Been Sitting Here Watching....Waiting......

Discussion in 'General Maverick/Comet' started by Fearmont80, Aug 17, 2004.

  1. Fearmont80

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    Haven`t posted on here in a while,just been trying to find parts when and where I can find them,hopefully getting all I need by winter.Still need a windshield and a rear valance the most.Anyways,thought I`d post a couple pics of my `72.I finally got THE wheels I wanted for it,need to buy a set of bolt-on spacers for the fronts though,damn upper ball joint.Mounted my new seats,with alot of thanks to this site,you should be able to recognize them in the pic.Only rust thats on the whole car is just behind the rear wheels,rest is rust free.Picked up a `90 5.0 HO roller motor Sunday,but when I pulled the intake off of it last night,I discovered I it was a `70`s stock 302 with a 5.0 HO intake,valve covers,headers,etc on it.....returning the motor to the seller tomorrow night,he swears he thought it was the orig motor in the Mustang it came out of.Gotta new set of Hedman headers off a friend for $40 though,and another Maverick guy near me built me a box out of sheetmetal to mount a radio and gauges under my dash,looks really good.So its getting there slowly but surely.Found a C-4 too,getting it redone.And bought a nice cruiser to keep me happy for the rest of the nice weather,then it will be sold and all the $$ dumped into the Mav!!hopefully all pics will show up.Put 2 wheels on each car,neither will accept them on the front though without spacers.
     
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    By the way,I apologize to one of the sellers on here that I was supposed to huy some parts off of in the classifieds,I ran into some problems and was unable to complete the sale or even get online for a while,was hospitalized for a lil while.
     
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    Oh yeah,the car will be "Grabber Blue" when its done,I hate the color it is now,even though the paint is pretty decent,and yes,thats a grabber hood and trunk lid!
     
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    Looking better.
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    looks like the start of a nice car!
     
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    Looks like a good project!
     
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    Windshield just a short drive away here in Indiana.
     
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    Mercurycruizers David (Coop) Cooper

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    Very nice. It does take time & lots of work (sweat). Keep at it, you'll get there.
     
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