Thoughts on selling the Maverick

One more thing...If that boy really likes that car and you sell it .When HE is 39 he will still remember... "That Maverick Daddy sold that I wanted so bad!" So in my oppinion,If you dont keep it for you...keep it for him.

 

Yes I understand what everyone is telling me, and trust me it helps!! The last thing I want to do is to hurt my son with a stupid idea of selling the car. Back in July we almost lost my son, we had many talks in the hospital about doing this and that to the Maverick, it relaxed both him and I (I was in Wyoming while he/family was in Indiana). Brent wants to help with anything about the car, loves going to car shows and enjoys the "joy rides" that him and I take together.

Dennis, I guess I will keep it and the wheels.....might be to hard to figure a discount on three wheels!!

 

good call :bananaman :bananaman :bananaman

tell him we will be here for him when he has any questions...
...frank...

 

Todd, As long as some of us have owned these cars there certainly are times when we seldom use them. Your practical thinking tells you sell. While my car has never been dead so to speak, it has seen years where maybe I took it out only once. Lots of things occur in ones life in a 29 year period. I actually put mine for sale in the local paper in the very early 80's. The first and only call I got scared me to death, I knew I was making a mistake and took the car off the market. Never ever thought of selling it again. Another aspect of owning a car this long is the aggravation factor. There have been times when I wanted to wad the car up in a ball and toss it in the trash. Usually under times of modification when I either could not get something to work the way I wanted to, or when I plain couldnt figure out what was wrong with it when it was broke. Sometimes I have stored it out of sight, that is, where I dont see it everyday. Then I get to missing it and it is true love again. As the others have said, dont sell it, I really think you would regret it.
Dan

 

Beings I've owned mine for almost 33 years now, I can honestly say I never once though about selling it. I always thought about what I would do when it came time to fix it up. For almost 9 years it sat in the corner of the garage and doubled as a work bench. Since I had no sons and daughters who were not interested in cars, I guess I will be burried in mine. Dont become part of the WISH group: "Wish I Still Had" I sorta over restored mine to a point where I hate to drive it in anything but extremely nice and dry weather so it gets driven very little. BUT, oh those times when I'm out crusing, Its worth every blood, sweat, and dollars. As you and I and probably many more on this board know, in the end, memories of Dad are all your left with. Make your son's memories great ones!!

 

First and forth most I say you gotta do whats right for you. I say because your son is really interested in the maverick, you should take that into consideration. I do not have a relationship with my dad(it has been on and off since 17 and right now it is off with no sight of it ever being on again) so just try to keep in mind what you do now will effect how your relationship with your son grows as he matures and no longer needs you. What you should do is build a relationship with him that will want him to keep you in his life. The maverick can fill the role easily. A father son project, time spent cruising it, going to car shows, and swaps meets builds a pretty good relationship IMO. The same interests even if you have to fake the interest to keep a healthy relationship is the most important thing to a father son relationship. My dad lost interest in just about everything. Fishing, camping,hunting, hotrodding, he just sits at home wallowing in self pity I guess. I hate to say it but he will likely die a lonely old man. It goes alot deeper than that my dad and my relationship is the result of years of abuse due to his alcoholism. I forgave him many times, but finally it was enough and I gave up. Just be a good dad if not for you for your son. I have a very empty place in my heart wish it wasn't that way but it is. Good Luck and make the right choose. Keep on mavericking..........


P.S. Besides Mavericks are like shrinks they help you work things out if you just let them.

 

Man Lance,,, that was powerful,, moved me. I am so lucky to have had a wonderful Dad,, I miss him. He and I sewed up the seats on my Model A, the only real car related project we ever did. The seats turned out ok,,, I will never ever ever recover them, even when I completetly restore the car some day.
Dan

 

I have to agree with everyone on this post. I have 5 children, none of them ever got interested in cars, even though I tried. My youngest daughter surprised me the other day, when she told me: "I tell all my friends, I want your Comet". She said they don't understand why. She tells them, you just have to see it & hear it, then you'll understand. So, I guess I know who I'll be leaving the Comet with when my time comes to leave this world. At least I know, it will be in good hands with someone who will appreciate it. Then when I gave her a 2005 Maverick/Comet calendar, she was in 7th heaven. Now she can show her friends, her Dad's Comet. Don't make a mistake of a lifetime.....Mine sits most of time, unless it's nice & sunny. When I get behind the wheel & fire it up, I'm a teenager again. I love the looks I get & really like it when a Chevy pulls alongside & wants to get it on. What a rush! I'll keep that car until the day I die, or am unable to drive anymore. Then it goes to my daughter.....What a way for my memory to live on, with her.....

 

don't sell

A couple of years ago I was on this board as Wildlilmaverick...I had a nice cherry red metallic 73 2 door, loved that car...I was hit from behind one day goin to the bank. It was like somebody kicked me in the face. We towed it home and it sat for a month unseen or touched in a tarp. One day I uncovered it and fixed it again to the way it was. But it wasn't the same so I sold it.that was 2 years and 4 cars ago. A few weeks ago I bought a 72 2 door from RoadeRage, another member on this board and now I am happy again with my ride. I regreted sellin mine, but now its good again...think about it hard before you sell it...just my ...Jim



The more imports I see, the more I love my maverick :bananaman :bananaman


By the way My son owns a nice 77 4 door and loves it.

 

I have the answer/solution to the problem.......

you have thoughts of selling it and your son wants it SELL IT TO HIM

Now, I agree with everyone else. There will come a time in your life when you and your kids will WANT to tool around with that car.....Keep the car so when that time comes...it will be perfect.

 

don't sell it! I have owned my first car since 1971 and it has been parked 3 different times as lifes little problems would take center stage. even now there is some very serious problems on my wifes side of the family with drugs that have me just skimming this site and I didn't even watch the nascar race last Sunday. I have lost interest in my cars before because of other important things but when they pass ( and they will) I am sure glad I kept them.

 

Dennis you said all that I needed to hear:
"As you and I and probably many more on this board know, in the end, memories of Dad are all your left with. Make your son's memories great ones!!"
Thanks......

Thanks everyone, the car will never be sold and it looks just fine in the garage. Heck I will even take the cover off tonight in the garage, just so it looks different.

Now to find some 3.73 gears and a posi unit!!!
Todd

 

Glad to hear that you aren't selling!! Now go have some fun with it!! Go driving this evening or something, even if it ain't very far. Preston