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 ...

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 ...

Hello, Greg, maybe you can help me. I have a 1966 Comet Cyclone GT. It is a factory lightweight with the fiberglass hood and trunk. It might have the mag bumpers too, but I’ve never had it checked. My ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

So much of a car's character can be determined by its face, the arrangement and styling of lights and grilles and sheet metal and bumpers that give a car its identity. The 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT ...

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 ...

Back in 1970, a guy (we'll call him Richard) walked into a Mercury dealership and ordered a 1971 Mercury CometCycloneGT with the 429 engine and special paint. He drove it for several years before ...