My 71 Maverick Grabber Build.....

I put some more stuff in the rafters this morning..... Then took the visors, dome light, heater box and steering column out(I need to find a floor shift column for this thing).....

 

Got everything off the firewall tonight..... I was glad to find the is no noticable holes in the bottom of the cowl, just some surface rust..... I am still going to remove the upper cowl to treat the surface rust that is on the topside of the lower cowl panel as a preventative measure..... I took the drip rail trim off.....

I was also glad to find that no one butchered the under dash or under hood wiring harnesses..... The only harness that has any damage in the tail light harness.....

I only have a few small brackets and a couple trim pieces leaft to remove, and all that will be on the car then is the steering box, front and rear suspension which I still need right now to move the car around..... Then I can get to work.....

 

Removed the last of the interior brackets and wiring..... I pressure washed the entire car inside and out then started stripping the paint.....

 

Great work, you sure do work fast. Seems like a great car to start with.

 

looks like a very solid car.
something struck me as odd about the color. judging from the inside, it has always been grabber blue. but there are yellow spots to be seen, so then it was painted yellow and then back to grabber blue? weird...

 

It's definately not in bad shape for it's age..... That's why I wanted to address the rust issues it does have before they get bad.....

It's an original Grabber blue car..... The guy I bought it from said it was yellow when he got it but when he found out it was supposed to be Grabber blue they changed it back.....

 

Finished stripping the rear panel this morning, also did the driver side quater..... That rear panel was a real pain because it has alot of curves/pockets and it had a ton of paint on it..... So far the only bondo I have found is in the 2nd pic, just in front of and behind the fenderwell opening..... The last pic is most of the paint I removed and have been saving in a box just too see how mich there is.....

 

best thead ever

ive read a lot of post and i enjoy waching progress on this one.

 

Nothing like a bare metal Maverick. That's weird about the yellow, I was going ask the same question... Looks like a nice clean car.

 

Very nice progress - you've come so far in such a short period of time

 

Coming along quickly! Pretty solid car.

 

Thanks.....

The only way to do one right as far as I'm concerned, this way you really know what you have.....

Thanks.....

I really want to get it back together quickly, but I am unfortunately going to run out of money befor I run out of parts to buy.....

 

That's why it took me so long to get to where I'm at right now

 

I took a ride down to Sarasota this morning to pick up a floor shift steering column, I ended up getting a fair rear bumper too..... I got back to the shop and did a little more reorganizing, trying to find places too put all these damn parts.....

Finally got to work on the car a little more..... got the paint stripped off the driver side door jamb and rocker, what a pita that was due to all the curves, pockets and such..... Also straightened out the pinch weld on the bottom of the rocker half way decent.....

 

I stripped some more today..... Got the pass side done, did the panel on both side in front of the door pillar and started on the cowl panel..... This paint removal crap is gettin old but it's a necessary evil so it's done right..... Some good news though, I only found 2 small spot of bondo on the pass side not even as big as the ones on the driver side.....