History 64/65 Comets old drag cars lets see pictures

65 comet;

That's about a 4 hour drive for me, I've been down there for some U.M.T.R. races...

 

SIX GUN;that is how far I have to drive to the closest 1/4 mile track!!! ROY.

 

damn wish I would have been there then love to see your car

 

Roy;

You live in California, I live in Ohio, in a 4 hour drive here you see 4 different seasons...

65 comet;
I have some old video of my car down there, I have to find it...

 

SIX GUN;very true!In that four hour drive for me I could very well see four seasons as you have to climb up and over the mountains on I5 which quite often is closed due to snow and/or high winds!! ROY.

 

Congrats to MercuryJunky (Ken) nice write up in Dragzine posted on the FE Forum site, includes video from Dyno cell making some great power......Al

 

Hey Muttley...need you to get back on this thread and post some more of your outstanding Comet pictures and history! Please save this thread! Roy and Dale can only do so much...and everything I have has already been posted.Guess I could find some stuff over on the FB site?

 

Steve;I would hate to see this thread go dormant!! I hope you all are not too tired of the stuff Dale and I put on here!! I know Fast Eddie took videos from CHRR of our passes,hopefully he will post them on here [ he is a bit busy though]!! I think the next outing for Dale's and My Comets will be in December at the MOONEYES Show and Race! ROY.

 

Roy;
I found some pic's of you car..(on Timingtower.com)

 

That is so cool ^^^^^

 

SIX GUN;thanks for the photos!! The last set is of Gary and Bill Williams 64 Comet,SS/MA,289 C-4,car has run in the 10s but they have it calmed down some.The Comet has been a National Record Holder over the years,but the Chevy guys cry so much to NHRA that they just run in SS for fun!! I worked for years to get them to build me a Legal SS combo,they always talked me out of it [ probably for the best ] !!! ROY.

 

Yeah, I know. I just havent really felt like doing anything car related lately. This is the first time I've logged on here in almost a week.

 

Not sure if these are a re-post...

 

That last picture of Dyno Don's Cyclone shows how those old race cars got modified in order to stay competitive!! ROY.

 

The way Dyno Don & Snake Jones cut that car up is why Mercury wouldn't let the other 65 AFX be chop up because it didn't represent what Mercury was trying to sell. I seen that Dino AFX Comet before it was Restored! The VIN after it was restoted wasn't the same as the VIN as 1965!! You tell me what happened? ~~~AFX DAVE~~~

 

Here's a pic of my 65 a/fx built by stroppe it was altered shortly after delivered to hawaii

 

Sorry having trouble posting pics , clic on my profile to view my photos
Hamps

 

Dave;I'm sure you read the arguments on the "RESTORED" Dyno Don Comet!! I can see NO way the Comet could have been repaired to "LIKE NEW" without a rebody,there was not much left of the original car by the time it was dumped in a side yard,left to rot! JMO , ROY.

 

Six Gun...thanks for stepping up!

 

65afxcomet those are awesome pictures and stories! Want me to post them on here for you?

 

Go right ahead fiveoh108 , i'd appreciate it ....Thanks
Hamps

 

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That not Dyno Dons 65 AFX! That is one of the Hawaii 65 AFX Comets, ~~~AFX DAVE~~~

 

I think there was two different conversations going on... These were not meant to be Dyno's, they are the Hawaii cars from 65afxcomet that I posted for him.

 

I'd like to set record straight on my 65a/fx . It's not a factory authorized a/fx , but it was a factory b/fx originally . Pflueger L/M had Stroppe convert it to a/fx before delivery to hawaii.
Hamps

 

Post some pictures of what it looks like now! And the MR 289 picture is the one that I found on the wall of the shop where I had my 289 engine rebuilt for my 64 Cyclone...which just happens to be related to yours...