1977 Mercury Comet Gt Clone 2 Dr 302 V8 P/s Pdb A/t Buckets Magnums A/c Maverick on 2040-cars

This is a very nice 77 Mercury Comet, cousin to the Ford Maverick. It was owned by an older gentleman who passed away several years ago. The car has been stored in a climate controlled warehouse for about 15 years now according to the gentleman I purchased it from. It was his grandfathers car. They had been hanging on to it for sentimental reasons but finally decided to part with it to keep it from just sitting there since nobody really wanted to make a daily driver out of it. They would take it out every now and then for a drive and then put it back in storage.
I purchased the car and right away I realized it needed a few things done to it from sitting up. The tread depth was like new on the tires but they had gone bad from sitting up. I changed the oil and replaced the tires and it drove rather well then. A couple days later the water pump started leaking so it gets a new pump. The brakes had been replaced prior to purchasing it according to the previous owner. I was also told the transmission had been rebuilt and I believe it because it shifts out perfectly. I had problems with it dying out going down the road a few times so I rebuilt the carburator. It still did it so I replaced the fuel pump. That didn't resolve the problem either and it was definitely a fuel problem so I replaced the fuel sending unit with new one and it's been running good ever since. The ignition control module is new too but I think they put that on before I bought it trying to fix this problem. I put new plugs in it as well.

I'm basically telling you this so you'll know what has been done recently that you won't have to worry about. The engine in this car sounds amazing...no noises whatsoever.

The car was obviously repainted before the grandfather passed away and it's a decent job. They had tried to make it look like a Comet GT by putting on a GT hood scoop and a set of GT style side stripes. It actually looks pretty cool and has gotten lots of positive comments. The paint still shines very nicely. This car is extremely solid but it does have a few spots of rust popping out...not many though considering how old this paint job is. The right door has the most spots, the right qtr panel has a small cluster, and the left door has a few very small bubbles. Under the hood I found one small hole. I posted pics of all these spots so you can see for yourself. The floor in the trunk is great with no rust. I didn't find any rust in the floorpans either...all very solid. Mavericks and Comets are notorious for leaking in the cowls. This car DOES NOT leak there. The little spots of rust are all low and could be easily repaired without repainting the entire car. If I don't sell on this ad I will put it in the shop and get that taken care of but the price goes up then.

The a/c was not getting cool so I hooked gauges up to charge it up with freon. It was starting to cool but the compressor started getting noisy so I turned it off and removed the belt. I think the compressor is going bad and I didn't want to take a chance on it locking up on me going down the road.

It has red deluxe bucket set interior which is in amazing condition. It appears to be all original and has no splits, rips, or tears. Even the dash pad is good and that's usually one of the first things to go but like I said, this car has been stored inside. The carpet and headliner is all good too.

Anyone wanting more info or more pics please email me at rayparrish57@gmail.com