For Sale: 1961 Comet 4dr sedan, 6-cyl, manual shift - $6,700 - Ridgefield, WA - Not Mine - Still Available, Minor Price Reduction to $5,950: 4-4-2024.

[58L-Y8]

For Sale: 1961 Comet 4dr sedan, 6-cyl, manual shift - $6,700 - Ridgefield, WA - Still Available, Minor Price Reduction to $5,950: 4-4-2024. See New Link Below.

1961 Mercury, comet for sale by owner - Ridgefield, WA - craigslist
Seller's Description:

1961 mercury Comet sedan, six-cylinder, manual transmission. Excellent body, good original interior. Good engine transmission and brakes. All original. Get ready for summer without doing much work. odometer: 71000.
Contact: (360) 7-7-one-1-8-5-two
Copy and paste in your email: 6380345c4bdc3952a3342a613c007660@sale.craigslist.org

I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1961 Comet 4dr sedan.

Edited April 8 by 58L-Y8
Still Available, Minor Price Reduction to $5,950: 4-4-2024. Crossed out the dead CL link. (see edit history)

[rocketraider]

Seeing those wipers standing up made me remember these things have vacuum wipers.

 

Would be nice to know 144 or 170 engine.

 

Also thought they all had rubber floor covering. Doesn't appear to be a deluxe trim level car.

 

Is that a dent in the tailpanel on passenger side of the gas cap, or a reflection?

[58L-Y8]

49 minutes ago, rocketraider said:

Would be nice to know 144 or 170 engine.

The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1946-1975, edited by John Gunnell list only the 144 ci six as the only engine available for both the 1960 and 1961 Comets.  No 170 ci is listed as optionally available for either year.   The 170 six appears for 1962 when Comet becomes Mercury Comet and the intermediate-sized Mercury Meteor list the 170 as its base engine.   Then, the 170 ci six is listed optional for the Mercury Comet at $45.10.

[JamesR]

3 hours ago, rocketraider said:

Is that a dent in the tailpanel on passenger side of the gas cap, or a reflection?

 

Looks like a dent to me, Rocket.

 

I love the unloved four door Mercury's and compact cars (of all makes) from the early sixties, but a large part of the appeal for me is the lower cost of getting into one. If this car is worth $6700, then I'd extrapolate that my V-8 powered '61 Monterey is worth something like $10k - $11k...and I really don't think my car is worth that kind of money.  Maybe I'm wrong about this Comet, though. We'll see what it brings and how fast it brings it.

[Crusty Trucker]

Just a Falcon with lipstick and perfume, in my opinion.

Are the tail lights leftover '60 Edsel parts?

 

 

 

[Bloo]

The whole car was intended to be an Edsel, but Ford pulled the plug on Edsel.

 

I like the 60-61 Comets.

[58L-Y8]

5 hours ago, Crusty Trucker said:

Just a Falcon with lipstick and perfume, in my opinion.

Are the tail lights leftover '60 Edsel parts?

 

 

 

 

Although the 1960-'61 Comet taillights look to be recycled 1960 Edsel units, the shape and length is different so are not interchangeable.  The Comet was the Lincoln-Mercury dealers savior since the sales of both were badly down from their mid-'50's highpoint.  Comet doubled sales volumes instantly, while Mercury stagnated after being demoted to fancy Ford status again and Lincoln began its slow climb from the depths of the 1958-'60 debacle.  Ford Motor Company management never could consistently decide what Mercury was to be, vacillated between fancy Ford and cut-rate Lincoln dependent upon who was in charge.

[58L-Y8]

Still Available, Minor Price Reduction to $5,950: 4-4-2024.

1961 Mercury, comet for sale by owner - Ridgefield, WA - craigslist
Contact: (360) 7-7-one-1-8-5-two
Copy and paste in your email: 48915bbebb183278b3bc840a3022f091@sale.craigslist.org

[Fossil]

I think he should reconsider the red wheels.