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Old 11-09-2022, 04:42 AM
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Mercury never "officially" offered the HiPo 289 in it's Comets. Supposedly if you were a good customer of a big LM dealer, you could get the Sales Manager to somehow order you one. Less than a handful were sold to the public.

But this Comet is special:

1964 East African Safari Rally

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/201...n-safari-rally
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