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Topic: Shelby Mavericks
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cpmaverick
Gearhead Posts: 1666
From: Santa Clarita, CA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-29-2000 05:52 PM
   
According to the Shelby registry, Shelby built several hundred Mavericks for Mexico sale. Anyone have any info on these cars? I have yet to see a picture of one. Mexican Mavericks all had 4-speed transmissions or automatics, no 3-speeds there. The first Mavericks in Mexico were called Falcon Mavericks. That is all I know. Anyone have 2 cents?------------------
-Charlie Ping
http://www.geocities.com/cping3
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6007
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 01-29-2000 06:40 PM
Charlie i found an website that had that on it...hmmm...never saved it tho. I think i just searched for "Maverick"and hopped from link to link. BTW...here is one for South American Falcons that shows some interesting cars http://members.xoom.com/miguelaso/falcon.html
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cougardan
Gearhead Posts: 105
From: Lubbock, Texas, US
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 01-29-2000 09:03 PM
That is just so cool and wierd to see them racing 4-dr. Falcons with "aero" noses! Notice that they all have 5-bolt wheels though. Kinda like those rectangular headlights though. Somebody should import a boatload of South American Falcon front sheetmetal and trim for us.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 44935
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-29-2000 09:22 PM
Wild stuff!------------------
SteveLaRiviere/Administrator Mustangsandmore.com Cherishing the Past,
While Racing into the Future!
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 24577
From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-30-2000 02:26 AM
Man they were cool looking..I'd like to have one..can you see the looks you would get here in the States!
sam
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Tyler Hinck
Journeyman Posts: 51
From: Rochester, MN
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-30-2000 07:22 PM
What I want to know is why the body styles are so far behind down there. I mean it's a 1975 but looks like a 1963 from the US.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 44935
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-30-2000 08:47 PM
North American car makers send their body dies to South American when they are finished with them here.They are more current today, but their South American web site still shows Fiestas, Couriers, and F-100 pick-ups. http://www.ford.com.ar/frame_productos.htm ------------------
SteveLaRiviere/Administrator Mustangsandmore.com Cherishing the Past,
While Racing into the Future!
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cpmaverick
Gearhead Posts: 1666
From: Santa Clarita, CA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-30-2000 10:14 PM
Yeah, I think price is more of a factor than style down there, and those dies are pretty much paid for so Ford can sell them cheaper
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 26813
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-31-2000 05:43 PM
Shelby was in partners with a large Ford dealer in Mexico City for many years. Maybe you have seen some of the Shelby de Mexico Mustnags circa 69-73? This gentleman was licenced I belive, forever to market cars in Mexico using the Shelby name. Could these Mavericks be one of his creations. They definatly were not built in the USA by Shelby! He was through with FoMoCo by then!  Alex------------------
Alex Denysenko Co-Administrator and Moderator
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cpmaverick
Gearhead Posts: 1666
From: Santa Clarita, CA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-31-2000 09:26 PM
Yeah, I am sure they were not Shelby creations, by the time the Maverick Started (1970), Shelby had given the "reins" to Ford, so to speak.------------------
-Charlie Ping
http://www.geocities.com/cping3
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 26813
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-01-2000 06:16 PM
Actually, Shelby turned over the control to AO Smith, a sub-contractor to FoMoCo in Detroit as of May 1968. Thsi way "big brother" FoMoCo could keep an eye on old Caroll a lot easier!  Alex------------------
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RickBook
Gearhead Posts: 144
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 04-17-2002 01:04 AM
Pic of Shelby MaverickMore information on Shelby Mavericks HERE and other interesting Shelby reading HERE.  ------------------
Building 1970 Grabber, 347 EFI, AOD, 9" 4.11, 6pt. [This message has been edited by RickBook (edited 04-17-2002).]
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cpmaverick
Gearhead Posts: 1666
From: Santa Clarita, CA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 04-17-2002 10:55 AM
Thanks for the pic, as you can see this is a very old post, and since I posted it those pictures have surfaced on the Maverick message board. They are some cool pictures. ------------------
-Charlie Ping
1970 Maverick Grabber
[email protected] with AC and overdrive.
http://www.maverickgrabber.com
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69maverick
Moderator Posts: 1486
From: Thomaston,CT.
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 04-17-2002 03:15 PM
Did you guys notice the size of the rear spoiler? I saw that pic. in the past! The funny part is if this was in the 70's to 71
then where did they get the comet hood from?
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RickBook
Gearhead Posts: 144
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 04-17-2002 03:29 PM
Nice pic above, but of the collection, I don't know why I like this one the best? Hmm...Maybe the Grrls should re-inact the pose standing in front of their (or similar) cars?? Hint hint..  (thx Charlie)
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