The 1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone did not just roll quietly into showrooms, it arrived as Mercury’s opening punch in Detroit’s escalating performance wars. By turning a sensible compact into a ...

Mercury redesigned the Comet in 1964, but in addition to the new look, the big news this year was the introduction of the top-of-the-line Cyclone trim level. Considered a performance-oriented ...

James Rivera built this '64 Mercury Comet by the time he was 24 years old for less than $3000, but you'd never know to look at it. The emblems and the door handles have been shaved, and the suspension ...

Every Sunday in the Driving Section, The Plain Dealer features a My First Car story from one of our readers. I was 18 in 1971, starting college, and needed a car to commute daily to Wright State ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Vicki Boccuzzi’s mother bought a new 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente convertible in the fall of 1964. The car got passed to her and her husband, John Boccuzzi, in 1979 and they still own it. The Newtown ...