1 owner daily driver 1964 mercury comet

**1MileCrash** · 07-15-2010, 01:39 PM

damn grandma! 46 year old car...91 year old woman...lifetime warranty everything on a car with over 560,000 miles...original engine. kudos to her for makin that thing last...and it looks IMMACULATE for it's age and mileage. puts most every one of our cars to shame on here i would wager.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/milwakee...y-old-20858533

**CJREX** · 07-15-2010, 02:06 PM

Doubly shocking that it's in the land of salt roads and doesn't have rust holes big enough to stick a Quarter Pounder through.

**KahanaReef** · 07-15-2010, 02:11 PM

That's awesome!

**1MileCrash** · 07-15-2010, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by CJREX

Doubly shocking that it's in the land of salt roads and doesn't have rust holes big enough to stick a Quarter Pounder through.

right! when i got rid of my '96 monte carlo this past winter it had rust forming on several of its panels and it was on its 2nd engine...and i got rid of it at 130,000 miles.

i like how she said she was well over 100mph for "only a mile."

**wheeliE-maxx** · 07-15-2010, 03:09 PM

i'm sure that 260 or whatever is just insane

**KahanaReef** · 07-15-2010, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by 1MileCrash

i like how she said she was well over 100mph for "only a mile."

I liked how it out lasted her 3 husbands

**SHines-IT** · 07-15-2010, 03:32 PM

Pretty sweet car, I would like to do that with a new Vette. Think it would last that long with lots of TLC?

**JonB** · 07-15-2010, 08:07 PM

Lifetime warranty FTW. Jcpenny sold car batteries, never knew that.

**Smittro** · 07-15-2010, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by JonB

Lifetime warranty FTW. Jcpenny sold car batteries, never knew that.

I believe in those days (they sold many different things) it was to compete with other stores. Such as Montgomery Wards, and Sears @ the time.. Sears changed dirrects and Pennies put Wards out of business I believe.. Sears also used to sell complete home kits.. My uncle still lives in an old Sears home.. Note these homes were NOT mobile homes or trailers either.. They came as a big pile of lumber and so forth and had to be built..

Now Sears gets their shit from Ching Chong Land and Penny's sells clothes noone wants to wear...

To the OP, that's really cool.. Those cars were make of real steel too, not something poseing as steel like today's thin skinned cars..

**SHines-IT** · 07-15-2010, 08:47 PM

Comet is based on the Falcon platform, so does that mean my car has another 400,000+ miles to go?

**Smittro** · 07-15-2010, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by SHines-IT

Comet is based on the Falcon platform, so does that mean my car has another 400,000+ miles to go?

I think it's hit or miss really.. You know because of that one word usually synonomus(sp) with J-U-N-K?

Answer: F-O-R-D

j/k

**SHines-IT** · 07-15-2010, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Smittro

I think it's hit or miss really.. You know because of that one word usually synonomus(sp) with J-U-N-K?

Answer: F-O-R-D

j/k

Maybe I should give it the heart of a Chevy, lol.

**Blackbird WS6** · 07-15-2010, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Smittro

I believe in those days (they sold many different things) it was to compete with other stores. Such as Montgomery Wards, and Sears @ the time.. Sears changed dirrects and Pennies put Wards out of business I believe.. Sears also used to sell complete home kits.. My uncle still lives in an old Sears home.. Note these homes were NOT mobile homes or trailers either.. They came as a big pile of lumber and so forth and had to be built..

Now Sears gets their shit from Ching Chong Land and Penny's sells clothes noone wants to wear...

To the OP, that's really cool.. Those cars were make of real steel too, not something poseing as steel like today's thin skinned cars..

im to tired to read all this JUNK aka FORD shit this member just posted

**95camaroZNC** · 07-15-2010, 08:56 PM

Holy crap......

**Blackbird WS6** · 07-15-2010, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by 95camaroZNC

crap......

**Smittro** · 07-15-2010, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Blackbird-WS6

im to tired to read all this JUNK aka FORD shit this member just posted

Originally Posted by Blackbird-WS6

Dom, Fawker! j/k

**Smittro** · 07-15-2010, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by SHines-IT

Maybe I should give it the heart of a Chevy, lol.

**wheeliE-maxx** · 07-15-2010, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by SHines-IT

Pretty sweet car, I would like to do that with a new Vette. Think it would last that long with lots of TLC?

mileage maybe. years, hell no

Originally Posted by SHines-IT

Maybe I should give it the heart of a Chevy, lol.

buick nailhead with a gmc blower http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...t=strange+bird

**SteveCZ28** · 07-16-2010, 07:28 PM

this is just awesome... one thing im curious about is if the engine was rebuilt at all cuz they say it has the "original block" doesnt mean it wasnt rebuilt or not....thats a load of miles on her thats for sure