History 64/65 Comets old drag cars lets see pictures

Man I love that phrase. Sounds like my friends and Uncle talking about their younger days running gears like that for daily drivers....................Al

Good Luck this week-end!!!

 

interior done now

 

Wow Al, I may have finished my falcon first, but yours is definitely a piece of art compared to mine. That looks amazing

 

Thank You Very Much Mike, it has taken a long time and got some more to do, but is coming together like I planned so far, I hopefully get to bring home tomorrow with carpet, rear seat and door panels too! Then I can go to town assembling the rest of car.......................Al

 

So was this your Fathers Rail or ? Some cool old photos at Milan, MI...................Al

 

Cool old photos,wrong place to post them though!! JMO , ROY.

 

heres my comet, they rule !!!!!!

 

Cool, I like the skinny s and blacked out rears...................Al

 

Posted by tommyd on the drag cars in motion thread today.

 

That is cool! And has got to be one of the first pics I've seen on this thread of a drag Comet with velocity stacks coming out of the teardrop.

 

It has been posted on here a few times!! Great picture though,worth seeing multiple times!! ROY.

 

Al;LOOKIN GOOD!!! ROY.

 

That is a mountain motor LOL

 

Looks great Al!! Kuntz power for the win!!! I sure hope you can bring that to the FE Race & Reunion in 2016!!!

 

Thanks Gentlemen, had some linkage and intake issues that didn't allow dyno pull or I would have a video. I sure hope to have things shook down and the new intake Hogan sent proven before Beaver Springs so I can make the trip, had a Great time there in 2013/14 and would love to be there in 16' and actually participate rather than just watch. It has Jeff Colvert Pro Ports also.........Al

 

Hubert Platt passes.....
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/09/30/match-race-legend-hubert-platt-dies-at-83/?refer=news
He piloted some great A/FX cars back in the day.

 

Wow Al your comet is looking awesome.
Last race of the season was ok, ran a new best 1/8 ET 8.05 @ 86.8mph went to the final but I dialed a 8.07 and broke out with a 8.067 on the brakes. The comet kept getting faster all day. I was dialing 8.15 untill I got the bye and ran it out to the 8.05 pass and was my best 60ft also 1.84.
Roger

 

Nice shot. I'm still kicking myself that I let my '64 go.

 

I'd like to add a bit about the Hairy Canary Comet. I saw it run quite a lot in the years 1965-1966. This was mostly at Englishtown Raceway Park but the Canary also ran at Old Bridge NJ as well. It was always a formidable car. I first saw it at Old Bridge and at that time it was sitting up fairly high and had the stacks going through the hood scoop. As I recall I never saw it lose at either track.. I have a somewhat hazy memory of the Canary later appearing as a 1965 version with either a flip front or full flip body and altered wheelbase. It was one of our favorite racers of the day.

 

Scrub Powered!! ROY.

 

Thought you all might like this Comet in the Southern Gassers group. 385 series based stroker motor

 

Judd;did you get the 406 running? ROY.

 

The Hairy Canary Comet at Atco NJ These are frames from a drag racing move documentary made at the time. Apparently the Canary and crew were favorites of the film maker since they also made a shot of the driver inside the car. This is evident in the 555 shown in both stills. The entire film can be seen here . I've tweeked the color still of the car a bit to bring it more closely into how it appeared in person.

 

Scrub Powered,belongs with the rest of the scrubs!

 

Roy
Yes I ran cruisin the coast with it. Will be down for winter soon to get more bodywork done.

Judd