Boys big jay got him a 73 maverick 2 door with 34,623 orginal miles

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    nice car. It definitely runs well for a very stockish engine. My new maverick is very close to what your white car was drivetrain wise. If it runs as good as yours did I will be happy
     
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    its all in getting it to hook i worked hrs and hrs with alot of test passes and a burnt trans to get it to work,mine didnt pull hard on topend but left hard
     
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    thanks wilbur, hope to see you this year at the meet
     
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    thanks alot,hope your at this years meet,would love to hang out with you ,i hope to do some racing this time
     
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    I'd like to go, just not sure it's in the cards money wise
     
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    i know what you mean were saving money now to go havent heard where its going to be yet,thats why i havent done alot to my car since getting it running, i sold my 71 ss chevelle 454 car to build it ,i bought a trailer and did all the work with the money,i love this maverick alot better than the chevelle lots have told me i was stupid to do that,but im happy
     
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    any updates
     
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    Added a floor shifter so I can manually shift it now and a shift improver kit,fine tuned the carb some more that's about it hoping to get into high 7s in the 1/8th mile this year I need 2tenths over last yeat to make it
     
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    what kinda heads are on this car
     
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    It has the 5.0 cobra heads alum.
     

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