1st Maverick here?

Dilly4Chilly · 08-31-2010, 09:57 PM

Looks like i'm the 1st Maverick here thats pretty sweet

Canuck623 · 09-01-2010, 06:30 AM

Sweet indeed. lets see some pictures. I love the old Maverick.

Cuda_jim · 09-01-2010, 08:16 AM

Just another reason to use this ridiculous picture haha

Zephyrman · 09-01-2010, 08:23 AM

Mavericks are cool. Also, they were replaced by the Fairmont/Zephyr, which is also cool. Interesting random fact, the first car my Grandmother ever bought herself was a 77 Mav. The first car she ever bought new was an 81 Fairmont. Wierd huh?

Jonzo77 · 09-01-2010, 09:10 AM

don't forget they took over where the falcon left off.
what year & engine?

Dilly4Chilly · 09-01-2010, 09:18 AM

first of all you guys are picture whores my brother will post them for me later and 2 76 2-door with a 250 inline six soon to be a v8

Jonzo77 · 09-01-2010, 09:20 AM

very cool. i've been looking for a 71-72 myself. the ones with the cool as hell grabber hood...

Jonzo77 · 09-01-2010, 09:22 AM

this is the one i'm looking at exactly===> AutoTrader Classics - 1972 Ford Maverick Coupe Green Other Automatic Other | American Classics | Jackson, MI

Poppy · 09-01-2010, 09:35 AM

I had a '74 Comet for a few years, it had a glove box. The Comet was the Lincoln/Mercury twin to the Maverick. In a way, I liked the Mavericks better, because they had that long shelf under the dash instead of the glove box.

Jonzo,
That maverick is cool, but if I was in the market like you, I'd save your Ex's Fairmount Durango from the junkyard.

Originally Posted by Jonzo77

just wait till you guys see what my ex is rubbing in my face. she knows how badly i want one, as almost all of us probably do. on top of that, if i don't buy it from her it'll probably end up wrecked, or shredded in the junk yard. this is the only picture i could take of it, but trust me, it's real!

Ashzo77 · 09-01-2010, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by Poppy

I had a '74 Comet for a few years, it had a glove box. The Comet was the Lincoln/Mercury twin to the Maverick. In a way, I liked the Mavericks better, because they had that long shelf under the dash instead of the glove box.

Jonzo,
That maverick is cool, but if I was in the market like you, I'd save your Ex's Fairmount Durango from the junkyard.

who says he can't have both? more toys for me joe...

Ashzo77 · 09-01-2010, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by Dilly4Chilly

first of all you guys are picture whores my brother will post them for me later and 2 76 2-door with a 250 inline six soon to be a v8

where are you located? i think i know a guy who might be interested in the 250 when you're done with it. i think he wants to throw a turbo on it, and put like 20lbs of boost into one, or something like that...

CanyonGT · 09-02-2010, 06:02 AM

here's a pic i have of it. we are in newton, iowa.

Dilly4Chilly · 09-02-2010, 09:24 AM

i'll lets you guys know be4 i pull it and jonzo that mav is b.a

Dilly4Chilly · 09-02-2010, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Poppy

I had a '74 Comet for a few years, it had a glove box. The Comet was the Lincoln/Mercury twin to the Maverick. In a way, I liked the Mavericks better, because they had that long shelf under the dash instead of the glove box.

Jonzo,
That maverick is cool, but if I was in the market like you, I'd save your Ex's Fairmount Durango from the junkyard.

Idk i think i like the comets more i think they have a little more style

CanyonGT · 10-03-2010, 08:01 PM

a pic i found from last summer he had 63 mercury hubcaps on it.

Stymees'mont · 10-05-2010, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Dilly4Chilly

Looks like i'm the 1st Maverick here thats pretty sweet

Sweet !! I would love to own one myself as well. My brother had one with a stock 302.
The all Ford bone yard near me has several and a couple Grabber hoods as well...........damn I should have kept that a secret.....

Racer5349 · 10-06-2010, 05:50 PM

I had a 72 I think. Got it with the crankshaft literally snapped in half (302). I swapped a '68 289 in it. Most painful swap of my life. The 429/C6 I stuck in a '79 Mustang was a breeze by comparison. I loved that Mavvy!

Gizmo · 09-24-2011, 06:00 PM

Hi, I am new to the forum and decided to join after I saw this section. I thought I would put my first post here. I bought a Maverick as my first car when I turned 16. I wish that I could tell you that I loved the car when I had it. Truth of the matter was that I hated it. It was a 1970, 2-door with a 6 cylinder. It had power nothing, "armstrong" steering and brakes and "four-seasons" A/C. Only two options were AM radio and heater. I had no idea what I had, nor did I appreciate it. This was in 1987 so the car was 17 years old, had 30K miles and was in immaculate condition. White with a red interior.

Why did I hate it you ask? Well, for starters, I was 16 and my Dad gave me no option. I could either buy this car for the $500 asking price or not have wheels. As a now 40 year old father of two boys. I appreciate everything that was done for me. He used that car to teach me everything that I know about cars, a little humility as well as an effective means of birth control (not exactly a chick magnet).

The reality is that the car served me well for 8 years and 100K miles. I sold it in 1995 with 130K miles for $600. Today, I wish I had the car back. I had a chance to buy a '74 with 60K miles on it about 3 years ago for $1500 and feel like I should have bought it. Being that I am new to the forum, I cannot post pics but I will return and post a pic of the car when I am able. It was a great car and when I look at the body today, I see so much potential as a pro-touring or a resto-mod.