I picked up a new project today..... It's a 71 Maverick Grabber..... It's solid on the under side, but just ok up top and inside..... Needs some work but I love these old cars.....

 

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Looks sweet, looking forward to what you do with this one!

 

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whats the plans for this one?

 

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Nothing major right now..... I just want to get a few things cleaned and straightened up first.....

 

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I started tearing into it today..... It no longer has a motor, trans, exhaust, front seats or a shifter in it..... I did find a small amout of rust in the rear floor pans, nothing bad.....

 

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Almost forgot, the motor seemed to have a miss and I found this spark plug in #8..... I did a compression test before taking it out and all checked extremely well, also took the motor down to the shortblock and found nothing wrong..... I guess they just put the plug in like that, NICE.....

 

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I seen that car a couple of weeks ago I believe they were headed to a car show it looked like it had just been painted,I like it my uncle has one in his back 40 of his property,We both went backwards in car years LOL!

 

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I just like the older iron better.....

 

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nice car man. reminds me of my father in laws grabber!

I love mavericks

 

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Man that thing is clean for its age..... Should be sweet build.

 

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We had one in the shop that we put a 427 ci, with the CHI heads and intake, motor made 650 hp on pump gas. That was a mission putting that motor in, but I love the look of those old cars. Nothing like hearing old muscle with a healthy heart beat.

 

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427 BB?

 

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Nice frank. I love the grabber hood! Do you still have the coupe or did you sell it?

 

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Thanks, I don't think it's getting anything that big.....

I am pretty sure he's talking about a 427 stroker windsor.....

Thanks, and yes I did sell the coupe as a roller.....

 

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Some more dissassembly today..... I got all the nose sheetmetal off so I could check all the front end structure over for any potential problems..... Looks pretty good, just a couple small rust spots(nothing bad)..... Also found all the factory seam sealer is turning to dust..... The the inner cowl does look like it's in pretty good shape from what I can see.....

I said to myself I wasn't going to tear this car all apart, but it just doesn't seem to be working out that way.....

 

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Not bad at Frank so is the plan to put a tubular front end and get reed of the towers!

 

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car looks to be in real good shape. i have always wanted to build one of these for some reason and im not even a ford man.

 

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Awesome score. My first V8 car was a dark green 72 Grabber.

 

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I love it, Factory Grabber Blue! i will watch this one

 

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The more days I have it the less parts are on it, needless to say I took more stuff off today..... The front is getting pretty bare now, I also removed the gas tank and all the fuel/brake lines going to the rear..... I looks like the rust is pretty well contained to the rear floors for the most part, underneith the car anyways.....

As always some progress pic's.....