1965 Mercury Comet Project

[Bryce]

looks amazazing

[Roger M]

Nice work! Its realy cool to see someone build something other than a Camaro.

[Krashyman]

Thanks everyone. And, a big thanks to Chris ("Hechtspeed") for doing a really cool story on the Comet over on MyRideisMe.com. If you want to check it out, the link is:

http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/1965-...touring-build/

I'll give another update as soon as I hear more . . . really hope it is still May when the Comet is done and delievered!

Best,
Josh

[hechtrod]

Thanks Josh for the kind words, but the Comet and Woody's fab work speak for themselves. MyRideisMe is lucky to be an outlet for cool cars like yours. Here's for hoping May is the month its done done!

[Krashyman]

New pics just in . . . .

[Motown 454]

Any times to go with these pictures?? It looks great.

[oestek]

So how does it drive? It looks awesome!

[hechtrod]

Looks cool Josh! Love it! You got some nice comments about the car on MyRideisMe.com too!

[Krashyman]

No times yet -- it had a fuel sensor issue so it was running a little rich -- but it has now been fixed (hopefully) as the shop is doing teh final tweaks. Everyone thought it handled great and will run real fast. Here is a cool press release from Jegs that just came out:

Mike Coughlin serves as test pilot of two exquisite cars from Woody's Hot Rodz

5/12/2009

DELAWARE, Ohio (May 12) -- Drag racing champion Mike Coughlin recently spent a day at his home track of National Trail Raceway helping noted car builder Chris Sondles shakedown a pair of very unique hot rods.

The owner of Woody's Hot Rodz in Bright, Ind., Sondles was selected by Street Rodder magazine to build this year's Coast-to-Coast cruiser, a project that will be extensively outlined in an upcoming issue. Each year, Street Rodder selects a custom car builder to put a car together with the caveat being that the car must be driven across the country to prove that it's road worthy.

Sondles selected a 1952 Chevrolet Deluxe 2-Door Hardtop built it on an Art Morrison prototype chassis and filled it with many parts he got through JEGS High Performance. Sondles used Strange rear end, gears, axles, and coil-over shocks, Wilwood disc brakes, a Smeding 383 stroker SBC engine with Barry Grant 6 Shooter carburetors, a Gearstar 4L60 overdrive transmission, BFGoodrich G-Force KDW tires on Wheel Vintiques wheels, a Flowmaster exhaust, a Custom U.S. Radiator, and an Aeromotive Stealth fuel system.

"Like everything that Chris does, the car was beautiful," said Coughlin, the 2007 Division 3 Top Sportsman champion. "Even better, it handled like the nicest go-kart ever built and it had an incredible amount of power.

"I drove my (Corvette) Z06 to the track and when we started testing the Chevy on this cone-course they had set up, the hardtop was actually quicker through there than my car. It was the same thing on the skid pad test -- that little hardtop easily outperformed my Z06. It was amazing."

Just days before the scheduled test of the '52 Chevy, Sondles and crew completed a build-out of a 1965 Mercury Comet for customers Josh and Kathy Martin of Alexandria, Va., and as is his standard protocol, Sondles wanted to test it out before handing over the keys.

As usual, Sondles used many parts from JEGS during the construction of the Comet, which featured an Art Morrison Max G Muscle Car Chassis, Strange rear end, gears, axles, and coil-over shocks, a Mustang Shelby GT500 5.4L Supercharged engine, a Tremec T56 6-speed transmission, Borla Stainless Steel exhaust, Wilwood disc brakes, BFGoodrich G Force KDW tires mounted on BonSpeed Huntington Wheels, and a BeCool radiator.

"Scary fast," Coughlin said in describing the Comet. "Having that big supercharged engine really made a difference. I can tell you the Martins are really going to enjoy this car.

"Chris and his guys restored a '77 Z-28 for me and, just like these two cars, the thing came out so nice you almost don't want to drive it on the road. He does such beautiful work.

"I'm excited to keep up with the journey of the Chevy Hardtop. As it makes it's way across the country it will be making stops at different car shows and cruise nights so I hope to get out and see it again. For sure it will be fun to read the Street Rodder article, especially after driving the car."

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[fast Ed]

Well done, great to see it all put together and going!!


cheers
Ed N.

[rogue]

absolutely beautiful car and nice to see something different.

[Cometose]

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My favorite pic...so far!
"Scary fast", are you ready for that Josh?!!

[Motown 454]

"Scary Fast " And thats from a guy who knows. Good for you Josh.

[fantasygoat]

It looks amazing! I just wish the trim lined up and the gaps were even.

[Krashyman]

Thanks for everyone's comments -- great to hear from Ed, Joe, Wayne, and everyone else.

It looks amazing! I just wish the trim lined up and the gaps were even.

Good point . . . I assume you're talking about the trim that runs across the front of the car right above the grill (starting on one side of the front of the car, going across the front of the hood, and ending on the other side of the front of the car). I noticed this myself, and I wondered if it was just me or if it really looked uneven., so it's good to get confirmation from your constructive criticism. I've asked the shop about it . . . we'll see what the issue is and if it can be fixed.

[1970cuda]

Great to see everything come together sooooo nice. Great job

[novanutcase]

WAAAAHHH!!!! I wanna drive my car!!!!

Way to go Josh!!! Car looks great!!!

John

[fantasygoat]

That trim is held in place with acorn nuts and they have some leeway in terms of positioning. But, I would say your hood needs to be lowered at the front regardless.

I spent an hour lining up just one side on my Torino so I know what a pain it is!

[Miss Daisy]

Lookin SWEET Josh!
Regarding alignment of body parts, probably a little tweaking of the hood bumper bolts will take care of that. It's hard to make these old cars perfect, as they didn't come out of the factory that way! I have yet to see a trunk lid on any 65 Comet that is a perfect fit! If you are 'showing' your car, the hood and trunk lid are usually open and any alignment problems aren't noticed.
Josh I sure would like to see you show up at the Ford's at Carlisle (Pennsylvania) show 5-7 June. Not that I can stand the competition.. lol! But, that black beauty needs to be shown off!
Happy motoring!
Bob

[Miss Daisy]

My hood alignment...