The 1966 Mercury Comet could be considered the perfect example of ‘if at first you don’t succeed, give it another go.’ The first generation, built between 1960 and 1963, somehow missed the mark in the ...

In 1976, Randy Honkala turned 18 and bought his first car. Who’s Randy Honkala? I’ll tell you in a minute, but in 1976, he was the proud owner of a six-year-old automobile built by Ford Motor Company.

Once planned by Ford Motor Co. as a compact model in the Edsel line, the new Comet was introduced instead as the Mercury version of the Ford Falcon economy car. By 1966, however, the Comet had moved ...