Any history on this car?

[CycloneFE]

Correct me if I am wrong, but are the carbs on backwards?

The phone is a cell in Lynn, MA according to whitepages.com

[W J]

The person who's listed this '64 Comet has a great ebay rating....check his ebay transactions......a ton and all positive.....would like to see some pics of underneath car....it might tell a story of being legit, or not..... all those win stickers are from Epping.....hard to believe a couple of old friends I spoke with about this Comet who are heavy-duty Ford people, but cannot remember it as well. Still working on it.... WJ

[rawhide]

Originally Posted by CycloneFE

Correct me if I am wrong, but are the carbs on backwards?

The phone is a cell in Lynn, MA according to whitepages.com

427 Fords with two four barrell carbs were installed backwards for distributor clearance. They used the 4160 style carb without the metering block which give more clearance when turned around.
Roland

[CycloneFE]

Roland,
Thanks, while I have studied the FE, I have ignored the 427, mainly because I knew I was running the auto and not a stick. That is one thing I had not come across.

It does add some more cred to the car though.

[Monte Howard]

Here is a pic of my Dad's 64 Mercury Comet.
This was a 427 4-speed.
I remember dad telling me alot of story's about this car.
If I remember correctly there were only 25-50 of these car's built.
This car came factory with slicks,open headers,roll bar,tach ready to race.
He said it had really long slapper bar's and when you banged the gears it would feel like the floor board was coming apart.
This pic was taken at the Danville IL. Airport,The reason there was mud on the tires is Dad ran it off the end of the runway.

[W J]

Great pic of a old piece of great history, Monte. Drag Comets were rare, for sure...The one on ebay right now could easily be legit....might have some answers today.......WJ

[Bob Don]

WJ - I put a link to the car on www.northeastdragracing.com. Maybe someone over there knows something about it. Perhaps Don Roberts or Todd Berube know the car.

[W J]

Originally Posted by Bob Don

WJ - I put a link to the car on www.northeastdragracing.com. Maybe someone over there knows something about it. Perhaps Don Roberts or Todd Berube know the car.

Great, I'm going to email Ralph Ridgeway (Deb's Dyno '55 Chev) up around Springfield, as well.....Those were his C/MP heydays at those tracks and more....The one thing that puzzles me a little are all the New England Dragway win stickers posted w/pics of that Comet.....a car w/that many wins in those days HAD to get some notice and attention. We'll see... WJ

[Mike Schwartz]

The small lettering on the quarter windows reads " 'x.x.x.x.' Record Holder "

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Monte Howard

Here is a pic of my Dad's 64 Mercury Comet.
This was a 427 4-speed.
I remember dad telling me alot of story's about this car.
If I remember correctly there were only 25-50 of these car's built.
This car came factory with slicks,open headers,roll bar,tach ready to race.
He said it had really long slapper bar's and when you banged the gears it would feel like the floor board was coming apart.
This pic was taken at the Danville IL. Airport,The reason there was mud on the tires is Dad ran it off the end of the runway.

As I recall there were 11 built....10 coupes and one station wagon (Dyno Dons "Ugly Duckling"). Im sure some were "home built" during the year. They did NOT come with roll bars as they were not requird by NHRA in 1964 when new for A/FX. NHRA rules made a roll bar required for 1965 in A/FX. The traction bars were welded to the rear housing like the 64 T-Bolts. They were not adjustable with just a pivot point at the forward crossmember mount. All were 4 speeds. Dyno Don;s and Ronnie Sox were the most notable ones back in the day.