Cheers or Jeers: 49,000 Mile 1973 Mercury Comet

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http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item20c187aaa2

Collector's item here. Fully functional vehicle. This Comet has be restored and is in show condition. The engine is in excellent working order. The original points ignition system has been replaced with a high performance, electronic ignition system. It has the 5.0L V8 engine that is still built today. As a result, aftermarket parts are available to dress this engine up, repair it (if the need arises), and to maintain it. Many chrome accessories have been added to the engine compartment to dress it up for show, but all of the stock (original) parts are available as well, if you wanted to revert this back to a stock car. The vinyl top has been replaced with a high grade, custom vinyl. The vehicle has been show in many car shows and driven in the famous Woodward dream cruise this past summer. You can show this car and be proud. Drive this car and be confident. Purchase this as an investment. You can make this your labor of love. Whatever you choose, this is a wonderful vehicle.

This was also marketed by Ford as the Ford Maverick. Very similar vehicle and many parts are interchangeable. Stored inside over the winters.

Doesn't have much in the way of redeeming qualities.

And why is the engine Chevy orange?

Jeers.

The '80s wheels and various mods make it look like a grandma car that a high school student modified circa 1984 or so...

The car is a low mile smog muscle car that alone makes it for me the bonus of being cheap just adds to the mixture. The Maverick/Comet was like Novas Darts Hornets et all. They were indestructible fuel efficient and optioned correctly quite fast. Being that it is the pricier model and in nice shape it would make a fine entry into the world of 60-70's cars

I vote Cheers

Sorry Camino

I have very awesome memories of my first comet and how hot it was to drive with the v8. I Vote Cheers also!!! This is an awesome find.

I do see that it has been poorly repainted from it's orignal baby poop yellowish/green color. You can tell it in the engine bay and on the drivers side door where they got the red on the interior plastic panel. This is still a great car, but really need a proper strip down and repaint.

To each his own.

Now if it was a '73 Marquis, that would get my attention...

Edited January 27, 201213 yr by Cubical-aka-Moltar

"You can't polish a turd." ~ Will Darnell

One persons turd is another persons Treasure.

I give it Cheers for it having been well restored, but the seller also not thinking he has some Holy Grail and pricing it reasonably.

That stripe on the side has to come off, though, it's pretty badly applied.

"You can't polish a turd." ~ Will Darnell

Mythbusters actually did polish a turd... granted, a very selective turd, but a turd, nonetheless.

Its a sedan... Its a Chevy color... yeah, Comets can be made to go fast and viewed as a musclecar today, but when they came out, NOBODY would consider them to be a hot ride... nothing but smogged motors. Jeers.

There is a diarrhea brown Comet sedan bumping around Dyker Heights Brooklyn that looks better (and more period with a vinyl roof) and can likely be bought for $900.

OVER scrap value? Well... if it runs, I guess....