History 64/65 Comets old drag cars lets see pictures

I saw this a couple of weeks ago at the “ Out of Sight” vintage drag event at ‘da Grove. I had not seen the car since the early ‘80’s when it was in disrepair from years of neglect.

Here is what the car looked like in 1964 soon after it left Dearborn Steel Tubing and was being campaigned by Tom Coward Lincoln Mercury.

 

Amazing…glad to see its back at the track

 

Killer Original B/FX car with the original 289 / 48 IDA Weber set up..1 of 3 ever built with the set up..

 

Scored this today….

 

Sure it’s on here somewhere…but too cool not to see again….

 

An ironic picture….

 

Great photos!

 

Love this one, as it’s got a local legend…Doug Nash featured…

 

The altered wheelbase Plymouth really has an advantage over the Comet with that huge overhang.

 

Loves me some ‘64 lightweights!

 

Question: were 15" wheels ever offered on these cars as an option?

 

The factory did not offer 15” wheels on ‘64 or ‘65 Comets. I know all V8 cars were 14” 5 lug, 4 1/2” bolt circle. It is possible that some 6 cyl. models had 13” wheels, I once owned a ‘64 6cyl. Wagon, it had 14’s.

 

Thanks - that's what I suspected. Would have been helpful because I need all sort of stupid **** to approve modifications on my car (am in Austria where the government hates cars). Well at least there were 15" aftermarket wheels which I can prove, so...

 

Does anyone know where the list of vin#s and drivers for the 1964 mercury lightweights is? there was once some paperwork from mercury showing who got what car. I would like to find that list.

 

It is possible that Dearborn Steel Tubing has that information. I am not aware of any registry that has compiled the serial numbers.
There were only 21 factory A/FX cars built, 20 Caliente's and one station wagon. They did not use the Cyclone model because it was a mid year model.

 

how would i get in touch with DST? i cant find any contact

 

I tried to search for the company and found that they changed the name to DST Industries when a son of one of the founders purchased the company. Then I found this do***ent from five years ago, it seems as if the company has ceased to exist.
https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Pr...WARN.pdf?rev=61b06d07caa24609b6082135e81b1bcc

 

This photo was posted by @jeepster on the “Vintage shots from days gone by Part 2”
This is the first time I have seen this photo, it is a very early shot of the Tom Coward’64 A/FX Comet after it was sold to Joel Kanios. Joel campaigned the Comet under his own banner of Kanios Enterprises. Not long after this picture was taken the car was modified a number of times to keep up with the other A/FX compe***ors. (Altered wheelbase, straight front axle, gutted interior, etc.)
See post 9662 for current pictures of this Comet.

 

Listed on Hemmings.com
It is hard to believe it retains all it’s original body panels considering these were race cars and were heavily modified on a weekly basis to stay in sync with the compe***ion.
https://www.hemmings.com/cl***ifieds/listing/1964-mercury-comet-riverview-fl-2899207