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While the car has surface rust here and there, the hood has it 100% so we’re guessing the hood is not original to the car since there is no apparent simulated hood scoop. The body looks straight overall, and no major rust jumps out, but we wish the photos would drill in closer so we could better determine. The transmission a C-6 heavy duty automatic flanked by a 9-inch rear end with posi-traction. The seller tells us the motor is running well and we must wonder if it’s not been tweaked given the possible racing slicks on wide wheels in the back.

That would include the seller’s car, which is described as a Ford in the headline, but it’s really a Mercury. For example, in 1972 Ford sold 230,000 Mavericks while Mercury found 66,000 Comet buyers.

Maverick sales were always higher than the Comet. The most potent engine available to the Comet GT was the 302 cubic inch V-8 rated at 138 hp net. The Comet GT was muscle car largely in trim, featuring a blacked-out grille, dual body-side tape stripes, high-back bucket seats, wheel trim rings, dual racing mirrors, bright window frames, black instrument panel, deluxe door trim panels, and a simulated hood scoop. Its taillight pods were from the 1970-71 Montego. Most the sheet metal was shared between the two cars, but the Comet had a different grille, taillights and hood. For the sixth and final generation (1971-77), the Comet was mostly a re-badged Maverick, which Ford had found great success with. At first it was a compact, then an intermediate and then a compact again. The Comet was a Mercury nameplate between 1962-69 and again from 1971-77. It’s located in Miami, Florida and available here on Barn Finds Classifieds for $3,500. While the motor is said to be strong, the rest of the car needs help. This 1972 Comet GT is apparently part of a group of 60 cars that is in the process of being liquidated. So, you could say lightning struck twice – and we mean this in a good way. A decade later, the same thing happened again with the Maverick and Comet. The shape of these coupes is very cool, so we hope this one is put back on the road.In the early 1960s, Ford introduced the Falcon, and the Mercury Comet was born. We’d put in the effort to convert the headlights back to stock, but then might go with a refreshed Chevy drivetrain to give the car some more power instead of scouring Europe for the original set-up. This car is worthy of restoration, but it will take some serious effort to set it back to stock given the missing rear bumper, missing drivetrain, and modified headlights. This big Chevrolet engine would have been a substantial power upgrade. Originally this car would have come equipped with a small displacement V8 which was very exotic for European coupes in 1954, but output was still usually less than 100 horsepower. Somebody hot-rodded this coupe at some point looking for muscle car performance or possible drag racing, as the seller says the rear tires are slicks. The interior looks mostly stock with the exception of the Hurst shifter and the sweep tachometer mounted to the column. This looks more like the set-up from a Facel Vega, so the small ridge added to the fender to match the bezel is a mystery. The stacked headlights on this car don’t look to be original, as all others that we have seen have a single round lamp with a separate side market below. We know of one other Ford Comete that is owned by a BaT reader in SoCal. Find it here on eBay in Atlanta, Georgia.

The car needs restoration but the original leather upholstery is said to be under those seat covers. The car now sports a Chevrolet V8 with dual quads which the seller believes to be from a 1955 Corvette. This 1954 Ford Comete was a coupe built by Ford’s french division, Ford SAF, and bodied by Facel of Paris.