Q:What'll a 6-pack of Longneck Buds get ya?

A: A 1962 Comet 4 door! My sis-in-law's grandmother's car. She called me up and asked if I was interested. "How much?" "Dad says a 6 pack and you can come get it." After talking to him and finding out a little about the funky 'lil Mercury I enlisted my brother and we went up to KC to get it. Nice car. Really solid w/77K on the clock. A couple small rust spots in the usual places, a knick here and there. I6 & a 2spd auto. Interior, aside from the door panels and a tear in the seat, is super nice. Dash and steering wheel look new. Thirty minutes at home in the garage and she was running. Just gonna spiff it up a bit...real low dollar. The one thing I'd really like to do is get those puny 4 lug/13" wheels off of it. Looking for 4 lug options in a larger diameter, 15" would be nice but probably not available. Don't wanna go to a diff swap, etc. Probably change the stance too. I think it'll be fun to have around.

 

Great deal!! those little comets are great little econo cruisers.

 

i'll trade you 10 cases of longneck buds for it

 

I quit drinking years ago but if I were to drink the Bud I would have a terrible headache and the squirts. I like the Falcons,Comets and such,64 Falcon Sprint especially.

 

Wow, didn't even need a 6-pack of something good!

Nice score!

 

Check out the 4-luggers from an 80's fox body Mustang or an 80's T-Bird
I think they were running 14's or 15's on 4-lugs

 

nice... the power of beer!

 

Wrong bolt pattern, those are 4 on 4.25, the Falcon/Comet pattern is 4 on 4.5. I'm running Maverick 14-inch wheels on my car, they take the larger hubcap like used on a full-size Ford. To run original Falcon center caps, one needs '64-'65 Falcon or Mustang 4-lug wheels.

-Dave

 

Cool little car wish deals like that came my way.......

 

Why in my day for that price you could get a fifth of Tennessee whiskey, a cigar and a hooker and have a dime's change to call for a cab to the VD clinic.

Nice find. What's the bolt pattern on those things? 4 on what?

 

Great score! IMO, needs a RediRad!

 

this???

 

I'd put some snow tires on all four corners and go terrorize the streets of Wichita! It'd make a cool little driver just the way it is.

 

great deal

 

whats wrong, Budweiser to strong for you?

the car is cool we have one at the shop it's an S-22 model

 

Nice clean and solid lookin little ride, I usually see people havin more fun in a little simple 4 door ride like that than I do in some high dollar ride.
Congrats!

 

it was at least worth a case ya chntz lol

 

Good to know!Thanks

 

Little TO MUCH INFO!!!...Neverless, that should be a fun little project

 

Hah! Good one. Budweiser's too weak for me. I like beer that doesn't taste like diluted pee.

 

I had a couple of them 14" 4 lugs 35 years ago on a Comet and they where hard to come by then.

 

the shits...

 

So, how doya know what diluted pee tasts like???????????????

 

Alright, I guess I walked into that one. Seriously, though, Budweiser is terrible.

 

I don't know, how much does a 6 pack costs?

 

Great score man, that can give you some low cost pleasure cruising with a bevy of thumbs ups and "nice car" comments. Great white exterior/red interior combo, good luck with some larger wheels, even 14" would improve the look, lots of nice 14" full Ford hubcaps that would look rightous on the Comet, Congrats ~sololobo~

 

Congrats!!

 

That's pretty cool. Congrats.

In 1979 I traded a guy in St. Louis two cases of Coors for a fully polished 727 Torqueflight (smallblock Mopar). I think it was the best deal I ever made!

 

what a sweet deal-i thought i was doing good when i traded a guy a case of high life for two huge boxes full of 40's-60's beer cans. i think you win though!

 

Sack time got me this one . '62...S22.
AND SHE BOUGHT THE BEER.