Its going to be satin black with red stripes, just like the bay. My last Mav was a nice bright hugger orange. I want this one to just look flat out mean. The theme of the car is a no nonsense utilitarian almost military aircaft look. The bumpers and all of the chrome will be stripped and powdercoated to gunmetal or something similar. Then some 16" or 17" gunmetal wheels, shaved marker lights, shaved antenna, aircaft style gas filler. Also, nowhere on the car will it say Ford or Maverick. Since a maverick is an unbranded bull, it makes sense to keep people guessing.
holy cow, you are my new hero lol. ive had the same idea rolling around in my head for a long while now but itll have to wait till after i graduate highschool. did you go buy a welder and teach urself or did u learn from someone else? theyr very good
Very nice work! The only comment I would have is about the export/monte bars. The end of each bar is only fastened with one bolt which will allow them to pivot. Better to have at least two bolts per end or have the ends captured in some way, IMO. Definitely better than the setups that use heim joints, though. Those things can move all over the place.
oh and another thing, if ur evr feelin like throwin the 351w in there like i am then a great k-member tht'll fit with hardly no mods is an 87 foxbody mustang k-member. i recently bought one but never got to put it in and sold it for needed cash. (reason i bought it was because of its disc brake qualities, big bonus)
I would've liked to do it with two bolts, but with the way I was building it it just wasn't practical. And yeah, I never understood the ones with heim joints, especially the ones that have a bend in the monte carlo bar to clear the air cleaner. Way too much flex in that design. These are welded to the factory shock hats, and one piece at the firewall to minimize the amount of flex thats possible.
Mostly self taught. Learned how to stick weld in high school (in like 2001). Bought an Eastwood MIG and taught myself. The welds aren't always the prettiest, but I'm getting better. Would love to take a class if I had the time. The welds on the shock towers and monte carlo bar came out pretty clean though, I surprised myself on that one.
That looks great. I loved looking at it and all my mavericks needed patched in the exact same places, lol. Those braces are nice
Quick question: How did you mount those seats I see in the pics? Or were they already there when you bought the car? I have the same ones and I've been rolling a few mounting ideas around in my head. Problem is the original seat was a bench and these are buckets. The new four-hole-per-seat thing is giving me probs because the floor pan is uneven from the little pedestals Ford decided to mount the bench seat on. Just kinda curious what you did; if you are the one who did it. Eric
-Welded up all the old seat holes to start with a clean slate -Welded 16ga reinforcement plates to the areas where the seats would mount -At the front outside corners (the highest point) welded a piece of 1/8" plate, level relative to the ground as my starting point -Cut sections of 2" square tubular steel risers to the appropriate height to put all 4 corners at the same height -Shaped the bottoms of the risers to follow the angles of the floor, and welded them to the reinforcement plates -Cut a notch across the tops risers for the seat tracks to sit into and lock into. -Drill holes in the floor inside the footprint of the risers, and bolt in the seats. I meant to take pictures when I did it, but as usual got distracted.
