Mercury Comet Cougar by Richardphotos

Photography • Transportation • posted on Jul 24, 2018

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I was able to drive the Caliente version while working at a dealership in the 60's. it had lots of power and could easily smoke the tires. it had the Ford version of posi-trac and to this day, I think the engine was stronger than stock. for fooling potential buyers into thinking it was really fast Montana Auto Museum Deer Lodge, MT

Comments (13)

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styletx

12:34AM | Wed, 25 July 2018

Nice mix of FOMOCO, MOPAR and GM.

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DukeNukem2005

2:16AM | Wed, 25 July 2018

It's very beautiful and very nice!

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Maxidyne

3:56AM | Wed, 25 July 2018

That must have been a dream job, I'd love to get my hands on one of these.

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jmb007

4:13AM | Wed, 25 July 2018

jolie

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Kordouane

4:40AM | Wed, 25 July 2018

Excellent !!

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ontar1

6:02AM | Wed, 25 July 2018

Cool car!

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STEVIEUKWONDER

6:27AM | Wed, 25 July 2018

I'd rather have a Hummer! (Lying) Bahahaha! Great find Richard!

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farmerC

9:09AM | Wed, 25 July 2018

Shining.

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OkrimSlava

9:38AM | Wed, 25 July 2018

Great looking Picture.

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ikke.evc

4:44PM | Wed, 25 July 2018

Nice looking cars, great capture.

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RodS Online Now!

4:52PM | Wed, 25 July 2018

Man, there's some gorgeous looking road rockets there! Wonderful shot of the museum, Richard!

Bad-Wolf

8:19PM | Wed, 25 July 2018

Great photo. But the Mercury Comet and the Mercury Cougar are two separate vehicles. The Cougar, pictured here, is based on the mustang chassis and they were, potentially, very potent vehicles right out of the factory. The Mercury Comet was, Originally, based on the falcon chassis and had different power plants available and different underpinnings. The Mercury Comet "Caliente" was an options package that offered a V8 that put out as much as 270hp

The performance of both vehicles varied depending on option packages but during the "muscle car era" the Cougars and Mustangs were geared more toward performance and the Comet and Falcon tended more toward daily driver.

Richardphotos

9:38PM | Wed, 25 July 2018

my association with 60's cars were more than 50 years ago and I have slept several times! thanks for the comment and information.

I know I liked Falcons and Comets both. would love to have a Falcon Ranchero 64 with a V8

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