Vehicle Owner

Member ID: FRSGUMP

Location: Forrest, IL

Vehicle Info

1966 Mercury Comet

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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FRSGUMP's 1966 Mercury Comet

This was my very first ride.  Bought it in 1970, which meant it was only four years old at the time.  The previous owner was an elderly lady that owned a home beauty salon, so she hardly ever went places.  I paid $500 for it and my older sister co-signed for me.  It had  289 automatic.  I put air shocks on it and also a glasspack muffler.  I also installed a "cut out" valve on the exhaust.  I used to beat alot of 350's with this one in street races.  I even beat one 396, but I think that was mostly the driver's fear I beat.  I kept stripping the nylon tips off the timing gears until I put steel ones in t instead.      Those are chrome reverse rims above, with the baby moon caps.  Before I put those on it had Pontiac hubcaps (below).  I had a bass guitar amp I used as a 15 inch speaker in the back seat.  I spent alot of nights sleeping in this car, to escape the cockroaches at home.  On the rear trunklid I painted "Keep On Smiling".  This is the car that got a hit and rn during the night.  It was sitting in the same spot as the picture below.   Damn, I sure wished I had this one today.

FRSGUMP's 1966 Mercury Comet 

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: FRSGUMP

Location: Forrest, IL