Hi guys! I just got home with my new ride, a 1972 Mercury Comet GT with 302 and manual 3-speed. Great car, drives great, no rust, slightly faded paintjob but still very acceptable. I´m tired (it´s midnight, and I got home just an hour ago) but EXTREMELY happy! Before you ask for pictures, I haven´t got any yet. To dark to take any now, and I will probably be too busy this weekend, but I´ll post them ASAP. I have a couple of questions regarding my car, but I will do a bit of surfing here on the forum first and see what I can find out on my own. Anders O
Hi guys! Thanks for the warm welcome! I´ll post a bunch of pics as soon as possible. If weather cooperates I´ll give the car a thourough wash tomorrow, and snap some pictures. Regarding the existance of Mavericks and Comets in Sweden, I´m uncertain about the numbers. I know there are just a few Mavericks, and the guy who sold me this Comet GT said he had seen one at a meet once. They are certainly not a common car, quite the opposite, and you have to understand that vintage US cars is a HUGE hobby here, there´s a whole subculture (well several actually since so many are loyal to one maker). The biggest US-car meet outside the USA is held anually in a town called Västerås, the meet is called Power Big Meet. Just driving to pick up my Comet last night, and back to my hometown of Örebro (a roundtrip of roughly 360km) me and my buddy counted 10 vintage Cadillacs, 1 -69 Mustang Mach1 and a host of other vintage US cars, in total more than 20. This was driving on open roads, we like to use our vintage cars here in Sweden. Many (like myself) use the cars as daily drivers for the summer season. Yet, this one I´ve bought is the first Comet GT (and first Comet) I´ve ever seen in person. I was aware of the Maverick, and have seen a couple of those, but as I said, there´s a huge amount of American Muscle around here, and very few Mavericks and Comets. I´d guess it is because when they were manufactured, they were meant to compete with European (and later Japanese) cars on the domestic (US) market. We allready had "similar" sized cars, so there was little market for them. And they haven´t yet become very sought after as vintage cars (which probably will change to some degree) since they still are overshadowed by Mustangs, Corvettes, Camaros, Firebirds, Cudas and so on. That´s good though, because it meens that I can get a VERY nice, good working condition V8-powered vintage US car, for the money I got from my "in need of a lot of work" sixcylinder 1967 Mustang when I sold it, and still have a lot of change left! The history of the car, as far as I know it is this. It was Imported into Sweden by a dealer as a used car in 1973. In the late 80´s it was restored and mildly customized (including a paintjob of the body, enginecompartment and chassis/underside. It has a slightly "warmer" cam and pistons, but still retains the 2V carb, so I doubt it has much mor horsepower than stock. Custom exhausts (2 barrel) makes for a very nice sound. As I said, it is in good rustfree condition. The paintjob is slightly faded, and has a few cracs in it, but definitely nothing major. Interior is very good. In short, a nice driver with good head-turning factor! In fact, driving this car today I got just as many looks from people as I ever have when driving my many vintage Mustangs, Camaros, Corvettes and Firebirds. People like nice cars, it´s as simple as that. Anders
I have posted pictures of my car in the "General Maverick/Comet" forum. So for those of you interested in seeing my car, please have a look. And also, fel free to give feedback (ANY kind, I´m trying to learn here) regarding what you see. Anders O
