Another Maverick Back on the Road

I drove my Maverick for the first time today since I unloaded it from the hauler last summer. I need to mark this date on my calendar as a milestone day!

All I can say is...WHAT A BLAST

Here's a few pics of how it turned out. I worked hard to give it the sleeper stock look. I don't think I'll come across too many people that will know that a 302 wasn't available in 70, so I should be able to pull off the factory look.

The entire drive train came out of a 22K mile 71 Maverick, so it still has all of the factory stickers and ink stamps intact.

I can't wait to drive it to the first cruise in later this month. It's time to enjoy it after a long winter of thrashing to get it done.

 

Wow! That's a really nice car, you should be very proud.
But, you'll need a fan shroud, before it gets too hot out.

 

LOOKS GREAT!!! Bring it down to the Perrysburg T/A 4-5 am when I'm fueling as I would love to see and meet! Nice Clean Ride!!!

 

I agree with you on that. I'll be moving the fan closer to the radiator and adding a shroud in the very near future.

 

You can buy a reproduction of the longer spacer, I've seen them advertised in Mustang Monthly.

 

Very nice car! Love the interior.

 

Wow!!! Thats a sharp car...I love that interrior too, Red and white go together well. Nice job on the swap, certainly looks original.

 

Hey that's AWESOME is that the original motor out of my car

 

Yes it is. We need to get our cars together so we can reunite the two : )

 

what a nice looking Maverick

 

Wow! That interior is pristine! I am used to seeing decent looking cars from the exterior, but to see interior that nice is a real treat!

Mine was like that when I got it. Sometimes I wish I had left it alone rather than gutting it out to make it more "modern". Now it looks like crap. At least until I finish this Frankenstein's monster.

 

I'm such a sucker for 70's plaid. When I saw the interior color scheme, I vowed that I would keep it all original. I haven't seen too many of the red and black plaid combination. I don't know if it was a common color scheme, but I really like it against the white exterior.

 

That thing looks almost perfect!!WOW!!!Never thought I would like that color combo until seeing yours..

 

Is that sitting at factory height?? It looks a little lowered.

 

I love the way it looks under the hood. Much better that a bunch of a/m stuff to me. I and really dig the plaid. I miss my plaid but I think I'll like my buckets better.