1975 Grabber drag car build - The Disco maverick

1975 Grabber maverick .

Aje front end coilovers
dana 60 rear 35 spline axles

Using 1.80 straight cut gear powerglide
Big block ford 528 ci
should be mid to low 9s and run Nhra pro bracket (footbrake)

will be slower build , im 25 years old own a house with an acre of land .... yard work / remodeling a kitchen and batrhroom along with hardwood floors has been taking a lot of my time plus shingling the house as well .

Im from taunton ma , Machnist for one of the worlds leading ortho implant companys (hips,knees) ect .

as well as planning a wedding next . my fiance is now 31 years old a quality engineer at another company local . ( die hard into racing as well)

 

we plan on no kids as well .... just use and a Main coon cat lol we are always going some were ect and busy with racing ect .


I sold my foxbody race car kept engine ... was sick of seeing classes full of 87-93 fox mustangs

i came across this car on racing junk for 3k ....came with all kinds of stuff tranny engine blocks ect .

Being into big block fords and the direction the previous owner was going as well was a easy answer ............MOST of all its different

 

i will try my best to keep this updated


anyone ever seen this color combo gold and brown stripe ? i like it its hard finding pics of teh color combos from 1975 on the grabbers for some reason

wheels are going to go, 15x12 with 29.5x10.5 will be used , rear wheel wells were stretched

guy i bought it off of in Ny bought it in late 70s and its been garaged since then . Believe it or not it was on the road in 2007 as a stock GRABBER

being a 1975 i gave the thread the nickname "Disco maverick" . My old man thinks it should say "money Grabber" on the side of it like the old drag cars had names back in the day .

Regards
Andy

 

Awesome! I've seen you on the 460 board too!!!

 

Cool Car, but I don't think it's a factory color combo.

 

Cool looking build! You sound busier than a one-armed paper-hanger! I was doing all of that same stuff you mentioned, house renos, additions and yard work, etc about eight years ago and never got stopped until recently. It sure does take it's toll, but it's nice to have it done in the end. Hopefully you'll be able to keep picking away at your new car!

 

I would say it looks like one of these colors:


5M - Medium Copper Metallic
5Q - Dark Brown Metallic
5U - Tan Glow

 

I agree, but to me the stripes look brown, maybe it's just the shade of the pictures?

 

i looked on 75 for paint colors and i think i found it

5U Tan IRID

This the orig paint to the car . Car has never been painted you can tell by looking at it .

Im not sure on info but Vin for the car is #5k93f189122

and stripe is dark brown

 

color of car is like a metallic gold/tan color with a brown stripe graphic

anyone know is this a rare color combo ? or was it common ? any way to find that out? marti report ?

 

you can tell its orig paint in the seams ect .....i have never seen many pics of 75 grabbers let alone tan ones

 

as well is if you look in pictures were the headliner and interior is removed you can see were they have the tan color as well , inside the trunk by hindges ect .