problem areas in mavericks

I have a leeky cowl vent. Were I live i have been getting heavy rain. Every heavy rain i get i have to pull out the shop vac. and vacume all of the water out of the carpet.

This is a pain cause i recently Forgot to pick up my floor mat. so the manager at a do it your self car wash has it and i need to call him.

Are there any quick effective ways to fix it without having to get a welder and pull apart the front clip.

 

the quick fix is to cover your cowl vent!! to prevent any more water in the car.
what I did was cut a template out of thin card board and then used black color
adhisive vynil (used for making sign's , posters, ect... ) printer type and covered
the vents from the edge of raised portion of the hood to the other side of the
edge. then I removed all rust from both sides to bare metal and covered it with
fiberglass!! no more laeks

 

it all depends were you live!! tomorrow I'm checking out a 1972 maverick for sale!! 1,200 to around 2,500 is about average for a running maverick with no
mayor issues. the only maverick worth big bucks is the stallion 1976 !! and that depends on a lot of factors! hell I was glad to see a mercury comet in the aug.06 issue of hot rod magazine sold at $10,260, with 27,000-miles. I purchased my car for 200.00 USD!! all it had wrong was the ignition module,
a garage queen with 42,000-miles all original.

 

My 73 Maverick also came from California and I have found that both wheel wells in the trunk were totally rusted out along with the door skins and the kicker plates

 

My '72 is from Los Angeles, and it is very rusty. Both of my GA cars are solid as a rock.

 

I bought mine for $200, at the time knowing nothing about Mavericks or any other Fords. I found a 30 year old 2 door american car with 100% solid floor pans and rear quarters and said "wow Iam buying this!". That car could have had no engine and I still would have paid dubble for it. It had the usuall maverick rot under the hood lip, the corners of the front fenders infront of the doors and a small hole was revealed when I pulled the vynal top, like I said, nothing major.I guess I lucked out with the cowl, never thought to check but it hasnt given me a problem so I guess Im good. You have to remember that these are unibody cars so rust can have a major effect on the integrity of the car along with any accident history it may have. A maverick cant recover as easily from a hit the way a full framed car can.

 

I have recently bought a 76 Ford Maverick. There is lots of rust. I work at a metal fabricating shop and plan on replacing the Unibody parts with new one. Does any have or has anyone found a diagram/blueprint on them. I can make one from the parts I take off, but the original specs would be so much better. Any help would be appreciated.

 

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