COMET CENTRAL

Cruising the net and drinking coffee this morning and I came across this 1968 Comet. I would bet that the 68 & 69 Comets are the ones I see the least. Does anyone know the production numbers for those years?

http://killeen.craigslist.org/cto/5294263325.html

found another one and this appears to be really nice

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/cto/5325550356.html

No you don't see those too much, judging from the price of the second one the white one couldn't be worth much. I could be a cool car done right.

They look a lot like Torinos not sure if they are built on that platform, I know that Falcons from around that era were, in fact I believe my dad had a pea green 70 Falcon with a green interior for a short while when I was a kid, not sure why he traded it off except he was always trading cars, a few I wish he had kept, that being one of them.

See Ya,
Mike

THere is a guy near me that has 4 68 Comets. 3 Cyclones and 1 Comet. All really nice cars and all big block cars. One is a rare 68 Cyclone formal roof (Mercury made lots of formal roof Comets, very few formal roof Cyclones.). Two 68 Cyclone fastbacks and one 68 Comet convertible.

I have pictures of a couple of them.

I bought a Merc for the engine that looked just like that. I thought it was a Montego. I took the rocker molding off, shortened it a bit and used it on my 62 Comet.

Lip Ripper wrote:I bought a Merc for the engine that looked just like that. I thought it was a Montego. I took the rocker molding off, shortened it a bit and used it on my 62 Comet.

I believe in 68 the Comet was the base model, Cyclone the sport model and Montego the luxury model.

After seeing those car's above I just became a 68 fan.

Boss, your neighbor has some sweet looking rides.

loman wrote:Boss, your neighbor has some sweet looking rides.

Funny thing is he only likes 68's. I asked him, whats the difference from a 69? He just said the 68's are better.

I might have to disagree but only because I have a 69. yes the production numbers are low on a comet. most were cyclones or montegos

i love those 68-69s.what i like about them is they are bigger and i feel safer driving a bigger car vs. small car.i would LOVE to have a 68-69 with a 500 inch fe to help with the extra size and weight

Canada had the black one above called a Mercury Montego.
http://www.cars-on-line.com/photo/62800 ... 2830-1.jpg

I bought a US Montego too; just to part out. Must've been an upper trim package.

Anybody know where a 68 or 69 project is currently??

I have a 68 Cyclone formal roof project car for anyone interested. Missing engine and transmission.g