My 1973 Maverick

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  1. Matterick

    Matterick Matt Somerville

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    sounds good lol! :D
     
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    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    Awesome progress Matt, you do us all proud................
     
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  3. Matterick

    Matterick Matt Somerville

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    heres two pics.

    2.5 inch pipe on the front and 2.25 out the mufflers (FlowMaster's) :thumbs2:
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    i love the sound of it! :thumbs2:

    and the motor finally sitting in. i also picked up an edelbrock air cleaner today and i still need to put on the MSD wires and electronic ignition :bouncy:
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    Matterick, May 26, 2009
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    Joe Dirt BBF life

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    pipes look awesome matt!
     
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    Matterick Matt Somerville

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    thanks! my grandpa did that :yup:
     
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    It's good seeing more young people like myself into old American cars opposed to import stuff. Keepin' the tradition alive i suppose. The car looks great, Matt. Also the exhaust looks like it sounds good, love those wheels.
     
    510madmav, May 27, 2009
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    73'goose 1/4 mile junkie

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    I have to agree completely, us young people gotta keep the old muscle alive and no better car than to do it in a MAV!!!! :drive:


    :cry: I wanna get mine back out
     
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    510madmav Member

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    hey you're from Petaluma? i bought my wheels from some guy in petaluma.
     
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    73'goose 1/4 mile junkie

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    yup been here all nineteen years lol
     
    73'goose, May 27, 2009
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    chirt Carlos Hirt

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    nice job! love the exhaust work!
     
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    Matterick Matt Somerville

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    heres a little progress... everything is unbolted and ready to come off. i'm gonna lift up the intake tomorrow.

    heres a pic of the progress
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    i cant wait to bolt on the new setup!!! :bananaman any tips on getting the intake manifold off the block i was yanking soooo hard lol! :rofl:
     
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    Matterick, Jul 10, 2009
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    If you have room, give it a good whack on the thermostat housing with a rubber mallet. That's what worked for me, but I did it on an engine that was just sitting on the ground.
     
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    I never thought of using golf balls for this. :D

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    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Gonna be kinda hard to make par from there though :cry:
     
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    Mercurycruizers David (Coop) Cooper

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    Yea! Talk about hitting it into the rough.....:rofl2:
     
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