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    Mercury Comet, The History of

    Related threads: Mercury Comet Rallye Car

    Very Brief Overview

    The Mercury Comet was an automobile produced by the Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company between 1960 and 1977, with the exception of the 1970 model year. Originally planned as an Edsel model, the Comet was not officially a Mercury until 1962, and was simply marketed in 1960 and 1961 as the Comet.

    From 1960 to 1965, the Comet was based on the Ford Falcon platform and marketed as a compact car. 1966-69 Comets grew in size and were based on the same chassis as the Ford Fairlane intermediate-sized car. During that period the Comet name was used only on the base models, upper lever models were now referred to by what had previously been their subseries names, like Capri, Cyclone, Montego etc.

    For 1971, the Comet name was revived on Mercury's version of the Ford Maverick compact car. The model was offered with comparatively few changes through the 1977 model year, and was then discontinued to make room for the new Mercury Zephyr for the 1978 model year.

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    Thanks!

    The one I saw around my neighborhood was probably an earlier one, a 60 or 61 because the headlights were dual on both sides, but not stacked on top of each other.

    It was similar to the one in the rally car thread.
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    i've seen one similar to the last one, the red one, but it was blue and yellow rims, setup for the dragstrip, really nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NSXType-R View Post
    Thanks!

    The one I saw around my neighborhood was probably an earlier one, a 60 or 61 because the headlights were dual on both sides, but not stacked on top of each other.

    It was similar to the one in the rally car thread.
    You probably saw 1964 model then. 1960-63 models have more round shape with small tail fins.

    For reference here are 1961 and 1964 model (low res warning!), you can clearly see the more square shape and the prominent Lincoln Continental inspired front grill styling on the 1964 model.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Revo View Post
    You probably saw 1964 model then. 1960-63 models have more round shape with small tail fins.

    For reference here are 1961 and 1964 model (low res warning!), you can clearly see the more square shape and the prominent Lincoln Continental inspired front grill styling on the 1964 model.
    Maybe, I need to go back and find that car again. It was a sedan for sure though.

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