a few of them.....just not for regular production sales in the US.

 

I may be wrong but I thought the doug nash B/fx comet was the 271hp/289. I was under the impression that it was one of the endurance comets and after the trial, Doug Nash got it and made it a drag car.I would think the quickest way to tell if its a hipo would be if it has a factory 9 inch rear end I think all the hipo 65's got the 9 inch and same with the 64 fairlanes. Just throwing it out there.

 

Thats a cool looking car.Love those stripes.

 

You are correct.....but not a regular production model. In other words, there were exceptions.....cars special built for the purpose of racing. You could not go into a dealer and order a loaded Caliente convertible with a 289/271hp in 64.

Yeah any wonder why I like Comets? I love that car and thank goodness I found what is left of it (my car is parts of 2 Cyclones...this one and a red one). Not to mention mom drove me to baseball practice for years in a 1966 Cyclone GT.

 

64Cyclone;do you have any updates on your 64?Are you going to do a tribute of your Fathers 64?A very good friend has a 64 Falcon Futura his Grandfather bought new.He has built a beautiful racer from it and has done it without doing too many visable or unreversible, mods.The runs a 351W,4-speed,runs low 10's. ROY.

 

That's the ultimate plan...but leave off the Camaro spoiler. I don't think dad was very fond of it. I'm mixed right now on if I'm going to replace the lt shock tower and use the factory frt end set up or go with a straight axle. The driveline I have is a 5.0L, Holman Moody intake w/ a Holley, toploader and 9". I'll also use my Torq Thrust wheels. Time will tell but for now...no progress.

 

A 1964 B/FX Comet was special ordered by Jimmy Pflueger of Pflueger Lincoln Mercury in Honolulu.The data plate had a 6-digit DSO.The Cyclone that is now in Utah has the exact same 6-digit DSO.The VINs are 2 units apart and share the same build date.The Cyclone in Utah was ordered with the 289 hi-po,Borg Warner T10B 4-speed,RC Industries bell housing,9-inch rearend with 4.71 gears,HD suspension and brakes,and the transistorized ignition.The hi-po "package" had to be special ordered.

 

Morning to all the comet junkies.Heres some more pics I found of this one.Is there any vintage history of this one?

 

This appears to be from '68-'69, maybe later. Could this be the ex-Schartman car?