Just bought this 1960 Comet sedan advertised on Facebook Marketplace. Has been sitting for a long time at an elderly person's house in Hasbrouck Heights NJ. I probably rescued this car from a bad fate. Came with a rust-free extra hood and a better set of bumpers that I found hidden in the weeds. Engine ran like garbage when I first drove it, with lots of loud exhaust leaks. Running pretty smooth now.
Will update you on restoration progress. Not doing a full restoration--will keep some original patina. Just want to make the car presentable, original as possible, and running well.
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Rescuing/Restoring a 1960 Comet
- Jims65cyclone
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Re: Rescuing/Restoring a 1960 Comet
Welcome aboard, Top Cat! She looks like a nice survivor. Looking forward to your build thread. I'm not familiar with flickr, but many of us use postimage which allows you to automatically resize pics to fit the forum as well as a way to copy a link to paste into your note that will allow the your pics to show up as pics rather than links. You might check it out and see if flickr has similar functionality. It's just easier for folks to view your actual images rather than having to follow a link to them. Here's how postimage works:
https://www.cometcentral.com/forum/view ... =1&t=16011
Jim
https://www.cometcentral.com/forum/view ... =1&t=16011
Jim
Re: Rescuing/Restoring a 1960 Comet
Nice save! She's a Beauty.
1964 Comet Caliente Convertible
30,000 miles on our rebuild
All Comets start out as dreams...
Re: Rescuing/Restoring a 1960 Comet
Welcome!!! I love it. Great color combo black & red. Glad you saved the Comet. Can't wait to see your progress. 1960, the year I was born.
Congrats,
Doug in NC
Congrats,
Doug in NC
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- Joe Travers
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Re: Rescuing/Restoring a 1960 Comet
Looks solid
Nice find
Joe
Nice find
Joe