Images from the Cohort, by nifticus392.
Further reading:
Curbside Classic: 1967 Mercury Comet 202 Two-Door Sedan – Cheap Thrills
Curbside Classic: 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente Hardtop – Caliente Season
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1967 Mercury Comet Caliente Hardtop – It’s Caliente Season Again
– Posted on September 4, 2023
This Comet is a clear example of a Mercury that was (IMO) better style than the Ford it was derived from, yet falls short of looking like any more than a trim package for the Fairlane to justify the brand’s existence. Which is a shame because the Falcon based predecessor actually did. It made rational sense to consolidate the more Intermediate sized Comet to the intermediate Fairlane body but even the flop that was the intermediate Meteor had more extensive styling changes from the Ford, these 66-67s were just lazy, and quite a mistreatment of a model name that was critical in keeping Mercury afloat after the Edsel crisis.
There’s some weirdness with the paint going on around the fuel door, it’s a perfect square of the paint being just off
I am amazed at how seldom I see the 66-67 FoMoCo intermediates. At the occasional old car show I get to, the Mopars and GM mid-sizers are often represented, but it has been years since I have seen one of these. I liked these when they were ordinary used cars, but they were far outnumbered by the Fairlanes (which I also liked).
Nice .
-Nate
As it would happen, I just saw not one, but two of these (without the chrome strip across the back) just a week or so ago. The red one is in front of this white one.
The sound and smell of these make it feel like the 1970s all over again.
The flat taillight lens marks this as a 68 or 69 Comet or Montego with the revised body.
That rear end is so generic…it’s practically indistinguishable from a ’66 Nova!
Love the Merc. But not a huge fan of this particular brassy gold.
It’s interesting that it has the Ford version of the styled steel wheel, but with the correct Mercury caps.
A great example of “wheels” making the car. I have alway felt that the wimpiest looking car (nash metropolitan, austin A40?) can be elevated to “all right” with good sized tires and styling/racy wheels. I start out at a fan of the 66-67 Fairlanes and comets, add those styled wheels and BIG fan. PS had a 62 fairlane that started with 13″ steel wheels and hubcaps…graduated to 14″ mustang wheels. big diff!! BTW as far as i can tell the ford and mercury wheel where same basic stamping, but the ford had the slot in the “raised portion” and the mercs in the recessed.
This looks so Opelesque, infact a fatty Opel Rekord coupe in late 1967`s
1967 Mercury Comet Caliente
Car has been polished, new Magnum 500 wheels & Cobra GT tires.
1967 Mercury Comet Caliente
Paint has been polished, new Magnum 500 on Cobra GT’s
Roller 302, Holly double pumper 4 barrel 450cfm, Ford AOD trans.