What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. RobMashMav

    RobMashMav Member

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    Body and Engine Work

    Sanded and primed the roof and front pillars.

    Final sanded and final primer on driver door after repairs were made.

    Worked on cleaning up valve covers.

    Started stripping a new, near mint, rear valance that I got from a guy on craigslist.

    A long dusty day at our shop!
     
    RobMashMav, Mar 4, 2012
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  2. mavgrab302

    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    Installed a new battery and air filter....
     
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  3. Resto

    Resto Benders Evil Twin

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    More welding patches and found more to cut and weld:mad:
     
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  4. maverickdragger

    maverickdragger GearHead

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    pulled the inteior. all but dash. got rid of the ninety rats nests. ran efi wiring harness and fuel lines. replaced speedo cable with foxbody cable. bolted in shortened driveshaft. bolted down fuel injection.
     
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  5. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    still waiting on parts...:cry:
     
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  6. klynam

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    For those who aren't sure...6.90 in the 1/8th is very fast, much less letting off half-track. Our first Mav was had a 331 stroker, race prepped C-4, and 4:10's. Our fastest full throttle pass was something like 7.30 in the 1/8th. (The guy we bought it from had a 300hp nitrous system on the car and ran 6.70's in the 1/8th.) JD's probably running a low 10-sec 1/4 mile car...???
     
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  7. Joe Dirt

    Joe Dirt BBF life

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    It should be a low 10 / high 9 second car was having some serious fuel system issues yeasterday that kept me from making a full pass
     
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  8. klynam

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    LOL - that's a fast little ride JD :thumbs2: I sure miss our 331 Mav...
     
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  9. klynam

    klynam Member

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    Dropped off the Mav with our a favorite garage for the front end replacement. Their primary business computer bit the dust a few weeks ago and I spent 2 days on site getting them up and running again. Gotta luv bartering!!!
     
    klynam, Mar 5, 2012
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  10. Mad Goon

    Mad Goon Scaring the Hondas

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    Messed around with the Maverick today, discovered it could chirp the tires from 1st to 2nd.
     
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  11. olerodder

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    Still waiting for the parts from Global West, but have everything installed for when they arrive.
     
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  12. RMiller

    RMiller My name is Rick

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    Yep, very fast! My GTO was in the 7's at half track on high 11 second passes.
     
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  13. Derek 5oComet

    Derek 5oComet Tire burner

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    Noticed the limiting straps in your pic.Great idea saves alot of abuse on the upper ball joints
     
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  14. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Very fast for a street car. The last time I ran mine was during our ArmDrop Live episode in 09. Here's my best ever time slip. I ran 6.97 one other time but my 60ft time a 1.60 whereas I got a 1.58 here. A better driver may have been able to do a little better with that 4 speed but I think I did as good as I ever could since I've mostly ran automatics most of my life. The 4 speed sure is fun to drive though unless I'm at Cruising The Coast...then it's a nightmare. I'm seriously considering changing back to automatic so I may soon have a complete toploader setup for sale. :)
     

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  15. olerodder

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    Yes, the suspension has hardly changed since they were put on there almost
    33 years ago.
     
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