Hardcore Maverick!

I live in Aurora CO. and yes they made 4 speed v-8 Mavericks in Mexico.
The car I have came originally with a 4 speed transmission made by Tremec and I believe it to be a T-4 judging for the numbers on the outside wall of the "gear box". It is still there in the car.
They made 2 doorand 4 door Mavs with almost no options and almost all of them been V-8's with 3 speed trannies on the column and 4 speed for the 2 door model as an option only and just a handful of automatics. I heard that towards the last Mavericks made in 1977 some got a V-6 in them from the assembly plant in Cuautitlan Izcalli Mexico and I know this since one of my cousins was an assembly line Manager. This cars are extremly rare even in Mexico.
My Maverick now has heating and defroster thanks to a US donor Mav.
We made the bumper mod. to that of a 72 model and it was hard but worth it.
This Mexican Mavericks bodies are much lighter that the US counterparts and prone to crashes due to many factors including driving habits and road conditions in Mexico.
The car has created a cult almost as strong as the Mustang following here in the States, but due to average income only a very few cars are in a pristine show quality.
None the less, owners are proud of their "toros" (Spanish for Bull) and join several classic car clubs to show and brag about them.
And tru be told this cars do have some but kicking power even on poor quality Mexican gasoline.
I got one picture of my Mav from the days it was in the paint process and I hope I can load it here.
Merry christmas all!
Julio

 

thats a great story the mav i got was the one my father had he also had a green mav that he said he bought in mexico and it looks like it had the LDO pagage since it had the bumper gards and he said that it had a different king of carpet than my mav i have a rear picture of that mav somewere i'll try to find it

 

and congrats on finding "THE" maverick. The one you wanted so many years ago. Good story.