Done with Maverick after 22 years :)

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  1. jj76mav

    jj76mav Member

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    Long time looker, not one who post for the most part. Maverick was my 1st car, got it from my Grandfather when I was 14 who bought it brand new in 1976. Drove it daily, but started collecting parts at that time (1988). Completed the body work with NOS fenders, Quarters, added grabber hood. Over the next 10 years got parts from Brazil, like the tach, clock,200 K speedo, console. Did then [FONT=&quot]drivetrain[/FONT], complete engine rebuild, bore .40 over, added aluminum heads, headers, 9 inch rear, and redid the underneath. Shortly after, converted to a 4 speed toploader and over the last 5 years finished the inside by installing the parts from brazil and putting in the buckets. Had the speedo converted to MPH and added a piece in front of the tach with embedded LED's for the shift light. Spent the last few months cleaning and putting everything together added the electric fuel pump(that is what I used the switch in the console for), especially under the hood. So after 22 years, finally got my high school car that was my grandfathers car, done! Pics below :drive:

    http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm289/jjphotos_album/mav/
     
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    Earl Branham Certified Old Fart

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    Beautiful car! Thanks for sharing, and glad to have you with us!
     
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    Very nice! You can be very proud of the work you did, simply stunning! :thumbs2:
     
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    Great looking car. Congratulations:thumbs2:
     
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    Wow some serious work went into that car. Nice work.
     
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    Congrats! Very nice tribute to your Grandfather. I'm sure he's liking it...
     
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    :Welcome:to the site!!!!! Nice lookin ride!!!!!
     
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    MaverickLVR takes longer then you think...

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    NICE!!! :cheers:
     
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    2mav4u It will someday be back on the road

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    Welcome to the site. So much work and time went into this car and it shows. I have a few questions, 1. where did you get the tach its awesome how well it matches the gauges 2. how did you get a km speedo to work as mph. I really like your center console. So clean and simple yet so nice!
     
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    Thanks

    Thanks everyone, I drove it quite a bit the last few weeks and enjoyed it. The tach came off a maverick in Brazil, along with the console. I had a special gear made that goes inside the transmission that was made for the speedometer.There is a local place where I live that specializes in speedomoeters, cables, etc. and to my surprise he was able to get it dead on.
     
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    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    :Welcome: from Northeast Pennsylvania

    Very nice ride :thumbs2:

    Where are you from :Handshake
     
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    Your Maverick is stunning! Congratulations :)
     
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  13. maverick75

    maverick75 Gotta Love Mavs!

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    Beautiful Maverick! :)

    how much did it end up costing to ship the Brazilian parts?
     
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    Some of them I got from someone here in the US, some in Brazil,. This was 10-15 years ago, I also got a lot of the old Brazilian magazines with the parts and shipping at the time was reasonable, less then 30 dollars. I know recently I tried getting some things and shipping was really high. Thanks again for the compliments.
     
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    Nice and clean! I like white on our cars.
     
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