I spent a few hours at the Good Guys 5th Great American Nationals at Pocono Raceway today. I realize that this show limited the year of car to 1972 and older but out of ,what I would guess, as 1,000 plus cars, there were absolutly no Mavericks or Comets. There were a few Falcons but that was as close as it got. I talked to a guy that built the full frame red Falcon Ranchero in one photo below and told him what I was working on. He looked at the guy that has the white 65 Falcon and said: "a Maverick? - ya, that sounds like it would be cool". There's hope after all
yeah we are a rare breed and thats what makes us so special.hopefully in the next year or so i will have mine at the goodguys in norwalk ohio
Yes we are. Was at a show last week and I was the only Mav/Comet. Attracted a ton of attention compared to our more popular cousin the Mustang. Since it was my first show I stood back and watched the way people reacted to the cars. The old Mav turned some serious heads over some very nice cars.
In all my years going to cruises and shows locally.I have only seen 3 other mavs at the same show and the last one was on purpose(not including carlisle).Guageman and I went to a local cruise together.Plenty of people commented on how they havent seen a mav in years,let alone in a show/cruise...My response was "Now you have seen two in the same place at the same time" We certainly are a rare breed.
I went to a car show today that had over 550 cars. All years and makes. Not a single Maverick or Comet either. They had 1 Maverick last year, but he wasn't here this year.
I never thought of a Maverick as a car that was unique or rare before today. Heck at one time you couldn't throw a rock into traffic without hitting one. Now today those 2 Falcon guys really thought that doing up a Maverick was something "different". Who would have thunk?
One More. This little Corvair really caught my eye. I had my a*s*s handed to me back in the 70's by one of these mid engine rockets. This one used an Oldsmobile Toronado front wheel drive assembly mounted in the rear. This contraption even retained the stock rear seat. You shut the hood and trunk lid and no one would ever know.
I went to our local Mustang club's 3rd annual show at Nick Nicholas Ford in Inverness, Fl. 1oo cars and no Mavs. The first year, we had 2 Mavericks, JMiller and Part-Time's rides. Last year, there was one, a new member here. This year, none showed up. One Falcon, no Cougars, either.The only time I see a Maverick at a show is at Silver Springs. I would have taken my black XR7, but decided to take the Stang conv instead. Won my class, but would have won the Cougar one since noone else showed up. Sad, lots of Mustangs, no others. One Mustang II. It drew a lot of attention. The Falcon had lots of lookers, too. Sometimes, different is better. Jim
I attended a car show last weekend and believe it or not there were TWO Mavericks!!! Of course both of them were mine.
I just came back from the fall Waterdown classic car show and there was at least 400 cars. Out of all those cars my Comet was the only Maverick / Comet there. I must say i do love going to a show and i have the only one.
I would have loved to have taken my Maverick to that show at Pocono, but my car's not old enough. It's a '77. We went to a car show last weekend in Nanticoke ( You know where that is, Bob ) and my Maverick was the only one there. The cool part was that people there were falling all over the car. I think at least 10 different people had to stop and talk to us about the Mavericks they once owned. It was great! Last month we went to another show in Coppersburg, Pa that is sponsered by a Mustang Club. There over 500 cars there and again my Maverick was the only one there and again people were stopping in thier tracks to talk Mavericks. I think it's really cool to have a car that sparks peoples memories and gets them talking. It does kind of make our cars special. Except where I live. If I take my car to a show anywhere within 10 miles of where I live almost nobody will talk to us and the car is pretty much ignored. It sucks living in Chevy country. One show we attended was only 5 miles from our home. By some stroke of luck we got parked next to an original looking green 1970 Maverick we had never seen before. The guy who owned it was an elderly man who apparently was the orginal owner. We tried to start a conversation with him, but he acted like he didn't want to be bothered. In fact he wouldn't talk to anyone. I don't get the attitude around here, but that's thier loss. We Maverick owners know a special car when we see one and in my opinon Mavericks ( and Comets too) are special cars, and will get even more special as the years go by.
Hey Jean, I can't believe I missed that Nanticoke show 2 years in a row now. I was at Heisler's last weekend anyway and no Mavericks there either. Thought I'd see you and Dale there. I'll going to try to finished mine to a point that I can to take it to Pocono next year. There were some beautiful cars there but also works in progress.
