What sparked your interst

I always had the "big engine - little car" syndrome. I always called it my V8 Vega syndrome. I didn't have a Vega or a bowtie V8 but I had a 351 Cleveland. Fairmonts or Granadas didn't do it for me and a guy up the road had this 69.5 Maverick just sitting for years. I finally got hime talked into giving it to me. I've had it for 18 years now and don't plan on it leaving any time soon.

 

Dyno Don's Maverick, Gapp & Roush's Tijuana Taxi, and Frank Martin's '72 Comet GT sparked my love Mavericks and Comets.

Who is Frank martin you ask? He was a guy two years ahead of me in high school and he had a white Comet GT with black stripes. He built the 302 and put a four-speed in her. I admired that car and thought it was the best ever and the fastest car I knew...until...I blew him away in my built '67 Fairlane.

Why did I have a Fairlane instead of a Maverick or Comet? Because when the doctor made my grandpa stop driving, he owned a 2-door '67 Fairlane with a 289.

 

yes ive seen tonys car...nice ride! Especially with those 100 dollar welds!!

 

I saw a hot chick who was a neighbor get picked by her date in a 71 Grabber,, I was hooked.
Dan

 

hahaaaa

 

Nice
in my junior high school year i met a guy with a 74 grabber(still has it) it made it into the yearbook and won like best interior it had stock high backs in there with custom seat covers...i told him about the forum but i dont think he ever made it on here.

 

I think my interest started growing in these cars when I was in highschool. Although I've always had a soft spot for Mavericks since I was a child. Everytime I saw an old car cruising on the streets most of the times it was a Maverick. My parents talked about their 351 powered stang II (they have great stories about that car), my grandpa had '68 falcon (that later would be my uncle's car and he swaped the 302 for a 2.3 from a pinto) and another uncle owned a '74 maverick, they always told me those cars were the Real thing!

 

I guess my intrest started around the time I was born... I was brought home from the hospital as a new born in my dad's '71 Comet GT. I don't really remember a time when I wasn't intrested in these cars.

 

My Dad bought a 1970 Maverick brand new for my sister to drive to college. Three years later my sister bought a different car and then I learned to drive on that Maverick. Once I got my license I bought the Maverick from my parents and it was my first car. That Maverick was my daily driver until I got interested in drag racing. At that point I turned it into a drag car and raced it for many years. I sold that car to forum member Steve Huff about 2 1/2 years ago. I bought my current 1971 Grabber a little over 1 year ago.

 

Imprinting then Jamie??? My parents took me to my first drag race at 6 months old...that's why I blame them for the addiction!~It's all imprinting...

 

That was a once in a lifetime deal!

 

i like cars that normly you wouldent like


(maverick,comet,grimlen,pacer,valent,old body dart,old 66-67 charger)

get the drift not to many people like em 'but we ' are the rare few

 

About a year ago we started looking at cars for my daughter to drive when she got her license (we started early). I would also use it to "go to town" (~70 trip) twice a week.

There were four criteria:
1. an older car that I could work on (I've had my '76 F100 20 years for that reason)

2. needed to get decent mileage (the truck doesn't)

3. must be a distinctive unique car that folks in this little town would recognize so everybody would know it was my daughter (accountability )

4. daughter wanted the "cool factor"

At first my daughter thought she wanted an old mustang, but we soon found out that if we found one in good enough shape around here to drive, it was going to be too expensive.

Then we test drove a '76 comet with a 302.

The interior was trashed, and though at a fair price, I thought ($1800), We couldn't swing it right then. But the daughter was hooked and so was I. We basically just kept our eyes open for a comet or maverick from that time on.

About a year later the money and a maverick came together.

 

My dad and unlce would always tell stories about their Boss 302 Maverick that they used to street race and how it would always beat these big block cars. I think it was a blue and white sprint with 4.11 gears and a 4 speed. They were forever breaking transmissions and axles.

The Maverick always stuck out to me because it was not main stream, and had all the potential of being a real performer.

Dad also had a '67 fastback 302 he used to race as well as his super stock pinto 2.0. Well, he has his pinto in his garage, and I can't afford a fastback, so I decided to resurrect the Boss Maverick with a little twist of my own.