My new canadian maverick

Well, I purchased a 1972 Mav that I found on craigslist for $700. It has a 302 with auto tranny (floor shift), but is not original to the car. It has all the grabber stuff, but four lug in the front and five in the back. Aftermarket Holley Carb and intake. Needs tranny rebuilt (easy) and the hole in the hood fixed, but I'll let the pics tell the story.

 

As for being canadian, I was cleaning it up and there on the door jamb was a maple leaf, and the data plate telling me it was canadian. sorry, left that bit out.

 

80% of production in St.Thomas (Canada) has always been shipped to the USA, and those "Transport Canada" are on every car. It's really no different than most Mavericks.

 

Well, that should keep you busy for a while. It doesn't appear to be too rusty from what can be seen in the pics. Shame somebody cut a hole in that Grabber hood but it car be repaired. Did the watermelon come with the deal?

 

looks like a good project. what's the plans for it?

 

thats what made it a deal

 

i have no problems with the hole in the hood except for the fact that its not centered at all. It looks like a 5 minute cut job. Not time was putt into it.

 

I was thinking of stripping it down and using the parts for my Comet.

There is alot of bondo hiding in all that sea of yellow. As for the whole canadian thing, I was unaware there was that many made up there, I knew they did.

 

are those fenton super shark rims

 

never heard of fenton shark rims? so, I don't know. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with the car, I might sell some of the parts and keep the stuff I want. Before buying it, I wanted the v8 for the comet. We will see what happens.

 

they are a ripoff brand of craigers back in the day

so what type of rear rims are those

 

My Maverick didnt come with a watermelon

 

Yourse should have come with blueberries
My Sprint came with a Zagnut wrapper under the carpet

 

I got bees with my latest one....

 

Even my Pinto wagon was Canadian built and shipped to Texas, where it has always been. The buck tag near the radiator gives away the Canadian heritage.

Chris