Shooting star
Dear Classic American,
The Comet you featured recently in Classic American’s news pages in the July issue has now sold to a lovely lady, Sarah Godfrey from Dunstable; quite a coincidence as the car was owned by another lovely lady, Cheryl O’Connor. It is Sarah’s first classic and first American although her partner Rich races a Falcon in historic events like Goodwood Revival.
We got the car running and driving with just a little fettling; which, as it hadn’t run since 2013, says a lot for ‘old’ technology! Sarah and Rich then collected it on a trailer and she was obviously pleased with her purchase, as you can see in the picture. Although sorry to see it go, Cheryl and Ian are happy that Sarah intends to keep the Comet ‘as is’ with all its patina and character – but it will be given a thorough clean!
Ian Birks and Ian O’Connor
Via email
Well you’re right, everyone likes a happy ending and it’s nice to see that Classic American can help give cars like this Comet a second life with some enthusiastic new owners. Why not check out the Classic American classifieds to see what treasures you can track down?!