COMET CENTRAL

I cant resist, Mercury /Comet Porn
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Scary! Some time around 2000, My 17 year old son sometimes drove the Comet, The wife insisted that I install seat belts in it. I found some at the salvage yard, blue Chevy S10 retractable shoulder belts. Still in the car today.......Oh, the Humanity! I have the Granada conversion brakes, master cyli...

Great thread, Enjoyed the videos.

The whole rear-end was bent down bumper pushed in. Came out of gear on high idle while I was under the hood. Hit a tree.

Ordered new tires going to drive it some
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Finally got it done. Sectioned bottom half of quarter and tail panel and outer and inner wheel tub. Sat so long, I need to get new tires.
Still have some lower right side trunk well rust to repair.

anybody?

64 Hardtop,all new front suspension , 65 manual conversion, A arms, new springs,roller idler, shocks,moog parts, lots of castor. stock rear diff. Going to a road track car look. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/crr-3425712p Current wheel and tire combo, 14x7 wheels 215/70-14 with 3.25 BS all 4 wi...

Thanks, PBJ, check this calc out. tire ,wheel, and offset/backspace all in one with visualizerhttps://tiresize.com/wheel-offset-calculator/

UPDATE, Still here, tail panel strait, replaced trunk lid from my 4dr parts car, removes drivers lower quarter and outer wheel well,and trunk drop. In the process of welding back together. most of that from prior rust repair. Have some pics but don't seem to get them to show up. Never welded a quart...

OP-UPDATE: Been four years since my last post. Comet's been sitting since, started several times that it. Life happens , in-laws and parents moved in, and passed, sister in law moved here passed too. Lovely wife almost died of flu and blood strep at the same time , now fully recovered. And I suffere...

The 65 V8 idler arm bracket is what you have. the 65 6 cyl has the shaft on the actual arm, and the hole is in the bracket. GK

Not bad, its plastic and kind of gnarly anyway.GK

The other day I needed to clean greasy range vent aluminum screens.Fuzzy and greasy. I tried simple green. It made it gummy but would not rinse or scrub off. tried solvent, same. The lint, dust and grease was sticky and gooey.Went to goggle and tried this: In my laundry sink, placed screens. Boiled ...

Welcome Dave. Another AZ Comet here, 43 miles SW of Prescott. Have you had any experience with royal plating in Tucson?http://www.royalplating.com/ I need to get my bumper rechromed. BTW I have a four door parts car. GK