Even the air cleaner and valve cover are painted white. The body is straight, rust doesn’t seem to be present, and the white paint is nice and shiny, but there is a lot of it. The seller describes it as not being perfect, but no immediate flaws seem to jump out. This car received a restoration about a half-decade ago and still looks and drives as it should. As a throwback to the previous decade, the earlier Comets wore small tailfins while the Falcon was rounded in the back. The earlier Comets used the Falcon platform but had a longer wheelbase which provided a little smoother ride. The name would be used on Mercury products from 1962-69 (first as a compact, later as a mid-size) and again from 1971-77 as the corporate cousin to the Ford Maverick. But as a Mercury, the standard trim level on the cars was clearly a step ahead. The Comet was never as popular as the Falcon that spawned it.

Once again, Larry D comes through with a nice tip! It’s available in Haynesville, Louisiana and here on eBay with the bidding has reached $2,500, but the reserve has not yet been met. It’s said to run well and most of the action it currently sees is in parades and the like.

That finally changed for 1962, with examples like this beautiful older restoration. That idea went out the window when Edsel folded, so the already-committed Comet was sold at Mercury dealers in 1960-61 without any Mercury badging. Most folks don’t know or remember that the Comet was original planned to be an Edsel product.

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