August '08-'09 Buildoff 1972 Mercury Comet

[spitfire]

so i bought this car about two weeks ago for $300. it runs very well.
its a three speed automatic on the tree. i plan on moving it two a floor shifter. im pretty sure its a 3.0liter but its the original inline six. its not very fast but its alot of to drive. but right know the power steering pump its out and i need to bleed the brakes, so right now its not safe but i still drive it around.
so here she goes,
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0089.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0097.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0101.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0103.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0104.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0107.jpg
more pics later photo bucket decided to start being slow.

[SPR]

few more years and you'll be flinstoning it!! yucky yucky rust lol. welcome to my world!

what are the plans?

[WhiteMKIV]

Yeah it is a good project, and its come a long way scince you have gotten it. the oil change did a HUGE job, and next up is the tranny this weekend!

[spitfire]

few more years and you'll be flinstoning it!! yucky yucky rust lol. welcome to my world!

what are the plans?

i plan on making it midnight blue met. and black two tone.
i want to put a 302 v8 but i want to stay original. so ill probly
rebuild the L6. but im going to make it a manual trany and and a four
barel carb convorusion. but like it shows ill have to do alot on the rust
but once my old car sales ill have enough money to get it going.

[Bugeye subie]

Not bad for 300 bucks, Not bad at all,

Screw the 302, 427 it!

[spitfire]

ok update photobucket is working so more pics,
engine and trunk/getto gas tank

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0108.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0109.jpg
ya thats my gas tank, the old one is rusted and leaks,
but im ordering a brand new allumunum gas tank
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0112.jpg
but some new parts form the junk yard,
before:http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0117.jpg
after:http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0114.jpg
new moirors,
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0118.jpg

[SPR]

LMAO love the gas tank!

thats worse than my pocket bike gas tank i think haha.

[spitfire]

LMAO love the gas tank!

thats worse than my pocket bike gas tank i think haha.

ya its pretty getto, but hey it works good, i mean
if your in to stoping to fill up your tank every 40miles, lol.

[texan_idiot25]

Welcome to rust.

It's much like a bad girl friend. Sure, the girl may look great, and be a good runner. But inside, there is something growing. Something, unrelenting, and evil. It spreads like cancer. Eating away at your soul, and you wallet. No matter how much you try and please it, it continues on and on and on, until either your patience, or wallet, runs out.

Rust: My enemy.

:roll_eye:

[KITT222]

oh my goodness, a Comet! too bad you werent in Iowa a few months ago. we auctioned off my great-aunts MINT Comet.

thats one heckuva project you got going there!

[firebird999]

mix the rust with fine aluminum powder. you get thermite :firedevi:


bot, that's a pretty neat car. make it yellow, orange, or dark green. or it actually may look great just primered with red or black rims.

[spitfire]

mix the rust with fine aluminum powder. you get thermite :evil:


bot, that's a pretty neat car. make it yellow, orange, or dark green. or it actually may look great just primered with red or black rims.

ya the color is going to be midnight blue met. with the lower body line black.
im going to get some black rims with a chrome lip.

ya thanks texen, i love your speech. thats funny, but soooo true.

[spitfire]

well update, had a small oil leak. it was coming from the mechanical
oil gauge. the nilon tubing dry roated and broke off. so i bought a copper tubbing fittings for it. no she runs just fine"again".

[AJB32690]

Looks like a good project. I think the cars that nobody really knows about are more fun than the common ones. I'm trying to get my hands on an 80s Olds Cutlass(Olds version of the Buick GN or Chevy MC), but I may have to settle for a Monte Carlo.

[spitfire]

Looks like a good project. I think the cars that nobody really knows about are more fun than the common ones. I'm trying to get my hands on an 80s Olds Cutlass(Olds version of the Buick GN or Chevy MC), but I may have to settle for a Monte Carlo.

ya i love the old cutlass. ive always wanted like the 1969 442.
but i had to settle for a 1991 cutlass/grany car. but it is for sale! lol.

[xmodkidd33]

Great looking car. Are you planning on doing the bodywork yourself?

[WhiteMKIV]

Great looking car. Are you planning on doing the bodywork yourself?

I can answer that for him :bigwink: . Well, Spitfire and i are gonna bring it into our autobody shop class at school, we both are 2nd years and have it good with our teacher. He is gona bring it in and we are gonna do the body work, actually all the body work and paint it :) I think he is sending the chrome peices away to be re diped.

[spitfire]

I can answer that for him :bigwink: . Well, Spitfire and i are gonna bring it into our autobody shop class at school, we both are 2nd years and have it good with our teacher. He is gona bring it in and we are gonna do the body work, actually all the body work and paint it :) I think he is sending the chrome peices away to be re diped.

yep! hes got it right on the money.
and since whitemkiv is the best painter
in the class, im giving him the honers
of painting it for me.

[spitfire]

ya! i finaly got clearance to put the comet in the auto body
shop at my school after thanks giving. first im going
to weld up new floor bords, then the inside of the trunk has some
holes and then the quarter panels. then hopfuly a brandnew gas tank.

Man i cant wait till thanks giving is over so i can start on this **** car.
not sure if thats a good or bad thing ^^^ lol!

[WhiteMKIV]

ya! i finaly got clearance to put the comet in the auto body
shop at my school after thanks giving. first im going
to weld up new floor bords, then the inside of the trunk has some
holes and then the quarter panels. then hopfuly a brandnew gas tank.

Man i cant wait till thanks giving is over so i can start on this **** car.
not sure if thats a good or bad thing ^^^ lol!

Once im done with the CRX all my work is on the comet

[spitfire]

Once im done with the CRX all my work is on the comet

ya, i figured. i told lunchbox to stop
begging me to let him work, once i found out
hes in love with comets i had to let on the
project, plue hes an exalent welder.

[xmodkidd33]

Sounds cool, good luck with the class! The metal shop in my school got taken out because no one could teach it. =[

[spitfire]

Sounds cool, good luck with the class! The metal shop in my school got taken out because no one could teach it. =[

ya are teacher is prettycool. ive learnd alot from him.

[spitfire]

so a few days ago, im at whitemkiv house and i go to leave and i here a POP!
and the steering wheel moved freely. well the power steering assist broke.
it gos on the bottom of the steering wheel column. so i went to the
local junk yard and found a maverick and the part i
need is on it. so the next day i go with some tools and start to
take is apart. i get to the last bolt and head of the bolt is rounded away and rusty
and wouldnt buge. man i was ****t. brand new there three hunderd
dallors. so tomorrow im going to a swamp meet and my hopes
are up. but then to top it off, my starter locked up and now it wont start,

gotta LOVE! old cars, which i do. im just mad
because i cant drive it.

[texan_idiot25]

Get some 3M penetrating lube. And invest in a really good impact wrench and breaker bar. All you'll need to bust old bolts loose.

[spitfire]

Get some 3M penetrating lube. And invest in a really good impact wrench and breaker bar. All you'll need to bust old bolts loose.

ya, ive done that before. but i didnt have that many tools with me.
but im probly gonna go back with some diff tools cause i realy need
that part.

[WhiteMKIV]

We should have tooken a sawzall with us and just chop it off and re tap it. Oh well hopefully tommarow we can find somthing at the swap meet real cheap

[spitfire]

weel just got back from the swap meet. no luck on the steering part. but i did find a new grill, all the chrome, and some other odds and ends.

but back to the new grill. it looks brand new, it had all the
turn signals and brackets to mont it. payd $35. but i decided
to paint it high gloss black. so i did, it looks bad ***, not one run
or dirt spot.

[spitfire]

well a long time back, i found a guy in goerga, he has
three comets in his junk yard. so i got tuns of parts.
so i get to my brothers house (he also lives up there)
and im looking at my parts, but one part was a kind of new
front bumper. so i make my way home the next day
and i relize i left my bumper in my brothers garage. man i was
pist. but my uncle went up there this past week end and
brought down my bumper , so ill add pics tomorrow(my battery are charging)
but its got alittile rust but its all striaght and no dents
which what i wanted.

[spitfire]

well finaly got it towed to the auto body class i got to so i can start working on it. but i also got it runing again. but lots of new pics.

theres my dixi horns
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0138.jpg
new grill i got at a swap meet for $35 dollars
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0143.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0144.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0147.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0153.jpg

injoy.

[spitfire]

well new pics of the comet all torn apart. got alot done.

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0167.jpg
heres a where the emblem use to be,
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0168.jpg
no more emblems.
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0169.jpg
heres the old antena
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0170.jpg
im moving the antena to the back of the roof.
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0194.jpg
fixing the spoiler.
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0173.jpg
my freind sigler is good with fiber glass so i gave him the job.
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0178.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0188.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0191.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0209.jpg


ill have more updates tomorrow.
anjoy

[texan_idiot25]

Starting to look good mayne.

Body work is my least favorite past time though :lol:

[spitfire]

I kinda like it. Its not that bad. My favorit part is learning how to weld. I feel its alot of fun. But i like working on the old cars more than the newer. I lust like the sense of history on the car.

[SPR]

you welded that anntenna hole up right?

Otherwise everything looks good!!
Body work is the best part! love that stuff! i cant stand greasy motor work lol

[spitfire]

you welded that anntenna hole up right?

Otherwise everything looks good!!
Body work is the best part! love that stuff! i cant stand greasy motor work lol

Ya the antena hole i welded up.

But see i like both body work and grease engine work. Nothin like getting your hands dirty and seeing what you can creat with your hands.

[SPR]

k good!

body work is where the creation is at. thats when you really make stuf with your hands from scratch. Motor work is just put it together and hope it runs good!

[spitfire]

Lol, true. but i enjoy both. But once i get done with the fenders ill be making my own floor boards. We have a thing at my school that you can put body lines in a peace of metal so you can make it stronger. That will be fun, thats where the fun of creating comes in.

[SPR]

awesome!! does sound like fun!

im making my own floorboards for the camaro too. Using old combine metal haha. it works soo slick!

[spitfire]

ha lol. Hey if it works it works. there will be carpet over it any way so who cares youl never see it.

[SPR]

Hey metal is metal. its all the same! who cares if its missing some stupid stamp that GM put into it that does nothing what so ever!

post a vid of the dixie horns!! thats the ebay kit right? ive always been interested in its quality lol!

[spitfire]

no its not the ebay kit. i bought it off of ebay and had it on my cutlass. well the horn on the comet was broken so i put that on there. But now its not huck up any more. im thinking about getting a train horn. im all selling the dixi horn if interested.

[SPR]

im not interested, but was just curious on the quality of them. I bought a set of air horns off ebay, they were sooo freaking loud. Loved them!

[spitfire]

ya there pretty loud. and ive had them for about two years and they work like there brandnew

[nw~hummer]

dude, total raod warrior car

[spitfire]

thanks... i think.

[spitfire]

Been a very long time since ive added to this thread. Got alot of updates.

First, i wont be able finish it at school this year. Since im graduating this year, ill be going to the same tech school as an adult student. I get two pluses out of that, the car gets done, and they give me full certification in auto body. I only need 2 1/2 years of that class, two years are gone, only need another 1/2, so i have to pay $1500 for that half year. Its not to bad considering other schools. BUT! back on topic, since i dont have time this school year, ill be towing it home to finish most of the big rust work, like the trunk floor needs to be replaced, same with the floor boards, and i need to fix the steering. You guys remember it being all white and more rusty. well heres alot of pics.

the old hood was rusted,
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0243.jpg

so i got a new one
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0237.jpg

Started to under coat underneith some of the panels.
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0048.jpg

started priming alot of parts,
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0055.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0054.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0052.jpg
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0157.jpg

This is kinda what it looks like now. The rear of the car is all black primer too now, ill take more updated pics on monday or tuesday, depends on when i spray the last coat of primer on.
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p416/91kutlass/comet/DSCF0001-1.jpg

Enjoy, more to come tomorrow.

[texan_idiot25]

Can't wait to see this thing out of the shop. :)

[spitfire]

Can't wait to see this thing out of the shop. :)


You and me both. Its been killing me not driving it.