76 Maverick Stallion.....

i wouldnt mine sitting on them

 

Final grinding is done........installed the drag links to make sure everything fits............got it clamped down for welding.......a productive night....

 

Found this old pic. of me racing in Rockfalls Wisc. back in 1989...Man I miss that........some day soon I will be racing that car again.......

 

Ok.......I will remember that..

 

Nice work. I dont think anybody has gone this far to bring a Maverick back to life. Iv eseen quarters replaced, roof skins replaced, frame rails replaced, but never a whole floor and frame assembly. Maybe one other time I saw a car that was merged with another half of a car, think it was Joexrs or someting like that now that I think about it. Sentimental attachement sure makes you do crazy things doesnt it?

 

Yes it does .....Thanks for the good comments ..

 

Installed some bolts in the front crossmember to help hold it while its welded.........finally a cool night in the shop.....its very hot and humid in MN. lots of rust to sand up........

 

the crossmember is welded in..............the front end should be solid for many years to come........cross this part off the list.............

 

Spent 2.5 hours welding my floor puzzle together.........now to strengthen the inner rockers...

Painted up my new crossmember....aint it pretty.......

 

I had lots of things I wanted to get done on the 76 today but the heat got me(wimp)......got the Fully functional Bobcat lights installed.....now do I paint them black or leave them chrome...that is the queston...

 

black would look cool

 

Well.....just got back from the lake of the woods in northern MN.....caught many walleye......will get back to the project tomorrow...

 

Just went out on one of the party boats nto the Gulf here, with my stepson for his birthday. About forty of us fishing. Lots of grouper ... I caught a red 17 incher, pretty fish ...but, gotta' be 20 to keep it.

The pool winner on the boat landed a 28 inch black grouper, looked to be a bit over 20 lbs.

Brought home a load of grunts, good size too. Tasty, but a million tiny bones turned the wife off ... more for me.

That top pic of the floor in post 161 now has the Edgar Winter song "Frankenstein" stuck in my head ... not entirely a bad thing. Same thing as when I fixed my floors ...
What started as two patches evolved into about seven, because my floors were pitted but pretty solid... strong enough to bang on, but too thin to weld to. I should have done one big front pan there myself. Live and learn.

Really nice progress with the car. This build is over the top.

 

Never have fished in the ocean..... sounds like fun.......Frankenstein.... that about somes it up.......the good part is the carpet will cover all.....if it wasnt my highschool car and a stallion I dont know if I would have saved it.....I wonder how many stallions still survive..

 

Tonight installed the lower braces into the new front frame.......I think I will fab up some sub-frame connectors.....side project # 4......