anybody heard of factory 289 in mav?

This is getting to be fun!

I'd love to stay and chat - but I gotta go wash my helicopter (the one with the twin turbo'd inter-cooled nawz rat motor).

 

Didnt the Maverick Maruader come with every option available and multiple engines and trans? With every Maruader purchased the owner also got extra engines,,,Boss 289,,,460,,, extra trans,4spd,,,,c6,,fmx,,,extra rearends,,positrac,,,tractionlock,,,etc, kinda like a Mr Potatohead only you got to have tools.
Dan

 

I'll bet you a $1000 that he doesn't pay you the $1000.

 

My uncle's cousin had a limited edition Maverick made by Holman & Moody with the 427 SOHC motor and sodium filled valves. It's called the Special Edition Custom Deluxe Estate Model.

It's in all the brochures.

That's what he told me over a dozen cans of Blatz one night. Unfortunately, it was confiscated by aliens.

Some say they can still hear that motor firng up in the hills to this day.

 

Don't judge too quickly....

http://www.holmanmoody.com/

Check this website for info and details. Holman
Moody was a contract car builder for several racers
and manufacturers such as Ford. They also fielded
their own cars and boats in racing.

They built Dyno Don Nicholson's Mustang drag cars
back in the 60's. We know he has a Maverick drag
car, and I would not be surprised if they put some
Mavericks or Comets together for drag racing.

I worked for a man while in college who owned a
Fountain style race boat built in the late 60's or
early 70's. I used to help keep it clean and running
at Kerr Lake in Virginia. It had 2 Holman Moody
302's powering it. The intake and exhaust manifolds
were stamped with the Holman Moody logo.
I know we rebuilt one of them and the compression
ration was pretty high based on the cylinder heads
and the pistons. The heads had screw-in studs and
were tight compression chambers, flat top pistons
with valve reliefs. They were supposed to be around
300 HP each. I believe the carbs were Carter AFB's. They
must have had huge lift on the cams because they would
not idle below around 1400 without loping off. The engines
were mounted side by side and one fired in the opposite
direction so as not to torque the boat sideways when under throttle.


Seth

 

Your a winner. 289's were last produced in 1968. being replaced with the weaker revving 302. That's here in America. No way was there a 289 available from FoMoCo after 1968 in any car. I also have a '70 Mav. Do I get half the 1000.00? LOL.
RTFLDGR

 

maybe he owned a mexican maverick, who knows? My car has a 4 speed from the factory, and I've proved it.

My uncle's wife had a 289, 3 speed maverick, he said it was lighter than his dad's (my grandpa) 302 falcon (which originally had a 289).

 

this thread is from 2003...

 

You are also in Mexico, and it is a known fact that Mexican built Mavericks came with 4 speeds. It is no comparison to an American Maverick, which was never available with such an option. Regardless, production of the 289 ended in 1968. There was no standard production Maverick, anywhere, that rolled off the assembly line with a 289.

 

You dont get JACK! This thread is 4 years old digger. And you just said what thirty before you already replied? 4 years too late to the party

 

Scott,

Did you ever get the money?