History 64/65 Comets old drag cars lets see pictures

Rick Kirks 65 B/FX Comet

 

Mike Wansels comet

This picture’s so old they didn’t have color film yet! Left to right is Tom Brown, Me, my oldest brother Randy, and Cliff Sasfy. The car belonged to me, and was a 1964 comet cyclone with a 289 cu. inch motor and Holly 4-barrel. I had installed a Racer Brown camshaft with solid lifters, and a 411 rear gear to give it more “gazoopa’s” off the line. I also had a set of 2″ dumps welded into the exhaust header, as I couldn’t afford after market headers at the time. The tires on the rear were Atlas Bucron’s with just the slightest bit of tread on the wide tire.

 

Ronnie Sox(R) Buddy Martin 1964

Ronnie Sox 1964

Ronnie Sox Buddy Martin 1964

 

Would love to find one of these for the garage.

 

I like the way your Talking

 

Hayden Proffitt 1965

Hayden Proffitt 1965 Comet

Hayden Proffitt 1965

 

How about an Austrialian 64 Drag racing comet.What a trip driving from the wrong side.I might have to build one of these.

 

"Dyno Don"

"Dyno Don" Behind the wheel of "The Ugly Duckling" 64 A/FX Comet Wagon

"Dyno Don" and crew 1964

"Dyno Don" "Fast Eddie 1964

 

Jack Chrisman 1964

Jack Chrisman 1964

 

I have a couple of pic's of my '64 Cyclone,but not sure how to post.

bought in Jan 1964 in Organge county calif.
blk/blk 4 speed 289/210

I knew about 271's later that year.They sounded great ,mine had hydraulics and the 271's had solids,thats all i can say , I heard them.

i lived in Garden Grove and Jardine Headers were also there,I also had a slight mod to my engine ...my memory is shot but i think it was at Hayden Proffitt garage,or maybe Keith Black,just gettin to old.

All they did was some kind of tweak to my distributer and timing.
My car was strictly a street car i was only 18 or 19...it was great.I seem to remember getting 30 to fifty tickets with it in a few months...lol
i even did five days in jail at theo lacy security facility for drag racing,just off Garden Grove blvd by the Santa Ana River.

I had the car until the mid '70's at which time i drove it off a small mountain in woodside calif.

I want another one!

Thank you guys for all the pic's taking me down memory lane.
I ran my car at lions a couple times e or f stock...mid 15's at 113 mph

Saw GAS Rhonda roll his ford there and Garlits run in the '7s with front engine dragsters...it was all great !
and saw all of the first funny Cars,the Comets !

MrGAS

 

422's comet 64 Launching video by Tunnelbolt.

 

Would love to see pics of the car,Let me know if you want the help.Thats Awesome, Wish I could of raced back then.

 

Roy
Heres a close up of the air cleaner emblem that I used.I did have to modify the area to fit it but not much,it was close.I bought the emblem out at Crites.Its not in there catalog.I guess a local guy makes them and drops them off.At the time they only had three of them and I bought all three.This was two years ago so I'm sure they have some more.I think its looks good on there.Let me know if they dont have any I could probanly break loose of one.

 

Comet motivation.Good job Roy.

 

Comet Motivation,Lets see some more projects starting up.

 

Johns Whistler

 

A/FX Cyclone,Tunnelbolt action

 

Cool looking 63 gasser comet

 

Ken; Thanks for posting the Comet video's, can't wait, next Saturday is the first race of the season! Missed hearing all those FE's after a long winter.

 

Dick Lux's 64 comet