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'71 Mercury Comet F/C


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Body stripped nicely, I'll also need to strip the bumpers & grilles, glass is decent.

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The frame stripped not so well, I ended up having to mechanically strip most of it with files and sandpaper. 

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The front axle was broken so I replaced the center section and fabricated mounting bracket for the hair pin rods which I will have to make.  Cleaned up the weight saving holes in the suspension brackets. 

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With those Jo-Han Logghe Brothers chassis, a lot of parts interchange between all of the chassis: radius rods, axles, etc.  So if you pick up a built one for parts, it won't make a difference if it's a Ford, Mopar, AMC (more of these than any other), or Olds.  The Jo-Han version of this chassis is my favourite, so I snag those parts whenever I see them.  I had an unbuilt Comet kit but sold it, as I've got an unpainted body and all of the other parts needed to piece one together.

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I got decent money for the unbuilt one, did even better with an unbuilt '71 Maverick funny car kit the year before.  I'll have to piece a body together for a Maverick, but I've got an entire unbuilt funny car chassis from a '70 kit which had a stock version.  I wish I could find some decent decals for the '70 kit though: all of the sheets I have are badly yellowed.

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Yup, the stock Comet with the trim is the tough one to find, probably more so than the stock Maverick.  There was to have been a stock/Pro Stock '71 Maverick kit also, but it wasn't issued. Jo-Han issued a few '71 and '72 kits in two versions: stock/Pro Stock, and funny car only. 

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Thanks Dann.  Haven't  had much bench time lately but did get the tin's hinge repaired.  You can see the broken hinge (painted black) in the center of this photo.

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After reattaching it I added a piece of angle to reinforce it.

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Thanks for tuning in gentlemen and for the comments.  With the coil-overs being so exposed on the finished model I decided to improve on the kit parts.  Made the rear set last night.

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