What was the First Year of The Mercury Comet?

[Old Hippie]

Take the poll -- but don't comment you opinion until next Sunday -- to give others a chance to vote

[Old Hippie]

Trick Question.

The Comet came out in 1960. I had two.

However, the correct answer was the MERCURY Comet came out in 1962. I had one of them.

The Comet was originally going to be an Edsel. It was a longer version of the Falcon -- and if you look at the back of the car -- you can see it has an Edsel resemblance. However, Ford knew it was going to pull the plug on the Edsel in early 1960 but wanted the Comet to live on -- and so the Comet wasn't a Ford, Mercury, or and Edsel -- just a Comet. Its own make. Just like the 1960 Valiant wasn't a Plymouth -- but it's own make.




It wasn't until 1962 when the Comet was restyled with round tail lights that it became a Mercury.

[histoy]

Thanks for the interesting history lesson.

[Luftman129]

Yes, it helps that I paid attention to that feature on Muscle Car on Spike TV this Sunday!

C.

[Dan Bell]

Well anyone I know that owns a Comet,never call it a Mercury,It's Comet

Old joke cross a Comet wit a Valliant,what do you get?

A Vomet,both of the earliest cars looked horrid