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.

If you wanted a Mercury Comet in 1966, the carmaker offered three versions. First, it was the Comet Caliente, followed by the Comet Cyclone. The top choice was the Comet Cyclone GT, available in ...

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 ...