History 64/65 Comets old drag cars lets see pictures

Working on it 65 t-bolt.



well this is the best I can do without the original.

65 T-Bolt you said it was for sale back then. what was he asking?



Man That would've been a great buy I love that car

 

I'm still trying to get over the one in Colorado I just missed!!

 

Love the AFX in the taillights. looking great. Are you shooting to have it ready for summer?

 

Mercuryjunky; Yes, I plan to have it out this summer; I bought the shell in 2003; and just recently FINALLY got this guy to paint it. I've got all the parts and just need to assemble it. The 390(solid lifter engine) is out of my T-Bolt replica so it's ready to run(I'll swap in a High Riser as soon as I save some cash and acquire the parts). I plan to put "SUPER MARAUDER" on the doors 11 x 48-filling in the whole lower section with Marauder(in Red) superimposed over Silver or Gray SUPER-maybe painted to look like diamond plate. "Quicksilver on the rear quarter(play on words--Mercury used to be called that). Syl

 

Doug Nash B/FX "THE CYCLONE" - STU EVANS LINCOLN MERCURY! Great read! Click image a few times to make bigger!

 

Super Nice '65 B/FX CYCLONE! Click on image 3 times to read!

 

Another great B/FX article!

 

Dyno Don's '65 A/FX Comet beautifully restored! Super Read...Enjoy!

 

Ken;are you crying in your beer after seeing the picture of the Shake,Rattle and Roll 64? The powder blue 65 Caliente is a nice survivor,but it has a lot of small issues for that kind of money[$15,000] in my opinion.But then I think none of the old cars are worth more than a couple grand!! ROY.

 

I have seen Rick Kirk's B/FX,and also the Purvis Motors B/FX 65 Comets in person back in 2004.Both cars are excellent examples,and basically unrestored originals.There was also a 65 Cyclone B/FX at the Dearborn,Fairlane show in 2009,another beautiful car. ROY.

 

For the serious '64 Comet lover only! This Comet and Bike combo was runnin' on Ebay? Kinda' cool....Like a Super Hero duo!

 

holy crap off for a few days and 5 pages to get caught up on Thanks for the excellent morning read! you guys amaze me with all this knowledge!

george

 

That motorcycle sort of make my breakfast want to come back up. I saw it on eBay with a bin of $50,000. Yikes.

 

thanks for sharing the articles. enjoyed them

 

After Dyno. Pete Gates

 

George;do I see paint on the Comet,and its name? Time for pictures yet? ROY.

 

I also thought I saw something cool in George's avatar. Time to see some pics.

Roy its snowing here with a possible below zero tonight. This Sucks.

We need to get you a Avater pic. Call me or pm me and I'll walk you through it.

I bet this was one hell of a race

 

Ken;I am having printer-computer interface issues right now,plus I lost ALL my pictures when my computer crashed last year. At the OK.dinner in 04,Bill Holbrook stated"once the Comets showed up,the Fords were done"!!! ROY.

 

yes sirs. got some paint on it. getting on to the lettering and sponsors now. i can post some pics but cant get a full pic till i get it outside. and we got 8 to 10 inches of snow heading in, so stay tuned for more gooder pics. haha. heres a few i took during the base coat. next the copper pearl, then lots o clear

george

 

Love the "Spaced Out" paint scheme!

 

Looks like it did sell - sold for $175,000 at Mecum
http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=FL0111-102701

 

Hey 1Bad, looks like it was still about 200K out of my leauge!
Nice car.
Eric

 

Yeah, me too! I need to pool my Happy Meal money with Ken and Roy and maybe....

 

Looks like they must have worked out a deal with the high bidder.I watched it go through and they said it didnt hit reserve at 185k.

You know there giving away Tonka toy monster trucks in those happy meals, I guess we are going to have to settle for those.

John how was that 65 you were looking at?

I found that mag with Sam's Drag Fairlane in it. Super Ford 1991. Car looks good 66 gt auto with the 67 R code style hood on it A lot like Troublemakers. All it needs is a dual quad and its ready to go.

 

Nice thread, thanks for sharing!

 

now you see why I said that i LOVED this car...he had it for sale @ $1500....not $15,000

 

no engine or tranny!

 

George;your Comet is gonna be SICK!!!!! ROY.

 

65 T-Bolt; how many years ago? $1500 would have been a steal even back in the 60s!!!!! ROY.