Features Mercury comets! lets see some Pics!

64 Cyclone. Gone now but not forgotten.

 

My personal favorite Comet is the one Troy Ladd built for his wife. Beautiful car.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2011/11/car_spotlight_gt_gt_comet_on_air/

 

we had a 63 convert 260 & merc-o-matic.....

God, I wish we'd kept that little car.
I loved it!

 

Just bought this one!





Its a 63, needs a little tlc.

 

Hey what front suspension are you guys running? I've thought about mustang ii and keeping it stock, just replacing everything with new? And disc brakes! Just a driver, but I want to be able to drive it anywhere. Thanks!

 

Here's our newest one (Thank You to whom ever from the Hot Rod Coalition took this pic)

 

Pictures of my 1964 Mercury Cyclone that I sold regretfully!

86K original miles
number matching 289 stroked to 331, C4, and 3.55 posi rear. All there and everything worked including the OG tach!

 

Just picked this one up a couple nights ago. Taking some old back roads home that I haven't been on in years. Like my wife tells me, everything happens for a reason. Of course she usually tells me that when everything is going to hell in a hand basket. Nice change for once. Picked it up for peanuts too.

Going to have to store it for a bit while I finish up my father-in-laws 30 Chevy. It's monopolizing my entire garage. This is a good motivator to finish the Chevy at least!

 

I just saw that on Craigslist the other day, wasnt it in Reedley or something?

 

rjones35;there is nothing wrong with stock front suspension on the 60s Ford products! If they were so bad how did they survive 50+ years and on countless race cars in every type of racing?! I have a 65 Comet Drag Car,pulls nice wheelstands on every launch,had 143,000 miles when it was my daily driver,has had two sets of upper ball joints,original upper bushings,two sets of lower control arms[used to be only way to get ball joints],one set of strut rod bushings and the steering box rebuilt last year.I have used the Granada/Monarch,spindle/disc brake setups and also the 66-67 Mustang,Cougar,Fairlane,Comet,Kelsey-Hayse four piston disc brakes,you need to swap the outer tie rod ends,everything else is a bolt on.I use a 66 Mustang dual master cylinder and prop valve. JMO , ROY.

 

Muttley - I thought that would get your attention! Yeah I guess it was on Craigslist but my wife and I were coming home from her aunt & uncle's and I thought I'd take a different way home. Call it fate I guess. Four bills later and I even have a pink!

It's straight. Got all the trim and the grille is super straight. Dash looks brand new. No interior though. Going to hotrod it so that's not a big deal but would have been nice.

 

Here is a recent pic of the first Comet convertible I use to own and sold before knowing it was serial #1. It is a 1963 S-22. I always thought the 50,001 serial number was unique, I just didn't know that was what Mercury started their production number with until years after I sold it.

 

there's a one piece fiberglass doghouse off of an old drag car on Indianapolis Craigslist for $300 right now but it's actually over in Illinois. Makes me wish I had a cool wagon to put it on.... http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/pts/3964901669.html

 

Hey anyone know or have 1963 mercury custom fender badges for sale like the ones in the picture

 

Thanks 65Comet. I did end up staying stock and I'm glad I did. I rebuilt everything and added disc brakes. Its all good! Pretty much ready to go other than engine and tranny. Kinda ran out of money for a while.

 

rjones35;glad to hear you kept the stock front suspension.They have lasted for over 50 years,all they need is an occasional rebuild[just like any front end]! ROY.

 

I bought the gas cap off of this Comet for $5. It was the first Mercury Man cap I had ever seen. I bought every cap I saw after that-just in case. After 15 years of driving my Comet, I never lost a single cap, but I had three or four extras to send with my convertible when I sold it to Australia.

 

Here's an update on my 60. At a cruise in. Been putting some miles on it this summer. And one from Andy Griffith Show !!

 

Still not done with mine..
Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!

 

Ran across old pictures from California , before ,and now at Tonica Cruise 2013

 

Here's mine as it sits. Just waiting to trailer it out to California where I am stationed. It's sitting in Wyoming at my parents house right now.

 

Here is my 1964 Caliente with 289, factory 4-speed, and a 9-inch upgrade:

 

WOW,very nice looking 64 Comet! ROY.

 

could'nt agree more Roy, that Comet looks clean......Nice Car Man......Al

 

Some very nice cars in this thread.

 

kbuhagiar,
Like Roy & Al said,you have one great looking '64!

Myron_

 

This bad ass '64 Comet was at the 10th Hunnert Car Pileup. The car looked like it would tear your face off standing still. Hope he brings it to the Iron Invasion this year.

Pure Joy......

 

Thanks to everyone for the kind words.

I have only had it for a few months but without question it is one of the favorite cars I have ever owned.