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1965 Comet Caliente on 2040-cars

US $6,800.00
Year:1965 Mileage:106201
Location:

Cumberland, Ohio, United States

Cumberland, Ohio, United States
Advertising:

1965 COMET Calinete...................59 FORD SOLD.............. GONE............NOT AVAILABLE...

3rd owner

VERY LITTLE RUST... VERY MINOR SPOTS...

DRIVER FLOOR PAN.... WORST SPOT... SMALL...!!

WHOLE UNDERNEATH IS EXCELLANT....!!

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ALL OUTSIDE SHEET METEL IS PERFECT.. NO DENTS CAN I SEE..

RIGHT FRONT FENDER IS "BRIGHTER" IN COLOR AS I PUT "POLISH" ON IT

AND RUBBED IT OUT.. THATS HOW NICE THE PAINT IS... BUT HAS SMALL MINOR

SPOTS THAT NEED TOUCHED UP.....

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EVERY PART OF THE ORIGINAL RUNNING CAR IS THERE....

EXCEPT CARB..

TORQUE CONVERTER .. ALL MOTOR PARTS 

RADIATOR.. ETC..

CAR WAS A RUNNING CAR WHEN THE MOTOR WAS REMOVED

AND THEN STORED..

I GOT EVERYTHING LESS THE CARB.. COULD NOT BE FOUND...

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I worked at the Ford Plant in Lorain in 1965 .. I know... WHAT TYPE OF COMETS WERE BUILT...

225 HP motors did not have 271 heads....

225 were 4 Bbl...

ALSO... FYI......ALL CYCLONES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANS......HAD.......225 HP... NOT.... 271...

BECAUSE OF THAT......AUTOMATIC CYCLONES HAD 8 1/4 REAR ENDS.....

THIS CAR WAS NOT BUILT WITH "CYCLONE" TRIM.....

BUT ALL CYCLONES WERE  "Caliente bodys" with SPECIAL TRIM etc.....:)  hint hint  

all of the advertisments show RED CYCLONES WITH 271 AND 4 SPEED..... 4 spd REQUIRED   !!

FORD DID NOT ADVERTISE THE AUTOMATIC CYCLONES..

 BUT COULD BE "ORDERED" WITH AUTOMATICS AND 225 HP motors......

I KNOW...... I WORKED ON THE LINE BUILDING THEM.

If you want to "build" an automatic Cyclone..

you need a....

225 hp built Caliente......:)

hint hint...

 

Picture shows driver floor pan.. easy fix..

Rest of car is SUPERB

Presently stored in building and hard to get more pics..

289 HP.. 4BBL... flat top HIGH COMPRESSION PISTONS..

.030 over pistons...

ALL ORIGINAL..

NUMBERS MATCING CAR  !!

 LESS CARBURATOR..!!

MOTOR IS OUT AND APART.. ALL IS THERE BUT CARB..

Transmission still in car.

 NO RUSTOUT in side motor compartment..

INSIDE CHROME AROUND FRONT WINDSHIELD HAS LOTS OF SURFACE RUST..

Rest of TRIM IS ALL SUPERB... I don't think there is a "nick" on any trim..

KEYSTONE MAGS.. ORIGINAL KEYSTONE... high dollor wheels..

Come take a look at it..... EASY RESTORATION...

I don't have time any more to  restore it as I had planned..

PRICE IS FIRM.. don't even ask...:)

Motor has been rebuilt in the past..

VERY LITTLE RING WEAR

0.30 OVER SIZE PISTONS..

Original engine tag on 4 bbl manifold

NO RUSTOUT ON ROCKER PANELS.. just some surface stuff on paint

THIS IS THE 65 COMET YOU WISH YOU COULD FIND TO RESTORE...!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COME AND INSPECT....

BODY  63D

COLOR  8

TRIM 68A

DATE  10F

DSO  21

AXLE  1

TRANS  6

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CAR TO BE PAID FOR

in FULL..

WITHIN 5 DAYS....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO EXCEPTIONS....

 

ANY payments other then cash may be considered..

 

BUT..

 

FULL CASH IN MY HAND..

 

BEFORE REMOVING CAR....!!!!!!!!!

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Info at 740 638 5059

SE OHIO

Near Cambridge Ohio

Mike

 

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