History 64/65 Comets old drag cars lets see pictures

Hey Mike, it is a stroker windsor with CNC ported Victor 15 degree Heads, Glidden Victor intake, single quad dominator and a wild cam made by Bullet. C4 from Mikes transmisssions, a munsinger converter and a 4.57 leaf spring Calvert rear. Car weights a lil over 3400 with driver (i weigh 160 with gear) and I have done a LOT of carb work on my own--that is where i really started gaining HP. i shift at 8200, that motor is amazingly bulletproof. runs 9.50's in the 1/4 and 5.90's in the 1/8. My whole goal is to hurt the feelings of your typical mullet-wearing loud mouth big tire lead-sled Chevy dork who thinks his shiny wheels and snorkel hoodscoop equate to speed. Here is a somewhat outdated website.

www.ernietheattorney.org

thanks for the interest brother. . . . . .

Ernie

 

There are a ton of these drag comets with the front ends lifted pretty high! I think they make awesome looking drag cars, and I am digging the big tub on some of these!

 

8200??? Wow! I put a connecting rod through the side of a 289 block at a lot lower rpms. Of course that was many years ago. The technology advances are amazing.

 

Hi Ernie!
Cars looking great, and running .....Well, that speaks for its self!
Can't wait to watch you run this year.
Eric

 

Ernie,
Double Wow on the 8200 upshifts!!! I like the Fairlanes and have a '67 myself. Anytime you can shut down a Chevy is good with me.

Mike

 

I'm gonna try to convince Ernie now to let me run his back-up motor in the Rocket!! That just about ought to shoot me to the moon!!!!!

Dale

 

Another Sylvanus Pierce original.

 

Is your crank internally balanced? I spun the rear main in a 289 I shifted at 8500, and suspect it was because of the external balance in the flywheel (4 speed car). Have you done anything out of the ordinary to make it live? What rods do you use? I want to put it back together just the way it was except for what I need to do to save the rear main. I drilled the oil galley out to 1/2" so I don't think it was oil delivery.

Neat car!

 

Double wow. I thought my little 308 over 7,000 rpms was nuts. Of course I did split that block in two.

 

I shift my stroker 289[352"],4-speed at 7200 and go out the back at 7800-8000.The rotating assembly is externally balanced,never had any bearing issues in 14 seasons.The biggest issue I had was caving in cylinder walls on the outside bottom of the cylinder,solved that with "Hardblok". ROY.

 

My 289 runs outta steam and cam around 6,900-7,000 rpm's. Plenty enough. Sure makes it sound snotty!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL-c4WSz8Ac

 

Dale;are you ready for a "BIG" engine yet? COOL video,I like the across the line burnout!!!! In post #2227 I see Ernie's hands,but where is your left hand?Or is that why she and you are smiling?ROY.

 

Cool.

 

That is a good looking 64,the only issue I have is he didn't center the front wheels in the wells when they did the axle. JMO,ROY.

 

Not to derail the topic here....but I love Mercurys and brunettes. One brunette always comes to mind, Jill Wagner. She was the Mercury spokesmodel before Mercury folded. I ran across a pic of Jill and a 65 Comet today. Some of you might know Jill from the TV show Wipeout now.

 

Here are a few pics of my '65 Comet.

 

Very cool thread, I just love old drag cars.

 

64Cyclone;I don't think any one will complain!!!!!! falcon428scj;nice looking 65! ROY.

 

Looks great!

Do you also have a Falcon with a 428? If so, I'd like to see that one too.

 

64cyclone thanks she's one of the best looking chicks around cars lately!

george

 

Was this the Comet Pond had for sale? Very nice wish I had the money to buy it,If I remember right you got a hell of a deal. Hows it run?

 

Being that I am a person of compation in these trying times I'm going to have to kick my old worn out Tire wiper (Fast Eddie) to the curb and hire Miss Mercury Jill . My Drag racing might go to hell though.

 

Regarding the Comet in post # 2243--there IS one there. What are the things on the hood(besides Jill)? They look like the scoops? humps? off a '67 fairlane GT hood! Look closely and you can see them. She IS distracting!! Syl

 

I don't blame ya Stick!

 

I need her to sit on my Cyclone hood!

 

spierth;I never got past her,yes those look like Fairlane GT hood lumps. Fast Eddie;I thought maybe you had froze to death!!! You got that wagon running yet?Don't ask about mine!!!!! Ken;don't let the wife read that!!!!! ROY.

 

Roy:

Just busy trying to keep Kenny out of trouble and you know he needs lots of coaching. He owes me! thinkin he needs to start helping with the wagon!!!!! LOL!!

 

Not sure if that one guy was looking for leaks or what!!

 

Dale;I think your Comet made a HUGE impression on the photographers and fans!!!You may need a bigger helmet!!!!Good thing you didn't launch any parts!!!! I hear "BIG" Steve won the A/FX show,KOOL!!!!!He and his Father are good people! ROY.

 

Isn't a racecar......but has a 450 horse 347 and my grandmother bought it new in 65. Just restored it to original exterior and interior colors.