In A Top Secret Garage On The Out Skirts Of Town

Well The Time Has Come

I Bought My 1973 Maverick This Summer And Have Enjoyed It Everyday Driving it And Taking It To Crusies
I Bought This Maverick For One Reason And That Reason Was To Build it as a tribute to my best friend and brother who passed away of cancer 2 years ago .. since then i had been on a mission to do this ..
the maverick was the first car i owned back in highschool him and i had worked on together back in the day
i Had Tried To Do Other Cars For This Tribute But They Did Not Work out ''Guess He Didnt Like My Idea'' ..
then one morning i was reading Craigslist and there She was 1973 maverick ,302 ,dual exhaust , crager wheels ,
b&m Floor Shift , gauges Almost built the same way we built mine in highschool i called the gentelman to make arrangments to see it . i drove 2 1/2 hours in pouring rain and thunderstorms ..Finally I Had Made It On A Back Country Road '' And I Mean Country Road " There She Was I Got out of My Truck And Chills And Tears Came Over Me i looked her over took her for a test drive and we became one so after talking with the owner ona a price and becoming friends the reason he was selling the maverick cause he too had cancer and he too was fighting .. I Knew Then This Was The Car .... So After A Great Summer With Her And strange things happening in my life ''all good '' Since i Got The Maverick Like Meeting Great New Friends On Here I Must Fullfil This Mission So She Goes In The Garage Next Saturday For The Winter To Complete My Mission To My Best Friend And Brother She Will Be Revealed At Maverick Round Up 2015
This Will Be A Low Budget Build With An Old School Drag Look Since We Both Loved Dragracing And The Local Drag Strip Was The Last Place Him And I Enjoyed Together Before He Left Us
And SHHHH His Wife Still Dont Know We Took Her Mustamg Out Down The 1/4 Mile At 130 mph LMAO


Original Pic From Craiglist Ad

 

Nice looking Maverick... Please keep us updated...

 

Looking forward to seeing it "unveiled" at the next Roundup!!

 

Great story! Mine reads about the same way, just substitute "brother" with "father".
Like Ken said, keep us updated!

 

We'll be watching, and waiting!

 

That is so cool. Let me know if you need anything. I'll get with Allen on the parts he has for you. Can't wait to see the finished project...

 

I must say, this thread gave me chills. Good luck bud and God Bless.

 

I'm really looking forward to seeing a build thread on this one! Looks like a nice car!

 

Ditto! Can't wait to see it.

 

Nice looking Maverick

 

Thank You All For Your Kind Words
Im Excited about doing This Project But Emotionally Its Going to be a tough one
a friend of ours who used to help us build Mavericks back in the day who i hadnt seen in 20 years
has volenteered his weekend time to help out with this build
The Two Of Us Building A Maverick Is Very Dangerous lol
Thank You again For The Kind Words

 

Good luck with your project. I'm sure your brother will watch over it!

 

Best of luck with the project.

One of my best buddies has a 73 AMX that was totally restored by a mutual friend of ours... we helped on that car. Two years after it was done, and it had collected a lot of trophies, we lost him to leukemia. My friend was finally able to buy the car, 10 years after we lost him, and it is a great way to still have Stan around with us.... quite literally .... there is a small vial of his ashes hanging from the rearview mirror.

 

Update

well the maverick went to a top secret location last weekend getting ready to get started on her for next year
im super excited like i said in the beginning of this thread we are going for an old school drag look well this past week we picked up our first 3 company sponsors that are helping with the building of this maddness

Stick welding company
Hynes Brothers Speed Shop
Stainbrook Auto body

Excited to have them on board with this build each company will have a decal logo on the car when its finished after all its going to be old school drag style and they are all also excited to be helping out
i would love to reveal more at this time but like me you gotta wait i should have pics this weekend of something extreme to share with you i will keep you posted .....

Some one better warn the local police theres a Madman on The loose lmao