Pictures of our '72(New Member)

Well I hate to hear that, since odds are the car will end up wrecked or degraded. My first car was a '74 Maverick Grabber back in 2005 when I was 17. I drove that car like a baby, rarely ever exceeded 50 mph, but that didn't stop someone from running a light and smashing the hell out of it when I was on my way to school one morning.

Nice car regardless. I hope it's treated right. I would strongly suggest some upgrades to the car such as disc brakes.

 

Nothing prettier than a light blue Comet. Looks awsome

 

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. With the way people drive these days, there is no way in hell I would put either of my kids in a Maverick or Comet as a daily driver, no air bags,30 year old seat belts, metal dash...even a $2000 Focus is 100 times safer.
Take the car, do what you want with it, I'm not worried about its collector value, if any, a 38 year old car is not a daily driver. The insurance companies shouldn't allow it.

 

When it came time for my 16 year old son to get a car....everybody assumed it would be a Maverick. No way. As Dave stated....it is a 38 year old car. (When I started driving in 1983.....I guess I should have got a car from 1945 to drive).

My son bought a 2001 Ford Escort ZX2 with 160,000 miles for $1600. Within a year he ran the car off the road and "rubbed" the side of it with a telephone pole (lots of snow on the road at the time). No real damage....all cosmetic. It could be fixed...but we choose not to...so he drives it "as-is".

To me...it is just not practical, especially in our climate, to drive a 38 year old car every day. I think that goes double for a 16 year old. For example, I just replaced the front brakes on my 2005 Ford Focus (210,000 miles). I went to the parts store, got new pads and brand new in the box rotors. All parts were in the store and on the shelf ready to be picked up, taken home, and installed. One just can't do that with a 38 year old car.

 

I mean absolutely no disrespect, but would you feel the same about a '55 Ford Fairlane, '65 Porsche, or a '59 AH Bugeye? Is it because it is a 1972 Comet that you regard it as "just a car"? Just curious.

 

Drive all 3 all year long. Of course I have other cars to drive in the snow during winter months when the ground is icy or snow covered. Once salt is laid down the classics pretty much stay put. You get alot of people that like to assume @$#! so I just let it be. Only a fool( and not directed to you Craig) would assume I would put my daughter in danger knowingly.

 

So I'm A fool?

 

Well started out as a great thread. Slowly evolved into a , Every1 knows better than the new owner.The fact that its 38 yrs young doesn,t make it unsafe. oNLY UNSAFE IF NOT MAINTAINED PROPERLY over the years. A virgin car in that shape, low miles too, won,t need much. JMO. Ron

 

Looks great! I drive mine everyyyyday. thats not to say I enjoy it during the winter though haha...

 

I pitty da fool!

I used to drive mine every day. It was my only transportation for a few years. Once it's done I plan to drive it on weekends.

 

Thanks daydreamer and Mattrick I just thought I join a group to help an old guy out.

 

wanna sell the 55?? LOL

 

Super, super nice car! Always good to see another Comet.

This is the best source for info on these cars, and a great place to hang out online. Please don't take the bit of friction in this thread personally ... it is with the intent of looking out for you and your kid. This really is a great crowd of guys here.... that includes Dave ... one of the best.

I think part of it comes from guys remembering how we used to drive as kids, too. I was an honor student, "the perfect kid", etc., and still, I should have gotten in a LOT more trouble than I did, and I always had some points on my license until my mid-30s.

Please do think about changing to front disc brakes.... one of the best mods that you can do to these cars to put it much closer to the capabilities with modern cars. Four wheel drum brakes were primarily responsible for some of the scariest stuff I have ever driven through.... real butt-clenchers. Discs are a fairly easy, relatively invisible mod for these cars.

I realize you have a fleet of cool old cars there, and are very used to driving them. I am all for evening out the odds as much as you can, if possible, given some of the drivers you have to share the road with these days.

 

For anyone interested my '55 ford fairlane is up for sale. Need to make room for incoming Fairlane 500 '57. PM me for price and over 100 picsif interested in the '55 club sedan

 

Nice Wheels. And Im glad to see you purchased the car for your daughter so she can enjoy a now vintage car and respect the ART of collecting and Respecting it. Kudos to you! I think getting young people involved in car collecting etc is a great boost for honoring and keeping our past alive. I hope she enjoys it for years to come--a cheap first for her and hopefully not the last in a long line of collecting. Good luck and keep us posted on the car and future cars you and she end up with! On a side note, think what our parents allowed us to drive back in the day. lol I don't know how many times I hit the back of the front seat, slid across the seat and plastered my brother against the door, slide forward and hit the dashboard or flipped forward and into the front floorboard in my brothers '67 Stang Surprised any of us made it this far. lol