There were some 1966 Comet Cyclones, which look completely different. I went down to Kissimee again in 2018, and again there were no 1965 Comets. I asked, and was told, “They are relatively rare, but don’t usually bring much money.” With 3,500 cars there on display, it was physically impossible to see all of them, but I checked and there was not a single Mercury Comet. I don’t like crowds, so I didn’t go in the auction room, but did look at several tents full of cars over the three days I stayed. In 2017, when I was 60, I had probably watched a bit too much Mecum’s and Barrett-Jackson’s classic car auctions, and actually made the trip to the January 2017 Mecum’s auction at Kissimee, Fl., near Orlando. When we got done with it, the car really did look pretty cool, and I remember I sold it for about twice what I paid for it, so the loss was only a few thousand dollars! I cannot find a picture of that car. When I raked together the money, I got new Tiger Paw fat tires (so fat they rubbed the fenders when you went over bumps), and the cheapest steel wheels in the J.C. We put in an 8-track tape player, and an AM/FM radio, extra speakers, a tiny steering wheel and a chrome barefoot accelerator pedal from Honest Charley’s Speed Shop, when it was out by the airport. My father and I (him, really) painted it candy apple red, installed 1974 Camaro bucket seats in it, and changed the interior color to black, with red shag carpet.
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