Did anyone get a pic of the '71/'72 Grabber that showed up show day, but was not a show participant. He was an Owensboro resident I believe who had just bought the car and showed up. It was white with yellow/orange stripes and Magnums. I have a sizeable amount of color combo pics and that is one that I don't have. I liked the color combo and would like a pic of it. Thanks, Seth redcometgt@aol.com
Very nice! Seth, do you have any pics of a '74 Grabber, white with green stripes? According to the second owner and the numbers on the sticker inside the door on ours, thats what color combo it was originally. Would be intresting to see.
It originally had Avacado Green interior. The second owner and his dad repainted the car charcole gray inside and out in 1984. It says color: 9D trim: HG on the door sticker. I have found Green running along the bottoms of the doors where the paint is flakeing off, and white in the engine compartment. The paint is flakeing off on the tops of the doors on the inside where I rest my arm, and it's avacado green under that also. My door sticker I just sent the guy another email and asked him if he had any pics of the car from the 70's or early 80's and if he could scan them and send them to me. It will be awesome if he does. Whats strange is my color code isn't on this website: http://home.comcast.net/~petebre/maverick/decode/1974.html Sorry for getting of topic...
That site doesn't list trim codes .... but HG is - Light Avocado - All-Vinyl Bench. I guessing that since 9C is White ... 9D must be White with Green stripes? Also in 1975 9D was Polar White ... I can't see the build month on your door sticker but they may have already converted to 75 codes if your 74 was a late year build ...
It was built 3/74. I just got this email back from the guy that had the car back in the 80's. His grandmother bought the car from the original owner in 1976. He got the car from his grandmother for a high school graduation present sometime in the early 80's. "Jamie, The only picture I have of it in its original colors is one when it was my still grandmother's car. One of our dogs was standing behind it and someone snapped a pic of the dog. All it showed was the trunk which was white and had none of the green stripe in it, and I don't even know where that pic is now. I will tell you this. If I still had it and was gonna fix it up I would go back to the original and here's why: There are a lot of blue & black and orange and black but your Maverick is the only one I've ever seen white and green and it looked tough. It was just a plain Ford white from back in the day and the stripes were a light green, not what I call puke green but not forest, or dark green either. Where the word Grabber was etched into the decal on the sides of the hood scoop really stood out whereas with the schemes you are considering the word Grabber didn't really jump out at you. With the white/green it really stands out and says "I'm a Grabber Maverick". It was unique because there weren't that many with those colors. I've also seen a lot of yellow/black striped ones. I know this wasn't much help and I wish I did have some pics, but I was a 14 year old kid who thought that a shiny grey metallic paint job would look cool and didn't care about having any pictures of it the old way. I wish I'd left it original because now I realize that with the white/green scheme it was the coolest Maverick paint job I've ever seen. I would love to have some pics of it with the rims on it so send me some when you get them mounted. Good luck in deciding what to go with. I don't know how old you are but you're obviously older than I was when my dad & I painted it since you're already driving, so just realize that before long you will be older and wiser like your dad and me. Pick a color scheme that you'll like at least 8-10 years from now. I wish that is what I'd done. That's my advice. Keep me posted, Joey" Seriously gets the gears turning in my head. That white and green is kind of catchy IMO... I don't think I would ever go back to Green interior though. It's so cool being able to talk to someone who has known the car for so long.
