COMET CENTRAL

Some of you may know that here a few months ago I bought a 65 caliente 2 dr hartop. When I saw this car I got so giddy my normal train of thinking kind of left me (I hope that has happened to some of you guys too) I had always liked cars but never really paid attention to the comets-not that I didn'...

A question for you body guys-I have done a little body work myself and before I look at putting floorpans in my 65 I was wondering this-so when you cut the rotted/old floorpan out-I have seen where there is a little flange left around the outside-then the floorpan is basically set on top of this fla...

Awesome info-Thanks a bunch guys!!!

I agree with Fred.You basically described my car :lol: except I have a 4sp..but you need better brakes with all of it. SFC's & your other plans of moving the leafs in sounds like you want wider tires. A stroker motor will get you in the power range you want without having to wind it so high. it wil...

Ok im not sure if this is the right forum for this question or not, but here it is-I have a 65 caliente 2 dr hardtop with a 289 and automatic trans-eventually I will probably have the engine rebuilt and hopped up a little bit-im thinking somewhere between 300-400 hp, I also plan on doing the spring ...

Rockauto.com has a lot of the stuff. Falconparts.com has the center link. OpenTracker.com for roller idler/perches. Branda Mustang for the Shelby quick steer parts. Discbrakeswap.com for CSRP. If your steering box needs to be rebuilt, Chockostang sells kits or he’ll do it (recommended unless you RE...

‘65 steering and suspension are largely the same as the ‘65-‘66 ‘Stangs so you have a plethora of options including several that don’t require changing your spindles. CSRP has good, competitively priced options. The center link is Falcon/Comet specific and if you’re running power brakes ABS makes t...

Think I may have found a decent kit, looking for pros-cons and if any of you guys have had any experience with it-summit racing has a wildwood front disc kit with 4-piston calipers and they say you can reuse your drum brake spindles-kit is priced at $574.99 kit number 140-13476. I didn't think it wa...

Ok so I was driving my newly acquired 65 caliente today and went to hit the brakes and did not have any brakes at all-pretty exciting. So I got her back to the house and checked the brake fluid and of course it is empty but I do not see any leaks yet-but upon my inspection I found that one of my lo...

I am located in southern Kentucky, And yes I had planned on putting decent parts on-by cheap I meant was there another vehicle that came out stock with disc brakes that could be swapped onto a comet without much trouble-I agree that steering and brakes are 2 things that you definitely don't want to ...

Ok so I was driving my newly acquired 65 caliente today and went to hit the brakes and did not have any brakes at all-pretty exciting. So I got her back to the house and checked the brake fluid and of course it is empty but I do not see any leaks yet-but upon my inspection I found that one of my low...

thanks guys- im sure I will have plenty of them lol

Excellent idea rideandshoot!!! I may give that a shot-thanks!!!

I was afraid that is what someone would say lol I don't know I have some body work experience, may try and just see what I can do there is only one spot that reaches down into the tail panel at the very back and luckily it is the straight part and not at a corner-maybe part of it could be made with ...

Hey I just purchased my very first car this weekend- a 1965 comet caliente 2 door hardtop-the car isn't really in bad shape-I am currently restoring a k5 blazer that was a lot worse than this car-I have read through these forums and have ggathered a lot of information about these cars- but I do have...