Maverick Bargain....

I think somebody got a bargain for $4600

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1876600413

 

Geez!

Sure wish mine looked that good! Oh well maybe someday!

 

Not too bad!Is it anyone that We know?

 

Looks like a really nice car. It is probably just as nice as it is said to be. I used to stop by that shop/dealer every once in a while when I worked on that side of town and they always had some nice cool cars.

 

Hey, Selvey!

Craig-
That is a sharp looking car. It sits well too.

The trim on that car, I think it was called the LDO pkg. at some point, wouldn't that have included the wheel well opening trim?

What about those bumper guards on the front, they appear to have white bumper strips? (none on the rear)
I have never seen that color before on guards. Dyed?
With the interior color in tan or saddle, would the side moulding trim have been white along with a white vinyl top?

I just don't remember seeing any with that side moulding in '70-'72 cars unless they were Comets.

Also, the door panels/latches or the doors are '73 and up.


It looks like a nice car, all the accessories seem to be there under the hood. It just needs a dash, steering wheel, floor shifter and a little upholstery work.

Seth

 

Some people have more dollars than sense. The car is nice & straight with a shiney paint-job (albeit an ugly color), but hardly worth $4600. That car was about $2,000 new. The interior looks like crap, it's not a Grabber nor does it have any Grabber parts on it (hood, tail, etc.). Those seats are out of a '73 4-door model. Just goes to show that any vehicle is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, because someone obviously bought it.

And While I'm on this Rant; Here's a little pet peeve of mine. The car is referred to as a "coupe" about 7 times throughout the ad....THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A Maverick "coupe". ALL Mavericks are sedans, whether 2-door or 4-door. I know it's nit-picky but people should correctly advertize what they are selling, and it's just one of those little things that irritate me when people refer to these cars as coupes...

 

Okay. I take back what I said about it being an "ugly color". It's actually not a bad color at all. I think it's the white vinyl top and side trim that make it look unappealing to me. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I just don't see it as a "bargain". The only options on it are the automatic transmission and air conditioning...

 

Yep it looked like an LDO to me. IN late 72 they started offering them, and this appears to be one of them. My Mav was a LDO, and the vinyl inserts in the trim did match the vinyl top on them. I had black. The seats are most likely from that car because it is an LDO. The only reason it would be from another year is if they put them in. Another thing is if they were from a 4-door, the backs wouldn't flip forward allowing access to the rear seat. Just some thoughts. I found a set of perfect LDO seats from a 72 that replaced the ripped up ones in my 73. Personally I think the seats are pretty comfortable.
-Corbin

I do agree that personally I don't really like the color combo. Other than that, it's a nice, straight car. I hope whoever got it enjoys it.

 

That style seat was not available in '72....they first became an option in '73. From '71-'72 there were two seat options; bench and the high-back Grabber-style bucket...

 

I am not trying to start anything, but I am positive that the LDOs were introduced in 72. The car we are talking about is a 72 LDO, the car I got the seats for my LDO was a 72, and there are original Ford ads advertising the 72 Maverick LDO.
-Corbin

 

Yep, according to your ad, the seats were available in '72. The literature I had (don't even know where it is at the moment) said '73, looks like you're right...

 

Yeah, it's kind of funny how the Ford literature has descrepencies in it. According to most people, Ford didn't make a Maverick Sprint or an LDO. When I was searching for a headliner for my car, people said the headliner material I had was not possible. I guess they know what they're talking about. Anyway, the LDO was exactly like the Sprint, an apparently last minute decision that didn't make some of the books.
-Corbin

 

My dictionary defines coupe as "a 2-door automobile often seating only two persons; also : one with a tight-spaced rear seat" It fits, sorta. I guess it's just semantics. That car was probably closer to $3000 new considering the V8, automatic, AC,PS, & LDO package. I believe it is worth the money because the average guy would spend that much and probably more to get one in that condition. Even if you can do your own body work, paint, and build the motor yourself, You will easily spend more than a couple of thousand dollars. Depends on how much you spend on the car itself. How much is a rust free V8 car with buckets worth?

 

Well

I just have to make another comment, I agree with most of the above. Coupe sedan?
I think that although it may not be pristine it is a nice Maverick. And I sure would not pay that amount of money for it!
But then again if some fool forks it over then It only makes everyone elses worth more, whatever the market will bear!

 

Okay...let's add this up.

Cragar S/S. About $110 each X 4 plus tires plus mount and balance, lugs = at least $650 if you got a deal on the tires.

Paint= let's say it was only needing sanding and spraying and the owner took all the parts off and put them back: $850

Motor: we didn't have a lot of details, but we know rebuilding one correctly (assuming this one was) will cost $1,500 min.

Exhaust: duals and maybe headers = $450

That's around $3,450. Did they replace the vinyl top? That A/C unit looks to have been detailed if not replaced. Add up other little things that if you think about it you know need replacing and it's easy to come up to where this one sold, very quickly.

Now, what would it have been worth before we started all that work?

It's not a grabber, that's true, but even with the gold and white color combo it's still a nice looking car to me.

I still have the question about where those '73 and up door panels came from. And, are my eyes deceiving me or is the back seat vinyl and the fronts cloth?


Stop hammering it, I wish that $4,600 was all I had in my Comet GT and I have owned it for 19 years.