A couple of my friends have purchased a 1968 Mercury Comet that was originally sold at Dodge Brothers Ford in Georgetown. This is a very rare 1 of 24 built and 1 of 2 in a blue colour. The rarity comes from the original powertrain being a 428 Super Cobra Jet C6 transmission and a 9 inch differential. Both blue cars were sold at this dealership. We are wondering if both cars were sold and campaigned in a factory stock class at area drag strips. The engine is long gone but the rest of the car is there. We do have documentation on the car with a Marti Report. All remaining 22 cars were red. Anybody remember if this dealership was sponsoring drag racers ?
I don't know if they sponsored a team but think the timing is right as Toronto International Dragway between Georgetown and Acton was in operation back then.
Brian
-- Edited by bferguson on Wednesday 4th of July 2018 06:55:25 AM
Sounds like a cool car. Do you have any photos? There's a fellow who has a facebook page called "Colesys Place". If anyone would know about the car it would be him. He was a member on here but he left after someone criticized him for putting his name on old photos. www.facebook.com/colesysplace/
I only learned in this millennium that Mercury still called the very base Montego a Comet in 1968 & 69. A 428 SCJ was a legendary powerplant, even though it roots were 10 years old at the time. There used to be a '68 Montego MX in my neighborhood until the '77s came out (the owners replaced it with a '77 LTD II), and I also remember in town a '69 Montego MX coupe that was Competition Orange with a black vinyl roof. It was nothing special performance-wise, but it did get my attention back then (circa 1971 in Ancaster)
Jeeze, Todd would be impressed if I could find it, but I had an old Auto Trader ad from the late 1970s that featured a white 1969 Montego convertible that was a factory 428 SCJ. As it turned out, it may have even been the old Barrie Poole Pro Stocker from back in the day. Barrie Poole was from south-western Ontario, maybe London or Windsor area, and he made a name for himself back in the late 60s through the 1970s internationally in the Pro Stock circles. His red plus black & white candy striped Mustangs were well known. Seeing what the old Ray Allen LS6 Chevelle convertible pro-stocker went for, it is a shame that I wasn't flush enough to buy that old Montego convertible. Still, those unibody convertibles always make me a little nervous when it comes to structural integrity.
I also have an old vintage Auto Trader ad for one of those super rare 1970½ Falcon coupes with a 429 SCJ, shaker & factory Drag Pack. It was burgundy and had a mural on the trunklid painted by none other than Kenny Kay of Hamilton. Finishing it off were skinny & wide Cragar SS wheels.
Speaking of Georgetown dealers...
Back in 1970 I walked past Bay-King Motors, a well-known Dodge-Chrysler dealer in Hamilton. It the showroom was a brand new super rare Panther Pink 1970 Swinger 340 with black bumblebee stripe & a spoiler. If the car was sold in Hamilton I certainly would have remembered seeing it around, but I believe it probably was swapped to a dealer in Georgetown as there was a Panther Pink 1970 Swinger 340 sold there. The late lamented Canadian Classics magazine that was published by Dale Lidstone out of PEI featured the car. I am 99% positive it was the same car I saw brand new in 1970.
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I lived in G'town most of my life.....The Ford/Mercury dealer was called Dodge Bros back then for a while. I don't actually remember a 68 Comet, but the dealership did sponsor an orange big block Cougar around that time. By then Walt Dixon may have bought the dealership and changed the name.
I only learned in this millennium that Mercury still called the very base Montego a Comet in 1968 & 69. A 428 SCJ was a legendary powerplant, even though it roots were 10 years old at the time. There used to be a '68 Montego MX in my neighborhood until the '77s came out (the owners replaced it with a '77 LTD II), and I also remember in town a '69 Montego MX coupe that was Competition Orange with a black vinyl roof. It was nothing special performance-wise, but it did get my attention back then (circa 1971 in Ancaster)
Jeeze, Todd would be impressed if I could find it, but I had an old Auto Trader ad from the late 1970s that featured a white 1969 Montego convertible that was a factory 428 SCJ. As it turned out, it may have even been the old Barrie Poole Pro Stocker from back in the day. Barrie Poole was from south-western Ontario, maybe London or Windsor area, and he made a name for himself back in the late 60s through the 1970s internationally in the Pro Stock circles. His red plus black & white candy striped Mustangs were well known. Seeing what the old Ray Allen LS6 Chevelle convertible pro-stocker went for, it is a shame that I wasn't flush enough to buy that old Montego convertible. Still, those unibody convertibles always make me a little nervous when it comes to structural integrity.
I also have an old vintage Auto Trader ad for one of those super rare 1970½ Falcon coupes with a 429 SCJ, shaker & factory Drag Pack. It was burgundy and had a mural on the trunklid painted by none other than Kenny Kay of Hamilton. Finishing it off were skinny & wide Cragar SS wheels.
Speaking of Georgetown dealers...
Back in 1970 I walked past Bay-King Motors, a well-known Dodge-Chrysler dealer in Hamilton. It the showroom was a brand new super rare Panther Pink 1970 Swinger 340 with black bumblebee stripe & a spoiler. If the car was sold in Hamilton I certainly would have remembered seeing it around, but I believe it probably was swapped to a dealer in Georgetown as there was a Panther Pink 1970 Swinger 340 sold there. The late lamented Canadian Classics magazine that was published by Dale Lidstone out of PEI featured the car. I am 99% positive it was the same car I saw brand new in 1970.
Barry Poole campaigned/ drove for Sandy Elliot Ford out of Chatham, ON. Set quite a few NHRA records especially with Mustangs. I believe he originally came from PEI
I haven't heard anything about him after a story of his grandson Carter (he was featured as a baby/child in Canadian Classics magazine) in a news story.
Before that, an obituary for his brother Roy's passing. His brother also owned a '64 Parisienne CS, that's how I got to know him. I traded gas & oil stuff (for his garage displays) for Parisienne parts ... he had quite the "man cave".
Dale keeps a very low profile these days it seems.
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
HI i know frank . he works at car quest in georgetown . he raced for ford back in the day i seen a pic of the the car haler i thought is had all Mustangs could be wrong give him a call 905 877 5161