i'm buying one of them, need your opinion!

thanks for the advices
nope, no gallon of bondo, and as far as the motor:
it doesn't look fantastique from the outside, but it's actually the firstime that somebody tells me :"push it harder! don't be affraid!" , while trying the car with me.

he even drove the car with me on the passenger side (after i drove it myself) to show me what she could really do.
so to me he's not trying to cover any problems.

so i think i'm just gonna take it out, repaint it, and put it back in.

as far as the blond girl in the background:
leave my girlfriend alone!

 

hell ya

i got a blonde g/f that likes mavericks too lol

 

i'm not sure she "likes" it...
but at least she didn't beat me to death yet for bringin' the subject every 5 minutes during the last 3 weeks

and on the 4 mavs i saw so far, this one is her favorite too

 

ya, now that you mention it she does look really excited and enthusiastic in that pic

 

doesn't she?

 

My wifes been dealing with me & Mavericks for 20 years now, it gets better.

 

so have you made a purchase yet? any updates?

 

arg!
nope... still waiting for my money to transfer from france.
should come between today and next monday.:bananaman

the 76 is parked in her garage... waiting for me

 

haha!
i got it!
finally!:bananaman

and i gave her a good first test:
driving back from Nebraska city to Omaha under a nice rain (60 miles)
and no problems except the RPM gauge which still lights up but don't tell me the RPM anymore... but i think it's jut unpluged...

anyway: i'm really excited!
tomorow: junkyard to try to find the small bumpers and valances, and may be new racing seats!:bananaman

 

congrats!

 

You don't like the LDO buckets? I think they look good with the cloth/vinyl combo.

Is that one of those aftermarket spoilers like Autokrafters used to sell?

 

it's a shame you live so far away from me, theres a nice small bumper mav original here for sale up the corner at a car lot for 2950 nego. dunno what the specs are though, haven't stopped to look at it yet.... busy. yanno.

 

newtoford: thanks!

rando 76: well, yeah... they are confy... but i'm looking for something more "racing"
plus, the interior is gonna go all vinyl : white and blue.

72mavgrahber: i fund another one with already the small bumpers... but it was a 70, which means:
banch seat, straight 6 and drum brakes...
so that's why i prefere the one i took in Ne city:
302, disc brakes on the front, and bucket seats.

 

I understand. If you were closer, I would be interested in those seats. I have the same color interior in my '73.
Do you have any more pictures of that spoiler? It's hard to tell, but it looks like it has the bolt on trunk spoiler and quarter panel extensions to match - they used to be sold aftermarket. Ford never put a spoiler on the big bumper cars.

 

well, since the hood is a grabber hood and the car is not a grabber, i think one of the previous owners installed all of that at once.

and yes, i'll take more pictures of it