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Topic: Your next car should be a Maverick....
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cpmaverick
Pit Boss Posts: 590
From: Auburn, AL.
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 10-19-2000 04:24 PM
   
Tim, reading your post on '68 Mustangs made me think... You need a Maverick! And so does everyone else. Just think- a Maverick is basically a 1965 Mustang. All the dimensions are similar, but Ford had some time to get everything right.A Maverick has staggered rear shocks unlike most 60's Mustangs, it has a heavy-duty 8" rear that has a beefier housing and solid (not tapered) axles, it is super light, with a 1970 model 6-cyl weighing in at less that 2500 lbs, Big 11" Granada disc brakes bolt on without any kind of modification (depending on the Mustang, some drilling is required), Plus the initial investment is cheap! {inspiring yell} Who's with me? ------------------
-Charlie Ping
1970 Maverick Grabber
-1987 5.0L B303 roller cam/rockers
-1968 Mustang Toploader
-1977 Lincoln Versailles 9 inch w/discs
-1980 Granada Front Discs
www.MAVERICKGRABBER.com
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racin jason
Gearhead Posts: 209
From: Sidney, OH
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-19-2000 06:12 PM
Send Me yours!!------------------
Jason Thompson
1973 Mach 1, Q-code 4 speed 3.25 gears
1989 Mustang LX coupe 2.3 3.45 gears,
wants to be a 429
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SteveLaRiviere
Big Kahuna Posts: 10277
From: Saco, ME USA MCA # 47773
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-19-2000 07:13 PM
Charlie's right! Mavericks are cool!  ------------------
SteveLaRiviere/Webmaster -- MCA # 47773
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Just Jim
Gearhead Posts: 241
From: So Cal
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 10-19-2000 07:51 PM
Charlie,
Yeah,Mavericks are cool. I'm running a set of 8inch Maverick axles in a narrowed 9inch housing in the Falcon.They hold up just fine and are a lot bigger than early Falcon or Mustang axles.Did you ever get the head gaskets fixed?Gotta get that car back to the track to show 'em what a Maverick will do. 
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"Just Falcon Around"
1962 Falcon 351W
1958 Morris Minor 289
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cpmaverick
Pit Boss Posts: 590
From: Auburn, AL.
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 10-19-2000 11:27 PM
Not back together yet, I guess i want everyone else to have one since I missed mine  Should be back together tomorrow. My head guy wanted me to use Fel-pros again, I'd have it back together but I made the Autozone mistake, my normal parts store can't get Fel-pro.
Someone needs to tell the ditz at Autozone that head gaskets can't be folded in half. ------------------
-Charlie Ping
1970 Maverick Grabber
-1987 5.0L B303 roller cam/rockers
-1968 Mustang Toploader
-1977 Lincoln Versailles 9 inch w/discs
-1980 Granada Front Discs
www.MAVERICKGRABBER.com
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Stewart
Pit Boss Posts: 3620
From: Monterey, CA Mustangsandmore Member #437
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 10-20-2000 03:49 AM
quote:
Originally posted by cpmaverick:
{inspiring yell} Who's with me?
Sorry Charlie (no pun intended!) but I love my Crown Vic and Mustang too much! Stewart ------------------
Got Milk? :-)~~
If you go fishing, bring a fishnet ;) you might catch a hummingbird 1990 Platinum GT (my poor baby's sheet metal has been violated!)
- Some mods, but not enough!
1996 Blue Crown Vic
- Suspension and exhaust mods, but nothing else...YET!
M&M Member #437
Blue Oval Believer, thru and true.
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Just Jim
Gearhead Posts: 241
From: So Cal
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 10-20-2000 06:36 PM
So the Autozone guys aren't any sharper than the ones at Pep Boys or Kragen,huh?I just put the Morris motor back together with some Fel Pros that I got from Summit.They don't ask you what kind of car it's for like the guys at the auto parts stores.I'm tired of trying to explain what a Morris Minor is,let alone one with a Ford in it.Make sure everything is good and clean before you put the heads back on,torque them to 85lbs long bolts and 75lbs short per the Fel Pro instuctions and you will be fine.
Jim ------------------
"Just Falcon Around"
1962 Falcon 351W
1958 Morris Minor 289
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I65Stang
Pit Boss Posts: 1669
From: Antelope, CA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-21-2000 01:31 AM
Believe it or not Charlie, I had thought about that :>). But when I looked for one all I found was '74+ (if I am gonna do smog it will be with a fox body :>) or 4 doors or they wanted way too much. I dont actually see them in the papers that often and I even looked in the free classified papers, autotraders, etc (still continue to look while looking for my next car). After I saw a black Grabber with a 351 inbetween the towers I started looking :>).------------------
Tim
M&M Member #35
1965 Mustang coupe, 200 ci w/ a Holley 2300, Clifford header, and true duals w/ 26" Smithys
http://all.at/mustang
https://mustangsandmore.com/ubb/I65Stang.html
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74merc
Gearhead Posts: 384
From: Demopolis AL
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-21-2000 01:37 AM
well, when you're right, you're right.
the Maverick/Comet rocks.
I am, however, partial to the Mercury version, but to each his own...
and your car looks awesome in person man...
I gotta do some work to mine before we run at that track we talked about... ouch
I'd get my @$$ whupped... hehe------------------
74 Mercury Comet
302
AOD
3:1
Will the 302 built properly this summer? wish I knew...
http://members.tripod.com/red74merc
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cpmaverick
Pit Boss Posts: 590
From: Auburn, AL.
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 10-21-2000 03:11 PM
Whoops! I forgot to mention the Comet, like usual the Merc version gets left out...  Comet GTs look cool, I love the straight stripe and hoodscoop.
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mustangs68
Pit Boss Posts: 9461
From: Buckroe Beach,Virginia,USA 1968 Fastback & 1995 Vert MCA#39406 M&M #12 Dec2000 FPM
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-21-2000 05:49 PM
CP,
my sister loves Mavericks..when she needed a "new" car she asked me to look for one...none around!!! so she settled for a Sable wagon...oh well sam
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