Wanted to show off my 'new' ride.

[classiccaprice]

Hey Fellas,

It's been a while. I figured I'd show off my new wheels. 1963 Mercury Comet, 45,000 original miles, great condition inside and out. So excited!

 

[classiccaprice]

It's completely as it was as it came out of the factory. Though she might need a paint job...

 

[tomturbomatic]

sorry in advance

Remember the joke from the early 60s about the new car that was a cross between a Valliant and a Comet. It was called a Vomit and had bucket seats.

 

[classiccaprice]

Interior

 

[classiccaprice]

lol, no worries. I like the Comet, I think it had the best lines of the early 60's compacts, imho.

 

[petek]

Congrats to you..
Back when they were new they were considered small or compact cars and they did sort of look small in relation to full-sized cars.. Now though see one and they look quite big LOL

 

[rp2813]

Nice car, and in a nice color too!  45K miles is nothing.  The grille reminds me of my '64 Galaxie.

 

[circlew]

Nice car!

and looks to be in wonderful shape. Still has the tailfins that were so popular in the late 50's and early 60's.

Were these based on the Ford Falcon or Fairlane?

My friend Donna had a blue Comet in the mid 70's, but I think it was like a Ford Maverick.

 

[brisnat81]

Thats a nice looking car. The Grill and bonnet look a lot like the Mid 60's Falcon that we had over here.

 

[toploader55]

How Fantastic

What a Find.

It's just Beautiful. Really is wonderful to see this baby survived all these years. Did it happened to be Cryovaced ???

So nice to see a "Head Turner" again.

 

[wayupnorth]

Comet was the Mercury version of the Falcon. That is a wonderful find. The Mercury version was always a little bit nicer than the Ford model and I cant see why it was discontinued. Does it have the 170 or 200 cdi 6? I see it has the 2 speed Mercomatic/Fordomatic transmission. My mothers 2 speed 64 Falcon could get to 45 pedal to the floor before upshifting, course when I had the car myself...lol. She never had a clue

 

[perc-o-prince]

Gorgeous car!!

Drive it in good health and have lots of fun!

Rich

 

[cfz2882]

comet

in high school,a classmate had a turquiose '64 comet-his had a small v8 IIRC,
a 260 or possibly that tiny 221(?)v8 ford had around that time.Is the radio tube
or was ford radios transistor by 63?

 

[philcoford]

Cool Car

There have been TV shows about a woman in Florida who is still driving her 64 Comet, almost 600K miles on it. I met her at Carlisle Ford show a few years ago, she was great, told me to always get the lifetime warranty on repairs, it has saved her a lot of money! Hers had the V8, A/C etc, and she said she had cruise control added as she used to get tickets!

I believe her last name was Veitch, anyways, congrats on the find.

 

[ironrite]

That is a beautiful car. What a great find! You may want to try Brasso on the paint. Just be very, very careful and test it in a small area first. I used to use it on all my older cars. I think the solvents in it help cut through the oxidation better than plain rubbing compound. You just don't want to go through the paint. If it is successful for your, then give it a couple of coats of wax to help protect the paint.

 

[norgeway]

Absolutely!

Beautiful, back when cars WERE cars and not plastic wagons!!!

 

[112561]

Your new car is a beauty inside and out!

I had a '63 Mercury Meteor, which was basically the same car you just got, had factory ice cold under dash air conditioning. Your car is perfect the way it is, in my opinion. It's in better shape, and mine was in super condition. Quick story, in the '60s and '70s Mr. and Mrs. Heinze were church friends of Moms, they had a '63 Falcon Futura two door sedan. Car was totalled in '70, Mr. H. had it completely rebuilt. The car is still four blocks north of here, in the back yard of the house next door to their old house. Still looks pretty good, probably dry rotted inside though.

 

[firedome]

Nice Comet!

The Meteor was Merc's version of Ford's Fairlane, and like the Comet slightly fancier than the Ford twin.

Just buff out the paint, the trend in vintage cars these days is to leave them as original as possible, blemishes are considered patina. Cars are only original once!

 

[moparguy]

Wow, that Comet is AWESOME! So nice to see such a nice, original car! Love it! I think these compact sedans from the 60's are great cars... just enough flash, enough power, enough room, yet small enough for great economy and to handle much better than many of the larger cars.