Name's Eric and I live in sunny Phoenix, AZ. Car: mint cond. 1970 Mav., 200 six, 3-on-the-tree (converted to floor) Interior: plaid w/black, bench seats (all in perfect shape) Color: metallic emerald green (okay, so it was painted too) Original Miles: 45,000 Special Notes: No rust! Score! Mods (to be completed by Feb. 2005): 302 +.040, C-4, 8-inch posi, suspension, brakes, paint (tons of body modification too), interior 302: forged pistons, about 10.0:1, COMP cam, double roller timing chain, chromoly pushrods, Harland Sharp rockers, AFR heads, Weiand intake, Demon carb, Ram-Air box, Heddman headers, MSD ingnition C-4: Kevlar clutches, forged gears, race shift kit, 2500 converter 8-inch: bolstered, forged 3.55 (maybe 3.80, bought both sets just in case) gears, Trac-Loc Brakes: SSBC manual 4-wheel disc Suspension: full chassis upgrade, various munfacturers, car lowered 3 inches Body Work: too unique to disclose just yet, pictures to follow when done Paint: think "Gone in Sixty's" Eleanor. Interior: gray on black, Auto Meter gauges, custom fabricated gauge cluster/dash, buckets, custom sound Special Notes: went with 8" as opposed to 9" because of weight penalty, motor estimated to make 400hp+ (yeah, yeah, I know estimates don't count ), all mods about 70% complete In the future: blown 347/AOD/9-inch combo Just thought I'd say "hi" and write a long intro. e-mail. Hope people read this and write back to let me know what they think. Hope everyone has a great day! Talk to you soon! Eric (silver70)
Howdy and welcome. Sounds like a pretty sweet plan. Post pictures as often as possible. I guess we'll have to get Don to spy on ya.
Wow! Gettin' replies already! Nice to know people are interested. To Maverick73: thanks for the welcome! Also, here's one you may have heard (F)irst (O)n (R)ace (D)ay To Mavaholic: thanks! Really new here, so don't know who Don is yet. Hopefully pics posted around March, 2005. Plans and mods are kinda "rogue" so I really want feedback when I'm done. Thanks again! Eric
Don is just a fellow nut on here. He lives in AZ somewhere. I figure if he's nearby we'll get him to spy on these "body mods" that you mentioned. You perked my interest.
i will not spy on anyone. but pictures are $5 apiece. just kidding. welcome to the board eric. are you going to the fun ford weekend at firebird on nov 13 &14. i'll be there. usually a few mavericks show up.
Hey, again guys! It's great to see some fellow Maverickers tooling around AZ. Dan: Thanks! Mavaholic: The whole purpose of the "bod-mods" is to try something totally different than what I'm used to and grab others' attention. Happy to know it's already Working! Right now, my buds and I are laying out and designing the templates before we break out he plasma cutter. Got to get it right the first time! Mercurycruizers: Thanks, again! I'll sure try. Courier11sec: Glad to be wanted (in a good way, even)! I need to get a another digital camera. Mine keeps getting dropped running around at the track to help my buddies in the pits when we're there. Don: Thnx to you too! Fun Ford Weekend: You know it! What's yer car look like? I'd like to keep an eye out for it. Jean: Thanks! Good to be here!
Maverick1970: Yeah, I'll be setting up a cot and mini-fridge in there pretty soon. Probably gonna run some sewer lines there, too. The 40' to the bathroom and back cuts about 2 minutes outta my wrenching time. Time also varies on how long I stay there. And that depends on what literature I find! Phoenix is great this time of year. No more 115 degree days! Like the old saying: "nine months of heaven, 3 months of hell." Also, thanks a ton for the e-bay heads-up! Wardf: Thanks! The layout plans are about 1/2 way done. Using a CAD program for some of the ideas. Actually, about half of the mods are going to be done to the body; the other half to some of the interior (and no, I'm not just adding a roll-cage , my car doesn't have one ). It's probably gonna take another month before we even start doing the actual fab and mod work. I really don't want to work with a car in this good of a shape unless I know it's going to turn out exactly like I want. Too many classics have been sent the scrapper because of failed, radical, customization attempts, in my opinion. And even if, in fact, there has only been one, that's still too many. Thanks for reading my thread, everyone, and I hope you all are having a great day! Eric (silver70)
