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From the car files: cover artwork from the 1965 Mercury Comet brochure.

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1965 Mercury Comet

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Street Spot: 1965 Mercury Comet

A regular feature here on Nostalgia Highway is the “Street Spot.” We love seeing vintage cars as daily drivers, out on the streets where they belong. When we see a vintage car worth sharing, we’ll post it as a Street Spot. Sometimes it will be a beauty, sometimes it will be a beater, but then again – even the beater cars are beautiful to us!

My buddy Darr sent me this cool Mercury Comet he spotted hangin’ out at the curb.

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1965 Mercury Comet

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Ford Falcon XP Hardtop, 1965. The XP was a "make or break" model, Ford's future in Australia depended on the car succeeding. It was the 4th iteration of the first generation Australian Falcon and though still related to US models (it shared bonnet and front guards with the 1960-63 Mercury Comet) it had been designed in Australia. To prove the model's durability a fleet of 5 cars were driven non-stop around Ford's You-Yangs testing grounds for 70,000 miles at an average speed of over 70mph. It went on to win the Wheel's Australian Car of Year award. However when it was replaced by the new generation XR in 1966 the Hardtop was not replaced and it wasn't until the XA of 1972 that the Falcon Coupé was resurrected.

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1965 Mercury Comet

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25-year-old Mary Shotwell Little worked as a secretary in a bank in Atlanta, Georgia. In August of 1965, she married Roy Little, a bank examiner. Just six weeks after their wedding day, Roy left town on a training course. On the afternoon of 14 October, Mary went grocery shopping, and that evening, she went to the Lennox Square Shopping Center for dinner with a co-worker at the Picadilly Cafeteria.

At around 8PM, she left the Lennox Square Shopping Center to her parked car, but was never seen again....

When Mary didn’t show up for work, she was reported missing. Initially, the security guard at the shopping center said he couldn’t find her car. However, later when police arrived, her 1965 Mercury Comet was found in the car park where she had left it. A coating of red dust was covering the car’s exterior. It looked as if it had been driven along a dirt road.

A stocking that had been cut with a knife was found on the floor of the car along with underwear. Specks of blood were found on the undergarments as well as the steering wheel and the handle. It was determined it was Mary’s blood. Some police theorised that due to the small amount of blood, it had been staged. However, there was an unidentified fingerprint in blood on the steering wheel of the vehicle.

An investigation uncovered that Mary’s credit card had been used twice in North Carolina the day after she disappeared. Both times, petrol had been purchased. The workers recollected seeing a woman who appeared to have blood on her head and legs. They recalled her being with two middle-aged men who appeared to be directing her what to do and what to say.

Investigators also discovered that Mary’s license plate was a North Carolina one that had been stolen as opposed to her Georgia one. Police believed that somebody abducted Mary and then moved her car back to the same parking spot afterwards.

Over the years there have been many theories as to what became of Mary. One of the more peculiar theories was that her disappearance was connected to lesbian sex scandal that was occurring at her place of her employment. It was also revealed that Mary had received alarming phone calls in the run up to her disappearance. These calls came to her work and her colleagues heard her telling the caller she was now a married woman that could no longer visit them.

Despite an exhaustive investigation, Mary Shotwell Little still remains missing today.

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10 Forgotten Muscle Cars That Deserve to Be Restored

by James Derek Sapienza 

Source: General Motors We all know the story; it started in 1964 with the Ford Mustang. No, wait — I mean the Plymouth Barracuda. Or the Pontiac GTO. Or was it earlier with the Pontiac Catalina SD? The ’50s Dodge D-500 maybe? Debating the origin of the muscle car is like debating over the first rock and roll record; everyone you talk to has a different opinion, and no one is exactly wrong. Let’s just say that by the early ’60s, a generation coming of age fell in love with high-performance midsize cars coming out of Detroit, and for a few brief years, performance ruled the day. Naturally, the good old days seem to look better with each passing year, and as the book was written on the muscle car, a fair amount of contenders fell by the wayside.

1. 1964 Studebaker Avanti R3

Source: Auctions America The Avanti isn’t generally counted among muscle cars, but then, Studebaker was never exactly considered a performance powerhouse to begin with. But the fiberglass Avanti had a long hood, short rear deck, and 289-cubic-inch V8 a full two years before the Ford Mustang did. In 1964 (after production officially ended), Studebaker bored out nine V8s to 304 cubic inches, slapped a Paxton supercharger on them, and dropped them into remaining Avantis. The result was a 171-mile-per-hour rocket, which the company claimed made it the fastest production car in America. This R3 was sold by Auctions America in 2010 for $96,250. With the collector market being what it is today, good luck finding one this cheap ever again.

2. 1965 Pontiac 2+2

Source: General Motors As far as classic muscle cars go, the ’65-’67 GTO is remembered to be about as big as they came. But with the success of the GTO, Pontiac wanted to take its go-fast formula to an even bigger car, which became the ’65-’67 2+2. Based on the full-size Catalina two-door, the 2+2 had its own unique 338-horsepower 421-cubic-inch V8, and in High Output guise, power jumped to 376 ponies, which when tuned right could rocket from zero to 60 in a mind-bending 3.9 seconds. Bigger, plusher, and often faster than its smaller stablemate, the 2+2 deserves a lot more love from speed freaks. 

3. 1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone

Source: Ford For ’60s Ford products, the Mercury Comet was about as basic as they came. Closely based on the Ford Falcon, the ’64-’65 Comet could be livened up with Ford’s famous 289-cubic-inch V8. But for those who wanted more from their Mercurys, Ford built 50 Comet Cyclones for the dragstrip, complete with fiberglass hood, fenders, doors and front bumper, plexiglass windows, and the same 425-horsepower 427 V8 found in the Shelby Cobra. In ’66, Mercury introduced the production Comet GT with the 390 V8, and while they’re capable compact muscle cars, they couldn’t hope to match the insanity of their big block predecessor.

4. 1968 Ford Ranchero 500

Source: Ford It’s been long overshadowed by Chevy’s iconic El Camino, but the Ford Ranchero was America’s first car-based Ute. And while Chevy was offering the 396 V8 in its muscle trucks, Ford upped the ante in ’68 and made its restyled Ranchero available with a 335-horsepower Cobra Jet 428 V8. Unfortunately, a lack of weight over the rear wheels made the hot Rancheros a handful to drive, so very few were built with Ford’s biggest motor. While it seems like every surviving El Camino happens to be an SS model, we can’t remember the last time we’ve seen a Cobra Jet Ranchero. Come to think of it, we can’t remember the last time we’ve seen any Ranchero.

5. 1969 Chevy Kingswood 427

Source: General Motors Back in the ’60s, you could order virtually any option you wanted on a car, and companies would actually build it for you. So imagine you’ve got a growing family, and your Corvette just can’t handle them. What to do? Buy a Chevy Kingswood station wagon with Rally wheels, hideaway headlights, seating for seven, and the same 390-horsepower V8 found in your ‘Vette. Only 546 buyers opted for the big V8 in ’69, but a number of 427 Kingswoods spent the next decade making their mark on the drag strip.

6. 1969 Oldsmobile Rallye 350

Source: General Motors When gearheads think of outrageous muscle cars from 1969, the Pontiac GTO Judge easily sits at the top of the list. But while the Judge has gone on to become a legend, Oldsmobile’s analog, the Rallye 350, is all but forgotten. Like the Judge (at least at first) it was offered in one outrageous color (Sebring Yellow), had color-matched wheels and bumpers, a spoiler, and a fiberglass hood. And compared to Olds’s top-dog 442, the car’s 310-horsepower 350-cubic-inch V8 made it significantly lighter, allowing it to scramble from zero to 60 in seven seconds and run the quarter mile in a respectable 15.27 seconds at 97 miles per hour. Just 3,500 Rallye 350s were built, making it one of the more obscure muscle cars to ever come from GM.

7. 1969 Ford Torino Talladega

Source: Ford Half a century on, the Plymouth Roadrunner Superbird and Dodge Daytona get all the love when it comes to NASCAR homologation specials. But in 1969, Ford tried its hand at aerodynamics too and built the Torino Talladega. Starting with a Torino Sportsroof, Ford worked with the Holman-Moody race shop to design a sleeker, longer front clip and rear fascia for the car. The Talladega was honed in the wind tunnel — a relative novelty for the era — and powered by the 429-cubic-inch V8 found in the Boss Mustang. Production was over by March; Ford only built 754 of them and they were barely advertised, but the slippery cars dominated during the ’69 season, winning 29 races. In 1970, however, the 200-mile-per-hour Superbird ruled NASCAR, and the Talladega’s time in the spotlight was over. Today, the Talladega (and near-identical Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II) are bargains on the collector market compared to the beak-nosed Mopars.

8. 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ

Source: General Motors The second-generation Grand Prix is largely remembered for its role in popularizing the Personal Luxury Coupe segment, but in its early days, it was one of the hottest cars on the street. With a long hood (the longest hood of any production car in ’69, in fact) and short deck, the Grand Prix was available with Pontiac’s 390-horsepower 428-cubic-inch V8, allowing it to scramble from zero to 60 in 6.5 seconds and run the quarter mile in 15 seconds at 97 miles per hour. Its combination of luxury and power made it the Grand Prix massive hit for Pontiac; within a few years, any semblance of performance would be gone.

9. 1970 Chrysler Hurst 300

Source: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles As early as 1970, Chrysler die-hards were feeling nostalgic for the 300-letter series, which ended in 1965. The 300-series carried on, but performance had taken a back seat as mid-sized muscle cars had picked up the go-fast mantle. Chrysler tried to recapture the magic for ’70 by outfitting a 300 coupe with the interior from an Imperial, a fiberglass hood and decklid, a 375-horsepower 440-cubic-inch V8, and a Torque-Flite automatic to handle all that power. At 18.5 feet long and 4,400 pounds, the big Chrysler could still make zero to 60 in 7.1 seconds and run the quarter mile in 15.3 seconds. With just 500 built, the Hurst 300s rank as one of the rarest Mopar muscle cars of all time. 

10. 1971 AMC SC/360 Hornet

Source: Chris Andrews Productions via YouTube In the ’60s, AMC’s red, white, and blue Rebel Machine and SC/Rambler muscle cars failed to move the sales needle for America’s last independent automaker, but they sure caused a scene wherever they went. For 1970, the company had introduced the compact Hornet and Gremlin to replace the Rambler, and with them came the SC/360 Hornet. With an available 285-horsepower 360-cubic-inch V8 under the hood, the small Hornet could hit 60 from a standstill in 6.7 seconds, and run the quarter mile in 14.9 seconds at 97 miles per hour. But in 1970, displacement still ruled the day, and despite being cheaper than a Plymouth Duster 340, AMC found just 784 buyers for its smallest muscle car. We think it’s aged remarkably well, and would love to take one of these ’70s-era sleepers to the drag strip.

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1965 Mercury Comet Cyclone  , 289 V-8 , 4 bbl , 4-speed , Hot lick..

Aweng Chuol by Igor Pjörrt for Carcy Magazine May 2023

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View of a 1965 Mercury Comet convertible. Shamrock and leprechaun hat displayed on car hood; table in foreground is set with St. Patrick's Day decorations. Label on sleeve: "Ford Motor Co., Mercury Comet convertible, 1965."

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

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1965 Mercury Comet U.S.A. 1965

Source: www.flickr.com / x-ray_delta_one

Published at: https://propadv.com/automobiles-ad-and-poster-collection/mercury-ad-and-poster-collection/

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Heavenly Comet gasser... 1965

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1965 Mercury Comet

The best vintage cars, hot rods, and kustoms

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Mercury Escapade Show Car, 1965. Built by car customiser George Barris based on a Mercury Comet that was shortened by 16 inches and turned into a 2-seat speedster with a cut-down windshield