This mav is nice!

I have always loved the look of the Grabber hood, always have and always will. That '73 Maverick looks great and i really like those '73 front bumpers too. Nice car indeed.

 

It is my understanding that the death of the hood scoops and / or rear spoilers from the factories, except for certain models, came from one thing... Insurance Rates!

With the Muscle Cars constantly getting into accidents from being driven by inexperienced drivers, the insurance companies would charge more for the cars that looked like muscle cars, regardless of what was under the hood. To them, if it had a scoop on the hood and / or a spoiler on the trunk it was a muscle car and therefore had the higher insurance premiums.

If the prospective buyer couldn't afford to insure the vehicle, they couldn't buy the car, thus the factory would loose the sales. If it had a flat hood without the scoop and no rear spoiler, it looked like a family car and had the lower insurance rates that the new car buyer could afford, thus the sales were made by the factory.

That's how it was explained to me a long time ago when I asked why the factories stopped putting scoops and spoilers on cars in the 70's.

-Scott H.

 

Nice Mav ... hearing that gets me pumped up to keep going on mine.

re: Hood trim...

With my first Comet, back in the early 80s, I noticed how the hoods and trunks rusted on other cars. You don't need road salt to rot these hoods ... a nice sweaty humid environment, and storing your car outside does the job too.

I drilled the trim on both of my cars, and the sheet metal has survived well.

I put four 3/16" holes on the underside rear corner of the hood trim, each one is located under a "ramp" that is pressed into the stamping. These drain holes exit at a 45 degree angle, pointing toward the rad support, and are not visible unless the hood is up.

 

That is a great idea. Thanks for the info.