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History 64/65 Comets old drag cars lets see pictures

Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by apound, Feb 17, 2009.

  1. loudbang
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    Too bad he doesn't come on the HAMB anymore :)

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  3. dscomet
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  9. Deuces
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    Me to!!!!......
    How's about a picture of the model car box art????..... I have this kit... Can't wait to start on it!....;) AA6BE21F-24D6-48DA-9BC7-B0DF3FD540E8.thumb.jpeg.df4fe0034046d0f15f8b8d6c4a973ecb.jpeg
     
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  10. Deuces
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    Here's a model that someone on Model Cars Magazine built... IMG_20211013_183502251.thumb.jpg.4f74123f1ecdc0c7137a2e003a58c3be.jpg IMG_20211013_183133551.thumb.jpg.16ff8a1688453edb684f3130a634fb73.jpg IMG_20211013_183052814.thumb.jpg.e82d98cee939f725aff290c1ad361619.jpg IMG_20211013_182954579.thumb.jpg.92b8d94fc08d1ec1488b330c8472dd79.jpg IMG_20211013_182943485.thumb.jpg.795ef634932592d5229ba87f50b08802.jpg IMG_20211013_182935266.thumb.jpg.25437570c9a185c2af6ec07f9d5cc1fa.jpg IMG_20211013_182915683.thumb.jpg.fd8362d1e22b5e4bb34a9e8597716010.jpg IMG_20211013_182909253.thumb.jpg.e8d64a40704d2528f013a6a9ae539707.jpg IMG_20211013_182846352.thumb.jpg.161a420f7bd998771da6394bcd9bc881.jpg IMG_20211013_182837050.thumb.jpg.ff294222b16440cfcfc00c67eb2150a8.jpg IMG_20211013_182833315.thumb.jpg.0978de5bc334e10cb6329cddff4c41e8.jpg IMG_20211013_182658550.thumb.jpg.9a7aa377009b443b60cf695e0a5a4091.jpg Hope this is OK to post these here... if not, let me know and I'll delete this post..
     
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    Yea it's not a drag car :)

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    from Dover pa.

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    Love these old comets ,nice old picture of 75/80 drag strip you can see it on motor trend TV thay use it for testing some times. It been shut down a long time. What a crazy track ,those were the days .Thank for the memories.
     
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  19. I’m gonna throw this up here….it’s a year late…but still pretty cool piece of history on display at the Henry Ford Museum…

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  20. choppednslammed
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    How about a work in progress !! EAC27E1D-7A1F-46EF-ACF9-811547F27C9B.jpeg 81407C1E-2383-4398-A9A7-D7552C266E60.jpeg 09D5309D-3B64-4076-A60C-8D97C1F54794.jpeg
     
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  21. pnevells
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    Here are a couple of Comets that run with our nostlagia club Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Drag Racing Assoc MANDRA
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    They put a Falcon grill in it which was single headlights.
     
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  23. Crocodile
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    I have 64 and 65 Falcons, as well as 64 and 65 Comets. No Falcon (at least released in the USA) ever had the "electric shaver" style grille.
    Falcons had larger headlights, so this has to be custom, built out of a couple of 64 Comet grilles. Sorry.
     
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  24. Joe Travers
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    The '64 grille was designed off the Lincoln Continental. I'm betting that's a wide Lincoln grille, possibly Mercury Marauder.

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  25. Joe Travers
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    Do you know the driver of the '63 S-22? I'd like to meet him and get the scoop on his setup.
    Thanks ;)

    Joe
     
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  26. pnevells
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    He is a good friend, Mark Santee ,the car runs low 10's and is very competitive ,he is our past Champion of the series, He is on FB ,Lives in eastern PA
     
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  27. Joe Travers
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    Thank you!

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  28. loudbang
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    Yea I know but it's too nice not to post. :)

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    One of my favorites but.......
    Is that 2 different cars (one a clone one the original?) I noticed Jardine header decal missing on the last few as well as window decals.
    BOTH cars really 'trip-my-trigger'!
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  30. Deuces
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    Damn, that's nice!....:cool:
     
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