Ford Mavericks - are they feeling the love yet?

The '69 models are probably worth a lot of boolah if you can find one.

All I know is that they cost $1995 when they came out, along with every other human on earth at the time thanks to the Ford marketing department.
They were girl and school teacher cars, the plain-jane four doors were used by school teacher nuns to go to the grocery store.

 

Was your mother-in law happier to get the car gone or the daughter?

 

Never owned one but several friends did because in high school they were a real cheap car to to get ahold of. Came close to getting a 72/3 Comet GT with a 302 but a friend girl friend beat me to it. Allways had a soft spot for them though, the small bumper ones. Just could never get used to the huge crash bumper look.

I have not touched this in years but way back I messed around with models. For the garage sale we had last summmer I sold all the kits that were collecting dust but kept a small few. This is a phantom BOSS 429 Comet kit bashed......




As you can see, the Johan chassis is'nt all that great for detail


Took alot of "syferin" and cutting to get to the, almost ready for glue and primer.




I had to move tha gas tank closer to the rear end... I cut it out and lost it, so I cast a new one from epoxy, I made the mold myself from another kit.


Not what the real deal looks like but I'm happy with it. Everything fits good, just needs some glue to keep the gaps closed.



Hood is primer ready


A bit blurry... I think I'll use the Mustang dash. It fit in there with no mods.


I need another Mustang kit for the rad, front of motor, and the dual exhaust.


Remember, no glue...those carbs just wouldn't stay still....or was it my shakey hand.....




I do have the rear bumper


Front spoiler is taped on for the pic, needs some mods/cut 'n' sand to fit rite. I'm also gona shave some off the base of the seats, they are just to high in there.

 

The daughter, for sure! We were just borrowing her Maverick for the honeymoon because our '68 6-cyl Camaro wasn't exactly reliable.

 

I always loved the Mavs from the moment they came out. I thought the styling was spot on. The Mustang II sort of grew on me. I didn't like them at first but that was primarily because it was called a mustang. On its own merits as a runabout coupe it was pretty good within the confines of the available engine development (thanks to EPA). Drop in a later 302 (a.k.a. 5.0) and they are quite nice IMO.

mike

 

Done up right, I like them. A friend of ours bought one while in High School. It was Pea green with a 302 and 3 speed. I remember when we were going home my Dad (who grew up in the in the original muscle car era) said, " A Maverick? " like it was the last car on earth he would have thought a kid would think was cool.
It is an original Grabber.
He ended up painting it dark blue, blacking out the hood. and putting Shellby/Thunderbird tailights on it. It has nice 5 spoke wheels, a 4 speed and a nice sounding dual exhaust. Turned out real nice.
Even my Dad is impressed. He thinks it looks cool.

 

I never would have thought a Maverick or Comet would be collected by anyone. To me, they just sceamed econo and always had a funny interior smell to them.

But then in the sixties I would have never have thought anything would have been collected past 1969.

Post 73 railroad tie bumpers and 98-160 hp engines pretty much did in the collectible part of a car at least for me.


But then along comes the early 1970's and I start collecting and restoring 1950's-1960's station wagons!!!

 

The days of buying a donor v8 disc brake mav, to put stuff in a comet/falcon are over.

 

I think that a car has entered into the minds of car nuts as more than just a simple mode of transportation when Hotwheels comes out with a version. My some got a Grabber Maverick in a set with a Torino and Mustang for Christmas.