COMET CENTRAL

Safe travels Jim. Are you a participant or a spectator? A lot of well known builders there, I’m sure if you’re participating, you’ll be one of them! All the best.

Hey Joe, I like the words you mentioned above, “Work on the Merc” would fit well on a T-shirt with a picture eh….

Oh man that’s sweet, will make life a lot easier working on your rides.

I’ve never used any, there’s a bunch of them out there. This is one of several that came recommended on the VMF, https://www.fountaintransportservices.com/get-a-quote/

Yes great intro, and nice looking rides you have there. I’ll be following your build with the Comet, sounds like it’ll be some nice mild changes to it. I had a good friend over there years ago when I was into El Caminos, I had probably four or five parts Elkys at the time. He has passed on several y...

Not a bad score, is it a 3 pedal car? Looks to be pretty solid. Funny, you saw the 72 I was looking at, a couple threads down from this one. The guy has it advertised now on the VMF for sale, 9k obo.

A cruiser for sure, engineers/designers back then were thinking “Flash Gordon” futuristic sh….stuff. lol

Yeah, looking at the interweb I’m seeing a 57 Turnpike Cruiser, got all the fixins.

Wow, don’t believe I’ve ever seen one of them, 58/59?

Thanks Lou. I don’t believe you could build it for that.

Looking forward to seeing your Comet up in the air on it. Should make life a whole lot easier, I know crawling around on my back under these cars isn’t getting any easier….

That bracket should do it! Nice. Do you know what that 57 went for at the Harrisburg auction? I see it sold but can’t find what it sold for….

What Joe said, I’m seeing a 69 302 block. I have the same block in our 66 now.

Yes, nice find, and solid, big plus!

Johno 👍 I know the feeling, no worries, I believe the OP understands the operation of the latch now. Your input is always appreciated. You know these older cars go through a lot of wear n tear over the years, and things get contorted, like metal. That’s probably the issue he’s having with the hood r...

Definitely well deserved, congratulations!

It sounds as if the primary hood release isn’t releasing, otherwise if it was, all you’d have to do is push the J hook to the left to open the hood. Wack the hood like Johno said, that might make it release, if not, you’ll need to get a screw driver or something to get the latch to open while holdin...