(The Villager name had previously been used to denote the four-door, steel-sided station wagon in the Edsel Ranger series.) A Comet Villager station wagon, basically a Comet Custom four-door station wagon with simulated woodgrain side panels, was added to the lineup. The S-22 had six bullet-shaped taillights, while regular Comets had four oval with two optional flat reverse lights. This is the first year the car carried Mercury badging.
Available only on the two-door sedan, it was billed as a "sport" package, although it shared the same mechanicals as regular Comets, with the only changes being S-22 badging, bucket seats, and a center console.Ĭomet was officially made a Mercury model for the 1962 model year, and it received some minor restyling, mainly a redesign of the trunk and taillight area to bring the car more in line with the Mercury look. The Comet was introduced to the Canadian market for the 1961 model year and replaced the Frontenac as the compact offering by Meteor-Mercury dealers. The Frontenac was produced for only one year. Considered a marque in its own right, it was a badge-engineered version of the Ford Falcon with only minor trim differences to distinguish it from the Falcon. In Canada, for the 1960 model year, Meteor-Mercury dealers sold a compact car called the "Frontenac". The coach company then was renamed Cotner-Bevington.
1962 MERCURY COMET PROFESSIONAL
įord had purchased the name "Comet" from Comet Coach Company, a professional car manufacturer in which the term belonged to a line of funeral coaches, mainly Oldsmobiles.
1962 MERCURY COMET MANUAL
(Some sources list it as producing 85 hp (63 kW) at 4200 rpm.) Transmission options were a column-shifted three-speed manual and a two-speed Merc-O-Matic automatic transmission (unique to the Comet, despite sharing a name with the Merc-O-Matic installed in other Mercurys). In 1960, the only engine available was the 144 cid Thriftpower straight-six with a single-barrel Holley carburetor, which produced 90 hp (67 kW) at 4200 rpm.
Two trim levels were available, standard and "Custom", with the latter including badging, additional chrome trim, and all-vinyl interiors. Introduced in March 1960, initial body styles were two- and four-door sedans and two- and four-door station wagons. For 19, the Comet shared a considerable number of body and mechanical parts with the short-lived Fairlane-based Mercury Meteor intermediate.Ī 1961 Comet four-door sedan new grille design These are sometimes referred to as the "round body" Comets. The 1960–1963 Comets share a similar basic shape. Ford bought the name in 1959.įrom 1960–1965, the Comet was based on the Ford Falcon platform (stretched 5 in (130 mm) for sedans, but not for wagons). The "Comet" name was trademarked to Cotner-Bevington as the Comet Coach Company, building ambulance and hearse commercial vehicles. Keys for the 19 Comets were shaped like Edsel keys, with the center bar of the "E" removed to form a "C". Certain other parts from the 1959 Edsel parts bin, including the parking lights and dashboard knobs, were used on the first-year Comet. While the short-lived 1960 Edsels used elliptical-shaped taillights, the lenses used on both cars differed in length and width. As a Mercury, early Comets received better-grade interior trim than concurrent Falcons, and a slightly longer wheelbase.ġ960 Comet sedan with original lettering.Īt their debut, the split grille was replaced by one more in keeping with Mercury's design themes, but the canted elliptical taillights, first seen on the Edsel prototype, were used and carried the "E" (Edsel) part number on them. The Comet was initially based on the compact Ford Falcon, then on the intermediate Ford Fairlane, and finally on the compact Ford Maverick. The compact Comet shared a naming convention associated with the ongoing Space Race of the early 1960s with the Mercury Meteor, which was introduced as the base-trim full-size Mercury sedan. In its first two years, it was marketed as the "Comet" and from 1962 as the "Mercury Comet". The Mercury Comet is an automobile that was produced by Mercury from 1960–19–1977 - variously as either a compact or an intermediate car.
0 kommentar(er)
