Help ID'ing Comet GT
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Posted by: Root Moose ® 2001/10/14, 19:11:00 Author Profile

I was hoping that someone might be able to identify a car from my past. In the early 1970s my late father owned a Comet GT. He bought it in Gander, NF so it would be a Canadian spec Comet. I've been looking at the images in the archive trying to figure out what year the car would be. I think it had the small bumpers so it could be 72 or earlier. It definately had a black (flat paint?) pedestal style spoiler on the rear deck lid. I'm not 100% certain about the bumpers. It had wheel covers, not alloy rims. The rear tail light surround was blacked out, fancy fuel cap, etc. It was a GT, bright yellow (with e slight green tint? but not green) with the black stipe down the side. I thought the stripe had "302 GT" on it but I suppose it could have been "Comet GT". I was five when the car was written off so I don't remember much beyond that. My dad got a 1973 Gran Torino after that (in 1976). I think we owned the Comet for at least 3 years...don't know if it was bought new or not. Any ideas of the specific year? Any references to Canadian options that were available on these cars? Thanks!

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Re: Help ID'ing Comet GT --- littleredtoy ( 2001/10/14, 23:59:30 ) ( 858 bytes ) +1 Re: Help ID'ing Comet GT --- Root Moose ( 2001/10/15, 11:39:37 ) ( 273 bytes ) +1 Re: Help ID'ing Comet GT --- littleredtoy ( 2001/10/15, 22:49:51 ) ( 325 bytes ) +1 Oh, and it was not a pedestal style, it was integrated... --- littleredtoy ( 2001/10/15, 23:19:26 ) ( 3 bytes ) +1 Re: Too bad... --- Root Moose ( 2001/10/16, 11:15:23 ) ( 1046 bytes ) Re: Help ID'ing Comet GT --- Charlie Ping ( 2001/10/16, 12:33:26 ) ( 476 bytes ) +1 Funny coincidence... --- Root Moose ( 2001/10/18, 18:57:13 ) ( 199 bytes ) Re: Help ID'ing Comet GT --- Root Moose ( 2001/10/16, 16:53:56 ) ( 602 bytes ) +1 Re: Help ID'ing Comet GT --- Charlie Ping ( 2001/10/17, 14:02:25 ) ( 769 bytes ) +1 Re: Help ID'ing Comet GT --- Root Moose ( 2001/10/17, 14:24:19 ) ( 788 bytes ) +1 Re: Help ID'ing Comet GT --- Charlie Ping ( 2001/10/17, 20:26:05 ) ( 203 bytes ) I think I've figured out the year... --- Root Moose ( 2001/10/17, 14:30:14 ) ( 626 bytes ) +1 I've seen that Grabber? yellow on '73 --- littleredtoy ( 2001/10/17, 23:38:34 ) ( 699 bytes ) +1 Re: I've seen that Grabber? yellow on '73 --- Root Moose ( 2001/10/18, 11:38:22 ) ( 170 bytes )