540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

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540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

June 17, 2009, 02:56:26 PM

Pretty cool old lady! Bringing this over from another site. Here is the video.

http://growingbolder.com/media/technology/vehicles/romancing-the-road-259598.html

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #1 – June 17, 2009, 03:05:38 PM

16 FREE batteries!

I love it! Good for her!

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #2 – June 17, 2009, 03:13:49 PM

SHe planned it out well! Plus the car still looks brand new!

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #3 – June 17, 2009, 03:40:12 PM

she drove the comet to the iola swap meet and car show in
1999 when mercury was the featured car . she lives down in
the south. very nice lady. some of us guys had to do a little
work on it before she left to go home. we had one car for
every year of mercury under the big tent. hers was the 64 car.
i think it was about 3000 miles round trip for her.

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #4 – June 18, 2009, 11:44:52 AM

That's awsome! I think our local news ran her story before, I've also seen her story in the paper at one time.

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #5 – June 18, 2009, 05:29:58 PM

THAT is a cool story.

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #6 – June 18, 2009, 05:35:21 PM

I agree Vinnie and here's

to her Life Journeys with that Mercury Comet.

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #7 – June 19, 2009, 12:31:10 AM

i cant stop showing people this vid

great story,, one day maybe we can all take that road to wherever just to see where it goes. for now,, we gotta hurry back home to get up and get to work.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, c'ept for tom:rollin:

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #8 – June 19, 2009, 09:48:21 PM

The first car I have memories of as a young child was my mom's navy blue '66 Comet.

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #9 – June 19, 2009, 11:43:09 PM

What do you guy's think of this one? It's a 1966 Comet Cyclone Gt.

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #10 – June 20, 2009, 01:22:44 AM

The 1st car I ever rode in was a 72 Comet. Thats what dad drove me home from the hospital in!

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #11 – June 20, 2009, 07:49:14 AM

The 66 I posted a pic. of is my Dad's. He had bought one new in 66, had to trade it in 76 to buy a pickup. Ever since he wanted another to replace the original one he had. When he found this one it was in pretty bad shape, but he had it redone and painted like the one he had. It has been redone to original other than the paint, this one was red to start with.
My first ride in a car was in his original one, my ride to the hospital to be born was a fast one!

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #12 – June 20, 2009, 03:34:28 PM

I was born at home. I don't know what make car the doctor drove to our house in 1932.

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #13 – June 20, 2009, 04:08:52 PM

He was probably on a horse and buggy!

haha jk jk

540,000 mile Mercury Comet. Same owner/Original engine

Reply #14 – June 20, 2009, 04:10:49 PM

The Cyclone is nice, even if it does have the wrong wheels... That style wheel wasn't avail till '68, I have the same ones on my '69 Cobra Jet Fairlane(for which they are correct)...