Maverick Prototype Pics

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  1. Rick Book

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    I loved seeing the prototype pics that came up (as they do randomly) when I signed on just then.

    I see they're loaded by Stef, but not sure if he just uploaded them or not.


    Not that "I've seen it all' when it comes to Mavericks, but those are a GREAT find.

    What's the story on them? Who's are they? How did you come about them? Etc? Any other info? Am I reposting? Will Lassie ever find her way home?


    Thanks,

    Rick

    re: http://mmb.maverick.to/gallery/search.php?do=searchresults&searchid=46
     
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    Stefan Big Cheese Administrator

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    I believe the pics were on ebay and there was a thread about them on the forum last year. I saved the pictures to my hard drive and I found them by accident when I was cleaning up my computer.
     
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    :cry:Lassie,oh Lassie!!!!please Come Home Girl!!!(y)I like the mustangy lookin' one i wish they had made that one.:hmmm:
     
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    WOW, there's no Vega or Pinto resemblence there at all. :biglaugh:
     
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    link didn't work for me??
     
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  6. Rick Book

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    Click on the GALLERY button at the top of this page and then click on 'SEARCH' (of the Gallery page) using the word, PROTOTYPE.
     
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    Interesting to look at...
    I am glad they chose the way they did.
    You certainly see that a lot of the ideas were recycled into the Pinto project.
    You also see some 'stuck in the past' designs. The one with quarter scoops is obviously a 68-69 Fairlane that has gone through a shrinking. That was probably nixed because they knew the Torino/Fairlane was going through a redesign at that time, probably right there in the same department. IMO, the Maverick we got has a family resemblance to the 70-71 Torino.
     
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    the prototypes were probably done in the mid sixties... Ford had kinda moved away from the straight lines of the Falcons and such by the late sixties.

    Wish there was a way to find out...
     
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  9. Jamie Miles

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    Them pics are cool to look at, but I woudn't change the Maverick we got for nothin'. (y)
     
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    hmm... 'cept maybe 100 more hp... and 10 more mpg... lol
     
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