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Johno, neat item, get one before the price goes up! Last January or so Moebius released the Arnie Beswick version, I bought one and now they seemed to have vanished, and the price seemed to go up every time one sold. I am debating on building the kit or not, and not sure if I would build it as Arnie...

WOW, Easter bunny was good to you! Is that one of those reproduction bodies? What are your build plans? Cary

I really like the all the fine detail work! It can be a challenge just to make SBF plug wires fall into any decent looking order. Great job! Cary

The guy should sell it as a roller without the motor and trans, probably get more for it!
Take care, Cary

Thanks for linking a great story about a neat car! A friend of mine down the street drives a nice '64 Marauder, but only has a 390 2V. :roll: I probably won't be able to convince him to build it like the one in the video! :twisted: The 351W I had in my Comet ran quite warm, but I had a performance p...

Finally a reprieve from the frigid weather, a BALMY +15 today! :D My oldest son "Peps64" is home for the weekend. Plans for today are to go to Swan Lake, cut a 2'x4' hole through about 30" of ice, slide our spear house over the hole and kill a few beers, maybe a few fish too. Spring fever a few mont...

It's been a long winter already, and a long way to go! Officially -56.4 about 25 miles southeast of here yesterday morning (yes, minus fifty six, no wind). Today may be the first day in a week that we see highs above zero. Work on the Comets have slowed to a crawl, I didn't even even attempt to heat...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of the Comet world from the State of Northern Minnesota! Hope Santa treated you well!
Take care, Cary

Earlier I had posted here that i was not happy with my FiTech go-600. We finally had the time to dig deeper into the problems that I was experiencing and found that my electric system was not up to the task of powering my in-tank AFR fuel pump, the MSD6 box, and the Fitech brain box. The old Ford al...

Johno, back in a span of 11 years in the 80's we changed the rear axle width 3 times, changed exhaust systems twice, carbs and intakes twice, rims and tires twice etc. etc.... That was all because I had a friend that was gainfully employed and single, and when he upgraded, I used his old parts. When...

When I built Cosmic back in the 80's, I always considered it a "street machine". Mostly a street car that was a part time drag car, not a drag car that was street legal. It was driven on the street 95% of the time and was built to be street friendly. That rather legitimized it's lackluster performan...

Thanks Johno, I don't want to do this twice. Do you have coil-over adjustable shocks, or what are you using? And... do your caltracs hook up as well as claimed? Pep's 64 has the mono system, but his build is a long way from testing, hmmmmm :wink: I've heard of cars running 7 second range with cals o...

Johno, not doing the monoleafs at this time, using my springs with the CalTrac bars. All of this has been on the wish list since Cosmic returned home five years ago, almost a second slower than it had gone 21 years earlier. The son of the friend who painted it in the 80's (same paint today), now has...

Thanks, Rocket, that might be the ticket! I am waiting to measure the exhaust port openings, I am getting conflicting info on whether they will be square or rectangular, should know by tomorrow afternoon! Leaky head gasket has snowballed into a major overhaul, including suspension upgrade to CalTrac...

Thanks, John. I spent a lot of time searching last night and may have come up with some with a part that might work. I called Summit Racing after I found out they sold the Ford "Z" heads and they gave me a part number for a Schoenfield flange set SCH-11300. Not much specs in the description other th...