Well....... I finally learned how to Post Pics. To make a long story short. I bought this 73 Maverick with a 250 I6 floor C4, from a "Craigslist" add for 800.00. Ryan Vink hooked me up with this car, Many thanks Ryan. I found a Donor 71 4 Dr. on "Craigslist" with a nice 302 7 Miles from my house for 300.00. Yeah Man......SWEET... Ive been posting progress on the "What did you do to your ...Today" for over a month. If your interested check it out to get some History. These pics are the result of the aforementioned posts. This is the 73s progress right now. And this is the state of the Donor 71 as of now. I have 8 months to build this car for my God Sons Senior Prom. If you have ever been "Down Here" you would understand that I have been working outside in Temps over 110 degrees for this past month. Welcome to my world. Any Encouragement would be of Great Help.
No sympathy - Y'all always talk about that 'dry heat' after all! Jokes aside, looking forward to watching this take shape in just 8 months. I hope the recipient appreciates all your hard work!
Must feel alot better here than over there, no bugs here.lol I dont think any 17 year old has a clue, but this kid has never lied to me, he works his but off every Saturday at my house. Hes a Diamond in the ruff. Good hearted kid.
This is what I hope to get done between now and then. 1. Complete bare metal (paint strip, patch, rust proofing,) Slight tubbing and narrowing of leaf mounts(with my own mods),Sub Frame connecters,Cut the rain gutters, Lead the lines, no door handles, no chrome trim Doo Doo,(Smooth and slick), Painless remote harness,429 Boss hood scoop, small front modified bumper tuck, custom grill and spioler, rear bumper tuck, and Black Cherry Pearl Paint with Ford Metalic carbon acents in the Grabber style. 2. 302 short block rebuild (Summit Kit), Edelbrock top end kit(365HP). AOD Mod,(Many Thanks to Ryan Vink). 3.Electric windows,Carbon fiber door pannels. Till I think of something really insane. Thats the plan.
Now show them the before pics so they can see what you tore apart, I was thinking about buying the car at first to use as a driver. If you are looking at power windows I can show you my setup when you are up here. I have a kit from AutoLoc that keeps the original crank regulators. I made custom door panels to go over the door after wards.
That would be cool. The before pics are on the Craigslist add. Hmm maybe I can post a link...lets see.
Hmm....did it look like this? Yup thats it. That took some doing but I figured it out. OK this is what my 73 looked like when I picked it up in PHX last month. This is what it looks like now. Muuaah. My Mother always scolded me when she bought me a new toy. She said "Im not buyin you nuthin no more, cause you take everything apart". I always thought of it as creative engineering in a sort of "Frankinstiniun" sort of way, you know....parts put together from different sources. I will warn you now....My Father was the 1st to mount a cummings motor in a tractor. He did it for a farmer in IL. named Harold Mead. He later did it from a shop in Rochelle IL and some of those tractors are still running. He later worked for CAT in Peoria IL, then Jorgenson Steel in Renton WA. as a Machinist. When Boeng came to him to machine the nose spar for thier new 747 he told them thier design would warp during the machining, he did it anyway, It warped. Then told them how it should be designed, made it his way. They still take the credit. Oh well Better hold on to your Dooky cause this build is gonna get Spooky.
Got a surprise today. The top of the Dr side floor over the torque box was so rusted that the top of the torque box was rusted throug. So I cut the top of the torque box out and stuffed a towel soaked in Muratic acid inside, gonna leave it over night, see whats left in the morning. Not a big deal, Ill cut and weld a top on it after rust proofing the inside. Then cut and weld a patch for the floor.
I wish my knowledge/skill/know how was to the point that I could say rusted torque boxes/floor were 'no big deal'.
Well Bob I usually have to screw something up 3 times before I get it right, skills got nuthin to do with it. This morning I took 3 globs of rusted goo and threw them in the blasting cabinet. This is what those chunks turned out to be.
I remember that maverick! I also thought about buying it. Glad it went to a good home. If its going to be your god sons car and he's taking his date on prom night in the maverick then it better have ac or she's going to sweat off all her make-up. Ill be keeping an eye on this project. Maybe it'll motivate me to work on mine
Rain Gutters?????? What rain Gutters??? Yupp.....I cut them off. Yes I know they are an itegral part of the roof skin and the next step is to weld a bead along the edge, then lead them smooth. Its a trick I learned from some old farts that did it to 57 Wagons way back when. I think this will give the car cleaner lines and compliment the shaved doors. Im not going to replace the boomerangs or rear trim. I think this looks better with super dark paint.
