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1961 Comet S22 Coupe ? Mustang Ii Ifs ? 350 V8 ? Disc ? Bluetooth ? Daily Driver on 2040-cars
Year:1961
Mileage:1
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Aurora, Illinois, United States
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1961 Ford/Mercury Comet S22. Rare car with cool history, very modified, daily driven. NO RESERVE it's selling to highest
? Mustang II subframe/suspension ? 4 bolt 350 & TH350 transmission w/ external cooler ? Custom driveshaft ? approx 3:00 8" Mustang rear ? 2 Chamber master cylinder & disc front brakes, new brake lines front/back ? Relatively new dual exhaust, good sound, quiet ? Fresh professional rebuilt late 70s Quadrajet 750, starts & runs easy ? Corvette C4 floor shifter ? New KYB shocks up front ? 5 new tires, couple thousand miles ? "Invisible" bluetooth amp setup to sync your phone. ? Polk 3.5's up front, TBD rears (I have a couple pairs, might swap) Hifonics 4 chan amp running the set. Sounds great ? New gas tank, fuel lines ? Factory optioned electric wipers ? All original badging & trim exterior (save for "Comet" hood script, easy if you want it) ? etc etc. Runner, not a project! Car is daily driven at over 70mph in rush hour traffic on I88. I drive it to work every day weather allowing. Starts easy every time, runs like a champ with steady idle or at 70. Feels real good on road. I've put easily 10K miles on the setup. M2 swap and shock tower delete done right - far better welders than me agree it looks good & solid. Goes straight down the road at speed. 350 combo is from a late 70's truck I believe. Does puff a little smoke on startup, has since I got it, common for 350, you will need to feed it oil here and there but it's solid. Exterior looks like a well-driven survivor. Original paint is chalky, surface rust starting to come in on some edges and paint chips, some dents, some rust - driver side mostly, the lower fender needs a half dollar patch and the driver door is the roughest panel. Driver front floor could use a little metal, rest of floor looked very solid from what I've inspected. The usual more difficult repair spots for this car - quarters, trunk, suspension and esp. the infamous leaky cowl -- look real good to me. Passenger C-pillar might have a little bondo by visual inspection, I absolutely have put no filler in (but have hammered out a bit of bodywork to 90%) Not a perfect body by any stretch but it's solid in the right spots. I shipped it here from Oregon. I have replaced with very very good chrome or will give you with car - the rear quarter runs, the trunk emblem ($$/rare!), the comet c-pillar small emblem, the C-pillar wraps. A good trunk emblem is rare as hen's teeth! Interior shows some wear in a couple spots - headliner is dry w/ a few sizeable tears, armrest has a sweet elbow divot that took 50 years to make -- but overall interior is great condition, it's a high point of the car. All dash gauges work, heater blows heat. Speedo does read exactly 2x as high, you can swap drive gear fairly easy if it bothers you. Both 'fin' windows dropped the bottom nut and flop around. Leaves a couple drips of coolant here and there, has since I bought it. Valve cover weeps a bit but not enough to drip. Trunk gets a bit gas smelly, might want for a new gas fill nozzle coupler. Puffs a bit of smoke on startup and eats some oil, I just check it every 2-3 fillups. Both "fin" windows dropped the bottom nut and flop around if opened (workable but obnoxious) I'm not trying to dress this car up like it's mint, it's definitely not, but it's a reliable solid example with great customization that you can drive daily. It runs really well, I drive it to work every day I can. Hoping to find someone who will drive it regularly like me, it's meant to be driven and is the only one I've seen on the road. A great candidate for a unique air ride suspension application too if that's your bag --- you will probably never see another S22 with a Mustang II suspension and the shock towers deleted. Even as is it's real popular with the hot rod, rat rod, and general public crowds because nobody's driving one and it looks bone stock from the outside. --- Would it drive to where you live? *I'd* probably do it yes. But I don't know how you drive or if you're going to check fluids when you fill up the gas. I guarantee nothing. --- Can you come see it? Yes please do!!! You should judge the condition for yourself. I work bank hours and am flexible. Can you drive it, maybe, depends on age and attitude. --- Can your mechanic look at it? If you can arrange it sure, I'm happy to put it on jacks at home but I'm not fixing to drive it all over for people. I might suggest ringing Brian's Auto, Tuffys (a chain) on Eola rd., Robinsons, all in Aurora IL. All good honest shops and might be able to arrange something. --- If you're not awake when this closes, look into sites/programs that will bid on your behalf. They're great I use them all the time. --- Don't be scared to ship, it cost me only $700 to ship this over 2000 miles here! --- Please, please ask any questions and come see the car. I'm honest, upfront, and frankly a pretty good fellow - but have zero tolerance for people changing minds/making excuses after auction closes or looking for me to promise any outcome. It's a 53 year old car man. No guarantees express or implied, sold strictly as is. That said it's served me well and I hope will do same for you. Good luck! |
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