The 1966 Mercury Comet could be considered the perfect example of ‘if at first you don’t succeed, give it another go.’ The first generation, built between 1960 and 1963, somehow missed the mark in the ...

If you wanted a Mercury Comet in 1966, the carmaker offered three versions. First, it was the Comet Caliente, followed by the Comet Cyclone. The top choice was the Comet Cyclone GT, available in ...

Once planned by Ford Motor Co. as a compact model in the Edsel line, the new Comet was introduced instead as the Mercury version of the Ford Falcon economy car. By 1966, however, the Comet had moved ...

FREYBURG – Some cars just seem like they were made for certain people. That’s how it has been for 75-year-old Bob Thorpe and the Comet Cyclone, a mid-size muscle car that Mercury rolled off the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The 1966 Comet Caliente was the third generation Comet and included vertically stacked quad headlamps. Our Comet wasn’t ...