Shed Find V8 Mercury Comet: Will it run and drive after sitting for 31 Years 

Love the leaning tower of Jack stand at 16:13 in. Glad pops sandal wearing feet weren’t crushed. 😂

Love that he leaves his “in between takes” moments in...very genuine! Like a gradual blooper reel👍🏼

Old fords never die. Reminds me of a 1965 I bought sight unseen, flew 800 miles, did about what you did, and drove it back to LA.

Watching in England and I LOVE how you can just run out to a local parts store and they have every little thing you need from 1925 onwards! Here, it's hard work to find anything over 8 years old from anyone other than eBay/Europe! I love your channel. Been watching a lot of your videos and I love how you work and just methodically get all the little jobs done to make the engine run again without a billion dollar white-out unit and all the gear. Such a nice family too. I'm about to recommission a 1992 car that has been sat 15 years with my dad so all of this gives me hope that 15 years is really nothing and it'll be fine! 😊

Dam, I'm impressed. That thing didnt even make a complete revolution. It popped right over. Nice job.

You and your Dad look like brothers sitting in that car. Awesome to see such a great relationship between you.

Don't ever edit out your 'bloopers' m'man, it's what makes this channel so watchable. You two are a great team and as entertaining as all hell. 😄

That thing is Rowdy!! Love this one.... Make sure your jackstands have a solid surface to sit on. Y'all are making me wince....

"That was too easy somethings wrong" Story of my life whenever i have a win! 😂

The Comets and Falcons are dang pretty cars. Good job

15:40 that jack stand is screaming for dear life, be safe bro

That 64 deserves a nice comeback. Make it happen Michael !

i sat up with a big grin on my face when that thing fired up like it was a daily driver.

I love the comet and I love what you guys did to it. I also think it's great to put a good old Mercury back on the road. Wish I could be there helping you guys. I've been doing brakes, among other things on anything from transit busses to heavy construction equiptment. Great video guys. Keep up the interesting video's.

Man, never change. Love the Porsche build. Cheers from Brazil!

Need to raise the idle a bit, the transfer slots are covered. Also, sounds like the centrifugal advance in the distributor may be stuck. You all are doing a great job bringing the old girl back to life, keep up the great work. Love your channel. It appears you and your dad have a great time doing it together. I wish my son had an interest in mechanical areas, but he does his own thing. Keep on truckin' guys!

Cool videos! I ask Brian about you the other day and he told me to look you up. Havent seen you in a while,looks like your chasin your dreams and im happy for ya. Keep up the good work buddy and swing by some time.

The first video of yours that I watched I thought your dad was actually your brother...lol Keep up the good work, I love to see these classic car revivals. I wish I could do this myself.

THANK YOU for not trying to run that engine without dropping the pan! always the first rule is "do no harm". Start up is fantastic! That car has great potential. Please keep these videos coming along with the 911

Really enjoy all these shows , where these guys are wrenching on these old cars .

Man I enjoyed you two’s reactions when it started. I’m surprised as you were! Hahaha

I really enjoy your optimism,reminds me when I did things like this,scratched my head more than once.you and your dad are entertaining.😎😎👍

Awesome vids and great genuine people, i hope you get to over a million subscribers so you can get a garage and a car lift - when your dad was changing the brakes the axle stand was at a 90`degree angle 😮 Stay safe guys because we love your videos

Nice to see you back to work on the Comet! Don't let the casting numbers fool you on the '68 small-block. 302 was introduced this year but Ford was dropping leftover 289 cranks in the new blocks. I owned one back in the 80's. Check the casting on the crank, not the block.

Heck yeah! Riding around with a gas tank strapped to the hood with no seats in the car. I can relate! Love the video. Keep them coming!

I appreciate that fact that you are willing to throw a blanket down on the red dirt and crawl under a car like a lot of us have, but wow that jack stand was leaning like the tower of Pisa, maybe it was just a bad camera angle and she was straight.

We think this might be part 3 but we don’t really know for sure. Terrific strides in bringing her back to life.

those 302's are sweet running engines!

Sweet ride and great job getting her up and running. Thank you for sharing.

Love this old car! You keep doing what you're doing, great content!

That's funny. Ive driven by Carolina Driveline several times while I lived in Boiling Springs. 😄 And man.....I love when cars sound loud like that. Don't care if they're fast, just like the loud. I'm half deaf, so I'm glad that last backfire my car did blew out my exhaust. 😆 Now I can hear my car running. Runs so smooth sometimes I didn't know if it stalled or not. And I swear I've seen that old blue truck on the road before.

I love that Comet has a lot of potential my friend!

I was in high school when the 64-65 comets came out,,, I wanted one so bad, I could not hardly stand it,, lol,,, This is one classic that will only become more valuable,, :-)

Another SWEET ride - that thing sounds awesome! You guys have great taste.

"Shining like a Diamond in a Goat's Butt" - i learned something today....

Oh the joy of a gummed up SBF. Was the same on mine, spent a day scraping and vacuuming. I then filled up with some modern junk oil, fitted a new filter, drove for 200 miles, dumped than oil and repeated this time for 1200 miles, followed by another change using a good brand containing zinc additive. Oil pressure at over 1200 RPM is always over 40 psi and engine runs cooler even in European summer temperatures. The only additional thing I'd have done would if I were you is to clean the rubbish in the heads too (maybe you've done it already).

Love the sound coming from it.

If that was the first attempt to start it in the video then that was amazing!

Had a '63&1/2 Falcon Sprint (Similar) except 4 speed floor shift. Had that snarly sound to it, and loved the way it operated. It would do a fantastic "burn-out", but top speed was restricted by low gear ratio and red lined on tach at 3200. Out-dragged many muscle big-bore, high tuned 402's and hot Plymouths and Pontiacs.

Good call on the gravy oil scooping out of the pan. Looks like you are having some fun!

Nice looking car. Following this one, heck I’ve watched them all😁

Awesome vid. Great car . Looking forward to see what you do with that beast.

It’s looking and sounding good! Keep it up!

Not sure if it was angle of camera but that Jack stand looked to be at a dangerous angle , please be careful, put a flat base under them when in the dirt .nice car

That is SUCH a cool looking car. Good job guys, sounds great.

Doing what you love, having fun doing watching is fun for me, keep these great videos coming, and i agree going cyclone style.

Awesome runs so smooth, I love those old 302 motors like that I had one in my 67 mustang it ran great. Its got good bones worth fixing up for sure.

Excellent work and thanks for the awesome content stay safe and take care and of course it will start it’s in good hands of budget bulidz fixing it keep it up Edited it sounds great can’t wait to see what you do with it

that is friggin awesome!! I've wanted a comet or falcon like that since i was a little boy but now 42 and still don't have one! Yahooo! It's good to see someone bring one to life tho. Congrats, now sell it to me!!!

Congrats, great job, like watching baby's first steps.

From England, I think you are both doing great, I wish we had the same restrictions, honestly though great material, use of proper measurements is fantastic, we have all the mm crap, but I absolutely love the way how you bring a car back to life without all the auto electric crap , nice one ! I really hope to keep watching you two for years

Whis I could find these kind of cool old cars..! Great job man, keep going

This car sure has an insane potential. I'd love to see a restomod version of it in the future !

If valve seals do any good you will be lucky. Those engines were prone to wearing out the valve guides, which were actually only holes drilled in the head. I had a 289 and a 351 Windsor and both had to have the heads drilled and valve guides pressed in. The 351 had some clown knurl the heads before I got it and as a result I had to replace 11 valves. That was the only problem I had with either engine and they lasted fine after that.

Great job you & your father did their on getting it running,it sounds so nice & that rumble 👊,I saw in some comment about your axles stands,they did look a bit sketchy on the floor,just take care👍

Love this car. I've always wanted a Falcon and this is even cooler. I don't know if I've ever seen one IRL. It's like the early 70s Olds Omega which is a Nova, but not a Nova.

Very cool to see the Comet again! Man that car is cool. A Cyclone hood would be cool. My choice has always been the hood with the tear drop scoop ( like the 64 Thunderbolts, light weight Galaxies and A/FX Mustangs had ) . That reverse shifter set up is because the transmission came out of a car that had a column shifter. The shift arm on the transmission is facing the wrong direction. To fix it requires finding a shift arm assembly out of a transmission from a floor shift car. Then drop the transmission pan. You also need to drop the valvebody. Then remove the kick down arm shaft, a large nut and the whole shift arm shaft slides out. Or the better fix would be just swap in a 4 or 5 spd!! And it sounds like you might need to increase the idle speed a little and tune the accelerator pump some. It does sound good.

Love it, btw that oil wasn't really bad. Another channel "CT" had a show just on the goo he drained out an old Porsche. Love your intro, don't change or edit these out.

Can't wait to see this one finished!!

Awesome job. I just picked up a 62 Comet S22 👍👍

WHAT YOU NEED IS WHEN YOU REBUILD THE ENGINE IS TO GO ABOUT 30 OVER ON THE PISTONS. Get a set of ported windsor 400 heads with a set of headers to flow all that good air through the system. top it off with a couple of magnaflow mufflers out the back. Then you will have you a nice running 302 boss. Might want to go through the trans for sure ,and also fix the shifter so it shifts properly. I agree with JK below that jackstand just isn't right brother. By the way Harbor frieght is recalling those stands. I just got the e-mail today from them.

Awesome! Good deal no lifters sticking after all that time.

Every time I watch your videos I start looking on the marketplace hahaha

Awsome car, love too see on the road again😁👍 I have mine own project too now, Chevrolet Caprice Classic, 1976😁😁 Yes please, step by step brakejob😁😁

Awesome! Good job guys 💪👍

Ford is talking about getting rid of V-8 engines, why when one that old sounds so good?

My Daddy has that same car in one of his buildings. It was a drag car at one time. I believe he had a 390 with cobra jet heads. It had a great air brush paint job. I'll send some pix.

Thank you...enjoyed your enthusisam....from Ireland.. God Bless.

Love those old 2 door muscle cars, greetings from the UK....

If the drive shaft was short and you got it shortened your going to be really grumpy, lol. Great find.. I am thinking if you pop off those valve covers they'll be just as goo packed, happened to me when I bought my 1st truck way way back when. Vac, scrape, a gallon of kero later I was back in business.

Road kill Garage makes you guys look like a pro build shop. I love have methodical you are at fixing stuff properly first go none of that'll do oh wait did i do it up, oh it fell off. I knew it was broken but I just thought 🤦‍♂️. keep up the amazing work amd video coming 😀🤗👏

'64's make great little hot rods...such a good looking car...the best year. luv 'em. I'd leave the trim on...if you have it...they just look so good.

Haha unbelievable! 😂 keep up the good work man 👍

Good fun to watch. Keep it up

love the show have fun thanks

Great job and video guys 👍👍🇨🇱

Ok I've been watching your channel because of you not the cars . now you have one I love . thank you

several years ago had one pulled the valve covers and oil pan used steam cleaner washed it all away dried good worked great

I'd love to see a full build on it. Do it like the Cyclone but do Coyote Swap with disc brakes front and rear. Look like a restored or barn find Cyclone but modern underneath the hood

Pretty typical engine internals from the 60's. They used to use Paraffin oil additives in the motor oil and that is that waxy oil sludge buildup under the intake and in the oil pan. I restored a 1966 Thunderbird and inside the engine looked exactly the same. Pretty nasty stuff.

Great video... Congrats...

Jack stand had me nervous lol

Carolina Drive Line did my driveshaft for my BMW 740 when I did my 6 speed swap. You popped the oil pan cherry lol

Definitely have to finish the car I'd like to see what you do with it definitely worth fixing very solid car and it's all steelso you have something to work with keep up the good work

Nice burn out at the very end!!!

ma get out the sasperila what i see here is the definition of a shade tree mechanic, right here on youtube!

It sounds like "Christine" after a bad night out!

I love these little cars!

I like that old Ram truck. Got a '93 D250 myself. Never see them on the road any more, quite rare. Around here, anyway.

This car would look good as a gasser!

Marvel Mystry Oil is the best thing to use and you use 1 quart every oil change after as that will keep your engine Spotless.

Great Fun Car HUH Thumbs Up

You have to do this car right because, for no other reason, it has a damn cool name!

I would have loved to hear the original engine run. My Parents had a 1964 Mercury Meteor. I don't really remember what it sounded like, but My Grandpa needed a car, so they gave it to Him. It got hit on the passenger side and he drove it that way for a long time, but sadly it quit running when I was pretty young. It is long gone now, but I sure miss that old car. It was a White Car with Red interior. It had a 3 speed straight gear transmission on the steering column. No power steering or anything fancy. I think it did have an A.M. Radio on it. No air conditioner.

id love to see a full tear down and rebuild of that 302 and a full rebuild of this car

The quickest ride at my hometown street drags was a 4 door Mercury Comet. 302 4B with a manual tranny. wasn't the fastest but got to the end of the quarter quicker. Of course the guy driving it could probably trade cars with you and still beat you. I saw that 302 defeat 426 Hemi's and 440 magnums. Problem for the more powerful cars was they'd spin tires while the comet would just shoot on down the road. I think that was was about a 70 model, at that time just couple year old used car. Didn't even belong to my buddy, he would borrow it from the used car lot he worked at. I think his boss caught on the second time it needed rear tires. lol.

Enyoy a lot your Great video, thanks

I've been waiting for this comet for a while and you are freaking hilarious, had me rolling in the floor laughing at your crazy tail. But I'm glad that this one is running and getting stuff done to it. You can really make a awesome car out of this thing and you can make it really fast easy and cheap. I laughed my ass off when you were talking about the new aluminum iron intake that was so light that it took both of you to pick it up and put it in and you stole my trick by leaving the distributor in it . I see ppl all the time taking them out when you don't have to but yeah this thing needs a big cam a real aluminum intake, Holley 650 dp, headers and some cheap aluminum heads off of Ebay for 550 for the set . That thing will scream and probably clear up the smoke because it doesn't smoke all the time so those cheap heads on Ebay for 550 shipped will have it running strong. Just punch in gt40 heads and they will pop up if you are planning on going that far with it and it will be so much faster. There is a whole top end kit for 800 also for heads intake roller rockers if u are planning on making a cheap hotrod out of it I know I would cause I love that car it is cool. But anyway I can't wait to see more on it so keep the videos coming and keep acting crazy because it makes me laugh my ass off, you are funny as hell and and would be cool to hang around 🤣😂😆🚗💨💨💨💨💨💨💨

Wow id love to the future plans for this car running better

great car to see take care