COMET CENTRAL

Hello all.

My name is Jerry. I recently purchased a 1965 Caliente resto-mod. The build includes a 1987 302 including Holley 4V, Edelbrock intake manifold, headers and a dual Flow Master exhaust. Tranny is a late 80's T5. This car is a gas to drive! My interest lies in maintaining it as well as restoring some of the original instrumentation. Most of my questions will be simplistic to many of you on the forum.

I previously owned a 1955 Nomad, so I am familiar with the challenges of owning a "classic". I look forward to learning a lot from you all and participating in this forum.

Welcome aboard, Jerry! There are no simplistic or dumb questions, so ask away. Someone on here has probably been there, done that, and it doesn't cost you a cent. We need to see this ride of yours, so post some pics. Here's how:
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Jim

Welcome on!

Hey Jerry!
Yep, Comets are a blast to own and drive.

Joe

Welcome Jerry!
Your car reads like a fun ride,,,, pics please.

Okay. I believe that I have successfully posted larger pix of my 65.

Other than the vertical placement (64 ribbing 65)of the headlights it looks great!!
Bigger pics please,,,Edit thank you! Beautiful lookin car!!
Fred

Good lookin' car, Jerry! And I think the headlights look just fine.

Jim

Nice car!

Joe

Looks awesome
Tom

Welcome to the forum Jerry. Beautiful ride, and having a 55 Nomad prior, also areal nice classic.

Man that is sweet!!!

Caveman49 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:07 pm

Welcome to the forum Jerry. Beautiful ride, and having a 55 Nomad prior, also areal nice classic.

Thanks. I bought my Nomad in 1985 for about $4,000. It had a 302 in it with a Holley 4V, Edelbrock intake manifold and dual exhausts. No headers. 4 speed on the floor with a Hurst shifter. Made some fixes and a few upgrades to it. Sold it in 1987 for a song. One cannot touch a Nomad for less than $60K now. Oops!

Jims65cyclone wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:21 pm

Good lookin' car, Jerry! And I think the headlights look just fine.

Jim

Thank you!

Man you got a heck of a buy on the Nomad! I had many tri-fives back in the day (60s) wish I’d have kept just one Life style just didn’t allow it… now that I can afford one, they’ve gone crazy with price. Will just stick with and hope to get my daughter’s 66 back on the road in the near future.