Hi - picked up my 1st car yesterday - 76 2dr Maverick

From the sticker patch!

Nice ride for a first car, and looks like no rust. you lucky dog!

 

Real nice man,great color. I wish mine was that new!

 

Very nice car!!! Welcome aboard! Glad to have you here. :Handshake

 

to the board. Looks like a very nice and clean car!

 

to the board....Nice looking car...

 

Wow that car is nice... Welcome to the board!!.... hope you enjoy your new old maverick... i drive mine more than "my primary mode of transportation" lol... makes sense to me at least haha

 

Thats one SWEET ride kid, baby her and keep her around for another 35 more years.

 

Welcome from Gardena

 

Welcome from London UK

 

from Michigan. Nice Maverick, it looks like new!

 

Thanks Guys.
It's got some bugs to work out but pretty clean over all. Not sure if I can find out if the 58k is real but it looks like it. Original owner was a lady in Ohio - got the Ford OwnersCard with the steel plate in the glove box.
Idle is shaky, and as I posted in the General Section the throttle cable started sticking on the way home from Boston which turned out to be a frayed cable, steering box is loose, my dad says we need to get the handling under control cuz it was a nightmare driving it home in the wind. Brakes are ok but barely sufficient and warped going down the mountain with the throttle cable stuck partly open - on the other hand we had cruise control at 65mph
Don't plan to drive it thru winter. Would be a shame to wreck it after it survived all these yrs.
Will likely drive my dad's truck or mom's Lincoln in the winter.

 

hey and welcome form tennessee! i got my 74' mav when i was 16 and im only 17 haha! mines the exact same as yours when it comes to engines and whatnot. urs looks really good by the way. my mav was a nightmare to drive home but i still drove it everywhere. got into a wreck one morning as my mom took me to catch the bus (my school reuires a parking pass thts only sold at the begining of the year and i got my car after tht) and did a 180 into a tree in a ditch, messd up the driver side fender and rocking panel bad as well as the anti-sway bar all because the rear drumbrakes dyaphrams were busted and only the front brakes worked. not only tht but when u hit the brakes it wrenches the steering wheel right. now im workin on the electronics of the car which for so few r giving me heck heheh. but i no urs is prolly in much better shape than mine is so fix it now and love it forever im going to college in june 2012 at wyotech for collision repair and custom hotrod fab so i shouldnt have a problem fixing it when i get out hehe and if u need anythin, from a fellow youngster as these old guys put it, just let me know

ps. sorry for rambling and telling my life story lol

 

oh and the odometer on these things (if im correct, dont quote me) turns over at 100k mines about the exact same amount as urs and mine was a luxury edition granny car as well lol

 

Glad to here THAT.

 

Welcome from Ohio, nice looking Mav.