1964 Mercury Comet Caliente Very Good Condition, 74k Miles on 2040-cars
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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I'm no expert, just bought this from a retired school teacher and wish to sell it straight away. Interior and exterior look great. Looks like it was restored about 7 years ago and has been garage kept. She recently replaced tires, fuel pump, voltage regulator, refurbed generator, relined gas tank, master cylinder and brakes, gaskets, headlights, starter, rebuilt carb, battery, water pump, belts and misc. There is rust underneath and a few small bubbles under the paint here and there but not bad. The body, bumpers and trim all straight and in tact. All original parts from what I can tell. I also have a shop manual and some parts catalogs. The engine sounds and runs good, but needs some carb tweaking which I'm going to do. It wants to stall at stops but was able to keep running with my foot on the pedal slightly. But the lady mentioned it normally runs good and sat for a while and needed those tweaks. I have the manual on the carb and will run through all the recommended settings. After playing with it a little without knowledge it ran much better, so I assume I can get it purring. There are no leaks and we drove it for about 20 minutes no problem. Steers nice, brakes are old school but work fine. All the lights work. Radio is original and works good, the speaker was just replaced. Headliner is good. There are no tears or cracks on the dash or seats. Has seat belts. All Door locks and trunk work. There are boxes of spare parts in the trunk. Has a jack and spare tire. Windows all crank and seat nicely.
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