Ford Muscle Webmagazine Article on the Mavericks in Brasil

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"Fords do Brasil"


http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2005/02/FordBrasil/index.php
(includes tidbit info on other Fords and brands also)


"Nothing gave Brazilians a taste of American muscle like the Maverick. They were lucky too because consumer surveys conducted by Ford in 1970 didn't favor the V8 capable Maverick. Non-existent bumper laws kept all model years of the Mav real clean."

 

thanks rick very cool


wonder what would have happen if the US didnt have all those restictions, would we have true muscle cars? sitting here talking about our 428 cars

 

Rick,

get a real job, where you don't get paid to look for Maverick videos and websites...your job looks too much like mine :evilsmile

There is some really neat info here. Like they never went to big bumpers??? How cool is that

It almost sounds like the Brazilians got better cars than us...

 

C'mon. I'm not THAT bad.

They DID get better Mavericks IMHO. No huge bumpers like you mentioned, nice grills, I'm sure no emissions, cool consoles, side window louvers, etc. Plus, the Mavericks were true "Muscle" cars to them, not looked down on like here in the states (during that era).

 

Ask anybody in Angleton, TX if a Maverick is a muscle car... :evilsmile

I dare you, ask all 5 of them

 

5?

That's more than Houston has I believe.

 

¬¬' are you crazy???!!!!!
Here in Brazil the maverick 302 have 197HP... the bumpers are nice, but the louvers are not stock, man here we have to pay a bunch of money to v8 parts... our better engine was the chrysler 318, 215HP...man you have 440, 428, 351, 390...!!!!!


sorry for my bad english!

 

thats it, i am crazy, im going to brazil and im gona get me sum thin bumbers, an sum thick women. why do we have thick bumpers on our cars here and thin bumpers on our women, i want thin bumpers on my car and thick bumpers on my women. dam!!

be redy hank, ive seen city of god, i wana do it big!!

 

auahuahuahauhauhauahuahuahauhauhauhauha

city of god!!!! original name "cidade de deus"

but here is not the paradise...
the cars are very weak...
you can be hit by a bullet at any place
ford engines are the 272/292 Y-block engines and the 302W just it
the more powerfull car we ever had was the dodge charger with 215HP
in 1972 dodge say in an AD:
"chega dessa de esportivo com menos de 200HP"
translation:
"stop with sport cars with less than 200HP"

our gas is a ****

Maverick compression was veeeery low
and many ****in things.

I'm going to U.S.A!

 

here is a Maverick thin bumper, just U$$30,00

http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-74261735-para-choque-de-maverick-_JM

 

if you want a front bumper enter in www.mercadolivre.com.br it is our "e-bay" and type in the search bar "parachoque maverick".

=]

 

Ford wouldn't do that 'cause it would have competed with the Mustang. That's why Mavs never came with 4 bbl carbs, 4-speeds or dual exhausts.

 

In brazil we don't have mustangs!!!!!!!!!

Maverick GT was the TOP car.

 

I got all choked up when I read that.

 

in sum places here the maverick gt is still the $hit!... like Oakland! or Richmond!
but yo, Hank could u help me out, no habla porutgise. i mean is there pay pall? my frend Hermies is from brazil i guess he could translate. but how much would it cost to ship. from RIO to FRISCO, i like tht. from rio to your back bumper, the more i think about it the more i want a bumper from brazil, just because.