My new Grabber! WOOHOO! Pics inside!

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    Well, I found one and picked her up today! It's a 70 Grabber with a 200 6 and an auto. It's Grabber Green with black interior and stripes and a really gross green/white houndstooth type vinyl top. It has a little rust in the front of the hood, but nothing unrepairable. There is also a little hole in the driver's lower quarter. Other than that, she's pretty nice. I spent today cleaning it up. Here's a couple pics. I found it about an hour away from my house. Now I have two Mavs again! Yippee! I think Doug is rubbing off onto me.... :) I am going to modify it when I get a chance. Plans are to rip off the top, and possibly replace it with a black one of the same style. Then paint it the original color and stripe combo. Then it's either a roller 302, roller 331 or 347 stroker, or a 351, and an AOD. Also disc brakes will be added and the rear changed to 5 lug. The car is complete. I need to find a center spoiler section and a matching front bench seat as it is crappy, or buckets if they can be found. Man I am excited....
    -Corbin
    P.S. Craig, I'll email you with the info for the 70 Grabber registry..
     

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    Interior. It's nice except for the front seat is a little smashed down....
     

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    Any one else have one of these on their dash?
     

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    Here's the 200.
     

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    It also has the factory AM radio and it has power steering. The headliner is perfect! That's it for now.
    -Corbin
     
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    you dawg!!!!!!!! you lucky dawg!!!!!!!
     
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    Nice! The trunk of your '70 looks different than in my '70, I don't have the sheet metal thingy in the left rear corner or the black thing on the left front corner of the gas tank.
     
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    My uncle had a 70 Grabber with that Sticker. I think there must have been a recall or something because Ford mailed these out to registered owners of 70 Mavericks and included the sticker and the recall/warning info.

    Also - interesting trunk compartment ... Is that all California emissions stuff?
     
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    Yes....that is the California Emmisions stuff on that car.

    Hey Corbin...look up uper the driver's side rear quarter and look at all the emmision hoses and tubes.....very complicated.
     
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    Country Mav Die-Hard Ford Guy!

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    Man! That thing is clean! Good job finding that one! Glad to hear that you got another one......Sounds like you have the right plans...now just do as good of a job on this one as you did your car, and you'll have it made! Congrats! Country
     
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    Corbin you lucky ^%*$@#...don't you dare change the color on that car. I believe thats Coral Green...I love it. Now the vinyl top ...hmmm...looks like some of my late Grandma's sofa covering...lol.
    Thats an Excellent find:clap: :bananaman :bananaman :clap:
     
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    Looks sharp! What type of emissions stuff would be in the trunk ?:confused:
     
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