I raced my 72 Comet at the recent Grand Bend IHRA Nationals in Top Sportsman. I finished #10 in the world last year in IHRA Top Sportsman with this car. We had some suspension issues at Grand Bend and crashed the car during Q2 qualifying. Video is at the bottom of the livestream page: http://livestream.com/MotorManiaTV/2016IHRANDRSGrandBend The Comet body was destroyed but the chassis & roll cage are perfect. The body is cut off and I'm searching for a new one. All I need is a roof shell with the rear quarters and trunk tail pan. I really dont want a whole running car. Please call or email me if you can help. Wanna say your Comet body is on a 180 mph Top Sportsman car??? Rich 630-542-0604 rkracing1@aol.com
ouch!.. glad that happened shortly after launch at those much lower speeds and you're ok. Hope you stick around post-purchase and end up posting a few pic's of the rebuild for such an awesome race car. Plus.. it's a Comet which makes it even more awesome.
Boy that sucks! Glad it was just sheet metal that was hurt. http://livestream.com/MotorManiaTV/2016IHRANDRSGrandBend/videos/127617104 If the tail light panel is salvageable you could also go with a Maverick shell.
Thanks all. I've pretty much exhausted searching the web for just the body shell. Junkyard web searches just arent up to speed yet. So if anybody knows where theres a Comet/Maverick body shell with decent roof & rear quarters in a junkyard please email or call me. I'd be happy to pay a finders fee! Rich Aurora IL rkracing1@aol.com 630-542-0604
Wish you all the luck in the world,it is so expensive & hard to build a car right now,I`m getting ready to take a second job to finish mine.
Oh man,,i was there and seen you flip..I am glad you are ok..I seen you hanging upside down..,,there is body parts around
Wow, that's insane. Glad you're okay. You couldn't get out of the throttle soon as it started to go sideways?
Just purchased a donor body. Its rough but suits my needs & budget. Thanks to all that replied. Started a photo gallery on FB of the resurrection process. Look up "RK Racing" on FB.
I qick question. .I was at Grand bend thus weekend. .it was a great show...my maverick with a 347.went..11 92 on sat...Sunday a 11 95 at 1 pm did a 11.91 around 4 00..raced again at 7 pm...the temp dropped...ran a 11 .760..the fastest ever..I lost my round but ran a great time..60 foots where almost equal ??
