Well, now that I have the title in hand and the deal is done, figgured I would share my latest acquisition. Me and Clint (cdeal28078) have been working up a deal on his '72 for the past couple of weeks and today I rode up to Charlotte with Terry to take a quick look at it before me and my grandpa drive 500 miles round trip to pick it up. It's in better shape then I was expecting. http://5hp.hill.cc/maverick/72Mav The body is fairly straight. It has 2 small rust holes behind the passenger rear wheel, but thats about all I could find. The battery tray and everything is very solid for a Maverick. The interior needs a good cleaning, but it's really pretty nice. The door panels and stuff are real nice. The DSO number is 71 which appears to be Los Angeles, California. Something strange about this car is that right in the middle of the dash between the ash tray and "MAVERICK" logo, it has a little rectangle "Fasten Seatbelts" light. Never seen one like that before, but it appears to be factory. I guess it must have had something to do with it being a California car. It has a Pennsylvania title issued in 1989. I will get more detailed pics of it Thursday when me and my grandpa go haul it to my grandpa's field. I'm dropping the 200 I got from Scrapper60 in it with the transmission that is currently in my '74 behind it after I put all new seals and tail shaft bushing in. I plan to have it driving and street legal by Febuary. I will more then likely end up driving this car to Round Up in '06.
Jamie, as far as I know 1972 was the only year they had that "fasten seat belts" light on the dash, im not sure if they were on all 72's or not tho.
Congrats on the purchase A little info on that light. Feds mandated that a "fasten seat belt" warning light be placed onto the dash sometime during 1972. Early production 72's have no light at all, but do have the wiring for it in the harness, so Ford was prepared to add it at anytime. Lights like yours, were put into the dash panel, as a quick way of getting the light into the cars for compliance with the new Federal safety mandate. Also of note, late 72 production cars have the light in the dash and have a "fasten seat belt" idiot light location in the dash cluster at the 6 o'clock position of the idiot lights. It was not functional yet, but it was there for future use. By 73 only the dash cluster light remained and was now functional. Some comments I've heard from 72 owners are that they didn't like the light on the dash. They complain it screws up the lines and looks of the interior. I actually like little quirks like this for single year production. Makes the car a little more interesting once you know the history. It might be a fun thread to have all of us 72 owners figure out what day the light showed up in production. Eric J
Nice deal ... every 72 I have ever seen has the seat belt light on the dash ... Sorry to see it has side trim ...
Great caar Jamie. My `72 doesn`t have the seat belt light. I think the side trim on that car is the stick on type that can be carefully pulled off.
The black insert on the side trim makes be think it is factory ... Also the bumper guards were part of the exterior protection group that went with the side trim ..
You are correct......not all 72's have them. I have seen some, but my 72 doesn't and a sprint I found doesn't. Congrats on the new one jamie! Preston
Congrats Jamie......I use to have a '72 that had the little lite on the dash. I wish I still had it today......Oh well,Again congrats...
Looks like you scored to me. My 72 has the seatbelt light too. It also had the dang buzzer that sounded until you put your seatbelt on. I saved all the seatbelts and stuff, maybe someone will want it someday. Congrats!
Thanks guys. Yea, I like the light to. It's something that sets it apart from the other years. Thats cool that it was a thing only on late 72's. In no way am I giving up on the '74 Grabber. I'm just buying this '72, first, because I can't pass up a good deal on a Maverick, but mainly so I will have something else to drive that will allow me to pull the '74 apart and take my time to fix it right. No more rushing to get it back together before Monday/tomarrow morning. You just cannot restore a car and continue to try to drive it daily at the same time. Especially not one in the condition that I started out with. Then maybe later on down the road, this '72 can become another project. I think it's also well worth saveing. The alternative to buying this car was buying a $1500 Ranger from my uncle. I know I can get this car back on the road cheaper then that, and still be driving another Maverick while I'm working on the '74. We also met up with Allen Small at Clint's house. Allen was pulling a decent '71 or '71 Grabber on a trailer. It actually reminded me alot of the '72 I'm buying, was red with no hood or engine. Terry traded some parts to Allen. Both Clint and Allen are super nice guys. I'm tellin' you what though, my voice is about gone today. Spending 6+ hours in a truck with Terry, you do ALOT of talking.
Actually, Jamie, your hears should be sore. Meeting Allen and Clint was the best part of the day. Clint is a good 'ol country boy and is most definitely a Ford truck enthusiast. Allen has an extensive background in Mavericks and needs to post more on this forum rather than just, as he says, "lurking." He has a lot to offer to this forum and I think everybody should send a PM and encourage him to participate more. Jamie...well, Jamie could be called Frank, Jr.
Mr. Dennis, that's the car I was gonna get the panels out of for you a year or so back. The panels and everything that I didn't take were junk. That was before you were getting the vin numbers...........but the car is gone now. Sorry! Preston
