On another thread, we were discussing the different grills used in Mavericks through it's lifetime. Here's a list I put together. '70-'72 argent grill with center medallian '70 black grill with center medallian - used on '70 Grabber and '72 Sprint '71-'72 black Grabber grill with clear driving lights '72 chrome faced LDO grill with clear driving lights '73-'74 argent grill with orange turn indicators '75 argent grill with clear (no color) turn indicators '73-'75 black grabber grill with orange turn indicators (chrome bezels around the indicators) '73-'75 chrome faced LDO grill (did this go all the way to '75?) '76 black Stallion grill with black indicator bezels and divider bar '76-'77 standard black grill with argent indicator bezels and divider bar The headlight bezels matched the grill. Please add or correct things on the list. I don't know the minor changes of the Comet grills as well. If someone could post that information, it would be helpful.
I parted out a 75 that had a black grille and center bar . The last one on your list marked 76-77. Nice reference info ........
had to have been changed at some point. the 'center bar' grille didnt come out untill '76..... but hey, my '73 4dr had a grabber grille in it that still had the factory plastic tabs holding it in so obviously, it had to have been changed EARLY in it's life
Makes sense - cause I could tell from frame welding that the car had been in an accident at some point in it's life. Probably used junkyard parts in the repair.
You know where I stand from the other thread. 1975 2 door with Halo option and sport mirrors, non-Grabber, black interior. Factory (got it from original owner) black grille and black trimmed headlight bezels. Black bezels on the turn signals, non-amber turn signals, and chrome Maverick grille emblem with red trim. Deluxe bench interior. Therefore, it would seem that, at least in 75, one of the appearance packages gave you a black grille and bezels. The mirrors, Halo, or deluxe bench interior... one or all, is/are probably related to whatever package gave the black grille.
It sounds like there was a package. And I TOTALLY forgot to include the Maverick grill emblems in my list!
