'63 1/2 Custom Sportster

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Thanks, guys!

We're getting a little Comet crazy at this little garage.
I'll post some pics of the Canary car when it rolls in. It has the funkiest mag wheels I've ever seen. :P

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anybody would be tickled pink to drive an old car that looks that good,,,pop
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popscomet wrote:
Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:22 pm
anybody would be tickled pink to drive an old car that looks that good,,,pop
Thanks, Pop! :)

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Shot a cheesy walk-around video with my phone so ya'll can check out my Comet.
No super cheesy cold start with the engine idled to 500 rpm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UedbuqLBriE
She needs a bath and a hood buff. Might be warm enough this afternoon to get wet.
I'll take ya'll for a ride in the country when I pick up a Go-Pro.

JT
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That's a beautiful car Joe! :D yea a gopro ride will feel good! been gopro riding in mine a few times during this snow mess. now it has warmed up,rained to wash the salt off, & above 60 today,gonna try to get out for a real ride here in a little while. Thanks for sharing!!! :D
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popscomet wrote:
Sun Oct 18, 2020 11:05 pm
Y'all may say pop is crazy
I s that prmission o do w need to still sneak around and call you crazy? :lol: :lol: You know anytime we talk about an I6, I am all in because I am a little more than crazy :roll:
Joe Travers wrote:
Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:58 am
Yep, Ford keys even sound better when they jingle in your pocket
OK tell me if this is too overboard on being too much of a Ford guy two things and as Pop says "true story" ...
My cousin called me and asked if I would drive his old truck in the Christmas parade one year. I asked what it was, he said it was a Chevy, I told him I wouldn't be seen driving a Chevy and turned him down :roll: , My uncle when he was dying asked me if I wanted an old truck bed trailer he had (you know one where they had cut the front of the truck off and left the bed and the rear of the frame, it was an old Chevy truck so I turned it down, and told him no thanks, it may have been a test because he was a hardcore Ford guy too on the same level as my dad, if it was I hopefully passed :P That was his 9N Ford you have seen pictures of. The 8N was my dad's.
See Ya,
Mike

And Joe you know I like the '65 but needs a T5 and the header. :P
Mike's build thread
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13058
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Joe Travers wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:55 pm
Shot a cheesy walk-around video with my phone so ya'll can check out my Comet.
No super cheesy cold start with the engine idled to 500 rpm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4DohJ_ ... =FoMoCoJoe
She needs a bath and a hood buff. Might be warm enough this afternoon to get wet.
I'll take ya'll for a ride in the country when I pick up a Go-Pro.

JT
nice...hard to beat red on red,,,,sounds good also.....pop
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poboyjo65 wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:13 pm
yea a gopro ride will feel good! been gopro riding in mine a few times during this snow mess
Checked out that wild skate in 2nd in Joe's Falcon thread. Figured if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. :D
lavron wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:08 pm
OK tell me if this is too overboard on being too much of a Ford guy
Nope :shock: :lol:
lavron wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:08 pm
And Joe you know I like the '65 but needs a T5 and the header. :P
I loved my '65 202 w/ the 200 and three-on-the-tree. It was a one owner car w/ 80K miles, like sitting in a time capsule. I'd take turns driving it and the Cyclone every day to work until Roop wanted to buy it. That was 25 years ago. He finally got the car in the photo on the road just before the storm hit. I think I'm going over there tomorrow and tune it for him and look at the 404. I may post a video in next few days on those cars. The 404 has a ratchet shifter I need to work on.
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Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:50 pm
hard to beat red on red,,,
You know it, brother :P

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Great lookin' 63, Joe! 8)
lavron wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:08 pm
My uncle when he was dying asked me if I wanted an old truck bed trailer he had, it was an old Chevy truck so I turned it down, and told him no thanks
You should have told him you needed something to haul manure in and that would fit the bill. :wink:

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Jims65cyclone wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:14 pm
Great lookin' 63, Joe! 8)
lavron wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:08 pm
My uncle when he was dying asked me if I wanted an old truck bed trailer he had, it was an old Chevy truck so I turned it down, and told him no thanks
You should have told him you needed something to haul manure in and that would fit the bill. :wink:

Jim
yrs ago when my daughter was 15-16yrso,,a young man driveing a sharp chevy PU,,pulled in the drive way and stopped in frt of my shop,,got out ask me sir,is MANDY here,,I said she's in the house,,,he shut his door and headed for the house...I said whoa whoa,,he stopped and I said son your welcome to see MANDY,,,but you can't leave this chevy trk in my drive way,,there he stood all wall eyed,,,I said lookaround,,all you see is fords and there is a reason for that,,,so you park that chevy trk on the street by the mail box,,he ask are you kidding? I said no I am not,,either park on the street or leave,,I don't want a GM on my property,,,he moved to the street,,,went uP to the house,,,few minutes later I heard him fire up and leave......few minutes went by I heard in a loud voice DADDY,want did you say to him??? I just told him ain't no chevy gonna take space up in my drive way parked amongst my fords...she stared at me for a sec,,me thinking here comes the wrath of my only teen age daughter,,,she grinned and said good maybe he will stop bugin me at school...her and I still laugh about it,,,she once told me that little ordeal spread all over HS.....pop
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popscomet wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:45 pm
I said whoa whoa,,he stopped and I said son your welcome to see MANDY,,,but you can't leave this chevy trk in my drive way,,there he stood all wall eyed,,,I said lookaround,,all you see is fords and there is a reason for that,,,so you park that chevy trk on the street by the mail box,,he ask are you kidding? I said no I am not,,either park on the street or leave,,I don't want a GM on my property,,,
Sic 'em, Pop! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Too funny :D

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That’s one purdy 63.5 Joe!! 8)
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Thanks guys!
It's a blessing to finally own a nice one for a change.
I was big-time Rat Rodder long before that became fashionable. :D

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Here's a vid of my buddy Roop's canary 404. After clutch adjustments this morning, I ran parts and tuned-up his 202 and got started working on the 404. This is going to be a cool car after we get finished. 5.0L roller engine, baby C-6 with a Hurst ratchet shifter. :D
https://youtu.be/KUhx738eAZ8

JT
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This one is for Mikey :wink: FINALLY got my old buddy's 202 on the road today for a test drive. That's him trying it out in the yard before we hit the highway. Check out the wacky dual glass-packs, reminds me of old High School days. Another Comet rides again! :D
https://youtu.be/s9a_o-Ga8-A

JT
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