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Oct 13 2007

1975 Mercury Comet

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1975 Mercury Comet

Sometimes I wonder if we could have saved her….

I was going through my photos today looking for one of Jay’s photos when he was a baby, and I came across this photo, taken in 1990 I believe, of myself with all the older Fuller kids’ first car (my dad bought it for $750). It was a bronze 1975 Mercury Comet with a roof rack. You always have to mention the roof rack—that was a very important part of the description.

I learned a lot about cars from this car. It was a 6 cylinder, and got about 8 miles to the gallon. Thank goodness gas was only about $1 a gallon back then. I was very fond of our local auto supply store and was always putting additives in the tank to try to get better mileage. I also learned about carburetors (because the one in this car was always crapping out). Looking at this photo, the car almost looks sporty now.

In any case, the car was passed on to my brother in about 1991, and needlesstosay, that was the end of her life. (He’s mentioned some stories about setting up jumps in parking lots with his friends, etc.)

After seeing this, I wondered if anyone has any restored Comets out there, so I did a search, and found a four-door 1974 Comet on e-bay for $6. (But alas, it’s just a postcard.) RIP DND 225. (I loved how the license plate kind of spelled out "Dead End".)

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7 Responses to “1975 Mercury Comet”

  1. Anonymouson 14 Nov 2007 at 7:03 pm

    It looked more sporty when I took the hubcaps off and painted fluorescent orange bullseyes around the wheels and filled the back window with various stickers

  2. Jenon 19 Nov 2007 at 10:53 pm

    It was a beautiful car. I loved how it shimmied down the road (aka “death grip” on the steering wheel). It was a sturdy bucket of steel….ahhh.

  3. Anonymouson 25 Nov 2007 at 11:18 pm

    I had it floored late one night driving across 520. Talk about a “death grip on the wheel”. Luckily there weren’t any other cars around me at the time, because I needed both lanes just to keep going forward.

    I loved that car.

  4. Jenon 12 Jan 2008 at 2:58 pm

    Check this out…http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/car/530384085.html

  5. Sebastianon 22 Apr 2010 at 1:03 am

    Hello I really wanna talk to you about your 1975 Mercury Comet, I sent you an email at http://anastasiafuller.com/ please reply

  6. Used Car Maniacon 16 Jan 2011 at 11:50 am

    I did the same thing, let my Comet go and my ’68 Mustang–OUCH

    Live and learn I guess, wish I had them back.

  7. parableon 26 Mar 2011 at 6:45 am

    It looked more sporty when I took the hubcaps off and painted fluorescent orange bullseyes around the wheels and filled the back window with various stickers

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