My first car was my 4 door 1973 Maverick. I have put a lot into it over the years mechanically. Havn't paid much attention to cosmetics (its pretty banged up) A friend just informed me today of someone he knows who has a 72 Maverick 2dr with a straight body, no engine or tranny, asking $200-$300 to get it out of his yard!! That is exactly the year I wanted to fix up, plus my engine is already out of my Mav. I have no room for the 72 but will do what it takes, pushing it back and fourth on the street so not to be ticketed etc till I get my stuff swapped into it. I have yet to look at it though, but the owner thinks it is an ugly car and takes up space. Is anyone aware of any compatibility issues I may have swapping mainly the 73's 302 and C4 over to the '72. How about rims and tires, currently have American Racing Outlaw lls 5 lug 15" 255-60-15 tires
My friend called the guy with the '72 2dr Friday to confirm his asking price. The guy told him he sold it to the junkyard last week! I asked him to find out what junkyard, he later told me Ecology auto wrecking. There are two in SD so I called one and they checked their inventory of recently admitted vehicles for both yards and show no record of any Mavericks within the past couple weeks. What a shame, really wanted to save that one. mm
'Might be worth a road trip to see for yourself if it's there or not. ??? I hate to see it dead-in like this. Good luck.
