1965 Mercury Comet Caliente on 2040-cars
Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
I HAVE FOR SALE A 1965 COMET CALIENTE. I PURCHASED THE CAR OVER TEN YEARS AGO. IN THE TEN YEARS I HAVE OWNED THE CAR I MIGHT HAVE PUT 100 MILES ON IT. THE CAR SITS IN THE GARAGE. SO RATHER THEN LET THE CAR SIT IN MY GARAGE FOREVER I FIGURED I WOULD TRY TO SELL IT. I HAVE DID NOTHING TO THE CAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT OTHER THEN CHANGING OIL AND SPARK PLUGS. THE CAR IS IN GOOD SHAPE. THE FRAME AND TORQUE BOXES ARE GOOD. THE PASSENGER TORQUE BOX HAS BEEN REPAIRED(IN PICTURES). NO RUST HOLES IN FLOORS. THE FENDERS AND DOORS ARE SOLID . ROCKERS GOOD. THE BOTTOMS OF THE REAR QUARTERS HAVE BEEN REPARIED AT ONE TIME. THE HOOD AND TRUNK LID ARE SOLID. UNDER THE HOOD THE SHOCK TOWERS ARE SOLID. THE PAINT ON THE CAR STILL HAS SHINE BUT IS IN NO WAY PERFECT. THE INTERIOR IN THE CAR IS IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE YEAR. THE CARPET AND DOOR PANELS ARE ORGINAL BUT IN DECENT SHAPE. THE BACK SEAT IS NICE. THE DASH PAD IS GOOD. THE FRONT SEAT HAS A FEW TEARS WHERE THE SEAMS ARE. THE CAR HAS THE FACTORY AM RADIO. THE HEADLINER HAS BEEN REPLACED AT ONE TIME. THE CAR STILL HAS THE ORGINAL 289 ENGINE IN IT. IT HAS THE ORGINAL FACTORY 2 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. IT HAS DUAL EXHAUST WITH THE FACTORY EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. THE ENGINE STILL HAS THE ORGINAL YELLOW VALVE COVERS AND AIR CLE ANER. THE ODOMETER SHOWS 75000 BUT I AM SURE ITS OVER 100000. THE MILEAGE ON TITLE IS EXEMPT. THE CAR RUNS AND DRIVES FINE. IF I WAS TO DO ANYTHING TO THE CAR, I WOULD PROBABLY REPLACE THE REAR WINDOW GLASS SEAL. IN FIFTY YEARS ITS STARTING TO DRY OUT BUT NEVERED WORRIED ABOUT IT CAUSE THE CAR SITS IN THE GARAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO SELL THE CAR BUT IN NO WAY GIVE IT AWAY. THESE CARS ARE GETTING HARD TO FIND LET ALONE ONES THAT ARE NOT ALL RUSTED UP. THIS CAR IS 49 YEARS OLD SO IT IS FAR FROM NEW. ITS A DECENT OLD CAR. ANY QUESTIONS EMAIL ME AND I WILL ANSWER THEM. |
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NHTSA investigating 500k Ford and Mercury cars for lighting failures
Mon, Apr 6 2015The Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis might be long gone as new models in showrooms, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration might check them out yet again for a potential problem. At the urging of North Carolina Consumers Council, the agency may open another investigation into the front lighting control module on vehicles from the 2003-2005 model years, and NHTSA estimates the issue could affect 517,945 vehicles. If the module stops working, it can cause a complete failure of all forward lighting, including the headlights. NHTSA previously investigated the issue in 2008 and 2009 but found no need for a recall, according to Bloomberg. Ford also extended the warranty on the part to 15 years or 250,000 miles. To prompt this new request, the North Carolina Consumers Council received a letter from a woman experiencing the module's failure. Upon further investigation, the council found 604 complaints of this problem on NHTSA's website, including seven crashes. Furthermore, the group has alleged that dealers told customers that the parts to perform the replacement weren't available, despite the extended warranty. According to the government agency, "A defect petition has been opened to evaluate the issue and make a grant or deny decision." Ford spokesperson Kelli Felker tells Autoblog via email, "We will cooperate with NHTSA, as we always do." You can read the council's complete letter to the Feds in PDF format, here. INVESTIGATION Subject : Loss of headlamp/exterior lighting Date Investigation Opened: APR 01, 2015 Date Investigation Closed: Open NHTSA Action Number: DP15002 Component(s): EXTERIOR LIGHTING All Products Associated with this Investigation Vehicle Make Model Model Year(s) FORD CROWN VICTORIA 2003-2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 2003-2005 Details Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company SUMMARY: The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received a petition from the North Carolina Consumers Council, Inc. requesting a defect investigation of an alleged defect condition resulting in headlight and/or exterior lighting failure on 2003-2005 Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis vehicles. The petition letter is attached for review. The petitioner alleges a defect in the lighting control module that powers the headlights which can result in the loss of vehicle headlights and/or all exterior lighting while driving. ODI has previously investigated this issue under PE08-066 which was closed without a defect finding.
The 1965 Ford Mustang could have looked a lot different
Fri, May 8 2020The 1965 Ford Mustang is unquestionably an automotive design icon, and nearly every generation of Mustang has some connection to that original car. Because it's such a universally-known vehicle, we were amazed to see all the different designs that were being considered. Head of Ford's archives Ted Ryan recently shared photos of design proposals for the original Mustang on Twitter that he and Jamie Myler found, and we reached out to them to find out more. As Ryan initially noted, the photos were taken on August 19, 1962, and they are proposals for the Ford Mustang. Apparently Ford had committed to doing a Falcon-based youth-oriented car at this point, and it did have plans to launch the car in 1964 for the 1965 model year. But after having little success with early design proposals, the company asked all of its design studios — the Advanced Studio, Lincoln-Mercury Studio and Ford Studio — to submit proposals. With only about two years before the planned launch, Ford was understandably short on time, and it's believed that the studios only had a month to create and present these designs. Lincoln-Mercury design proposal View 8 Photos The majority of the designs, a total of five, came from the Advanced Studio, and part of this was because they already had a couple of concept designs in reserve it could present. Two other models representing three design possibilities came from Lincoln-Mercury, and just one model with two options came from Ford. The Advanced Studio proposals are shown in the gallery at the very top of this article, and the Lincoln-Mercury and Ford proposals are in the gallery directly above this paragraph. The Advanced Studio's most radical design is the one that was clearly related to the Mustang I concept that would be shown later that year with huge wraparound rear glass, turbine-inspired bumpers and enormous side scoops. The other proposals from the studio were more conservative, featuring simple lines, grilles reminiscent of the Falcon, and one even borrowing the jet-thruster-style taillights made famous on the Thunderbird. Lincoln-Mercury had some impressively bold designs, particularly its fastback that had buttresses to extend the shape all the way to the tail. This car had two different side trim possibilities. The other Lincoln-Mercury design was toned down a bit, but had two interesting possibilities for side detailing, as well as some crisp, low-profile tail fins.
Junkyard Gem: 1981 Mercury Cougar XR-7
Sun, May 24 2020The story of the Mercury Cougar involves more plot twists and unexpected digressions than that of just about any other Detroit car, with successive Cougar generations based on the Ford Mustang (1967-1973), the Ford Torino and/or Thunderbird (1974-1979), various Fox Fords including the Thunderbird (1980-1988), the MN12 Thunderbird/Lincoln Mark VIII (1989-1997), and the Ford Mondeo (1999-2002). There were wagon and sedan Cougars for brief periods, just to confuse everybody, and the rakish XR-7 Cougars sometimes lived on different platforms from their ordinary non-XR-7 counterparts. I think the Late Malaise Era Fox XR-7s are among the most interesting of the bunch, so I was quite excited to spot this tan-over-gold '81 in a Denver yard. I tried to count the number of screaming-cat badges on and in this car and gave up once I hit a dozen. The steering wheel, door panels, C pillars, center console, and — of course — the hood ornament all boast snarling felines. Earlier Cougars had emblems showing full side views of stalking catamounts, but the Cougar logo for the 1980s showed just the head. This car got the optional center console, which I hear is quite a rarity. You had to pay $174 extra (that's around $513 in 2020 dollars) for an AM/FM/cassette audio system in the '81 Cougar, but at least the air conditioning was standard equipment. Believe it or not, thieves used to steal these radios. Kumpf Lincoln-Mercury still exists in Englewood (as Landmark Lincoln), and the yard that now houses this car can be found just 15 miles up Broadway on the north side of Denver. The padded landau roof hasn't fared so well beneath the fierce Colorado sun, but overall this car seems very solid. Sadly, only the Mustangs and (once in a long while) Fairmonts get much love from the Fox Ford crowd these days. Three Mercury "wire wheel" hubcaps and one from a Lincoln. The base engine in the 1981 XR-7 was the "Thriftmaster" 200-cubic-inch (3.3-liter) straight-six, but very few XR-7 buyers would have refrained from checking the box for one of the two optional Windsor V8s. I can't tell if we're looking at the 255-cubic-inch (4.2-liter) version or the 302-cubic-inch (5.0-liter) one here, but real-world drivers might not have noticed the difference between the 120-horse 255 and the 130-horse 302, anyway. The non-XR-7 Fox Cougars had five-speed manual transmissions as base equipment (which nobody wanted), but all 1981 XR-7s had automatics.