The Caliente was the luxury edition of the Comet, which included an interior lighting package unlike anything in 1965, including Cadillacs. The Comet turned out to be a 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente, a two-door hardtop, with the 289 cu.in. We drove to somewhere not easily found, to the shop. He invited me in, and I was a little overwhelmed by the number of sets of deer antlers and artillery hanging on the wall. There was an immaculate ’69 Corvette I the driveway. I took a check! I drove up there and after stopping by the Denny’s for just about the best omelette I’ve ever had, drove up the road a little bit to the house where the owner of the Comet lived. to hear him talk it was rapidly becoming a new car. I made arrangements with the guy who owned the car to meet him and then together we would go to the shop where it was supposedly “just not quite finished yet.” He said it had mostly new glass, window mouldings, fuel pump, alternator, intake manifold, brakes, etc…. I could see from the distinctive rear end that it was definitely a 1965 Comet, but could tell nothing else about it. He sent one of the rear of the car sticking out from under a cover in a garage. Nine months went by, and I finally got him on the phone in person, and he seemed like he wanted to talk to me about the car. He would call me back occasionally, saying he was up in a tree somewhere trying to shoot a deer. I called and left messages and called and left messages. had a car and was almost done with it mechanically, and he thought it might be a Comet, and furthermore thought it was a 1965. In a few days, he told me a friend of his in Cleveland, Tn. When I got home, I casually mentioned to a friend who had a few antique cars that I might be interested in buying a 1965 Comet if I could find one, and that so far I hadn’t. 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.
1965 MERCURY COMET FULL
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. Motor runs well but stock inside nothing radical.#8 It is missing crome ring in grill and fender badges#9 Nothing in life or cars are perfect but this car is really really nice.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. Paint is very straight and very well done.#7. It has all new everything in front end including disc brakes.#5. Cant restore any car the rite way for half the price of this car. Runs great all new suspension brakes everything pics don't do it justice. It has a few upgrades like a real ram air hood and fiberglass bumpers orig. This is a 65 cyclone that was brought to florida from California a few years back and as a 30 pluss years of owning Palm Beach Mustangs restoring old mustangs this is one of the most solid cars around. 1965 Mercury Comet cyclone Additional Info:
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