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[randroid]

Gents,

I received this picture yesterday and am having a bear of a time identifying the car. I thought it might be an AMC and my wife thought it was a Chevy but the headlights and the grill don't seem to match whatever pictures we've found of either manufacturer. The picture is from a magazine ad from the late 60s because the prospector is my maternal grandfather who died in 1970 after prospecting in Alaska.

It isn't important I guess but it's been bugging me so I turn to you for help.

Thanks,

-Randy

[Thumbtack]

That is Ford a product. Ford Maverick. Mercury had an equivelent IIRC a Comet. 1970 Ford Maverick

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoQ24EgNQkhMAVU.JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3D1970%2BFord%2Bmaverick%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701-14%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D85&w=1259&h=816&imgurl=farm5.staticflickr.com%2F4041%2F4191631471_d2805dd0b9_o.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fflickriver.com%2Fphotos%2Fautohistorian%2F4191631471%2F&size=232.5+KB&name=1970+Ford+Maverick+-+a+photo+on+Flickriver&p=1970+Ford+maverick&oid=c577a3e3f20fc3a475a0a8e1ef34251e&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701-14&tt=1970%2BFord%2BMaverick%2B-%2Ba%2Bphoto%2Bon%2BFlickriver&b=61∋=176&no=85&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11mm757vl&sigb=13cfud4bn&sigi=11nd5tv12&.crumb=kmm2DwPg.W9

Edited July 15, 2012 by Thumbtack
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[randroid]

Thumbtack,

Thanks. I guess I just busted myself on my opinion of Furds by not searching them too.

-Randy

[greg g]

ford maverick, think if it as a Pinto with a trunk. Also comet by mercury, but better power choices from 170/200 6 to 289/302. The one pictured looks like an early 70's as the later ones sprouted the ugly square bumpers that were mandated later in teh model run.

My wife's grand mother had one. Not a bad cheap reliable transportation appliance.

there was a GT version with v8 4 speed, bucket seats and wide oval tires....

[Niel Hoback]

I worked with a fellow who bought a 70 Maverick new. He got it with a small V-8, AT, PS, but no power brakes. I asked why no PB ? He said they aren't available with a V-8 because there was no room for the booster. He was right, there's barely room to change the left side plugs!

[Plymouthy Adams]

on the intorduction of the MAVERICK V8..Snap-On introduced a special designed ratchet to assist in the tune up of these puppies..got a friend who has a number of these cars..might say obsession..

[randroid]

Gents,

I received the photo via some relatives who are into genealogy and it's the only one I've ever seen of him. The family always considered him to be something of a "rascal" (the nicest thing to be said of him) because when his wife got TB he split on her and his two small kids (my Mom was three at the time). Someone suggested we can see a family resemblance by looking at the donkey's eyes.

-Randy

[hkestes41]

My mom had a 302 Maverick when I turned 16 that had been a sales mgr's demo. It was not a GT so no indication that it was a V8. It was pretty quick and surprised a few guys with the lowly Maverick.

I can attest that changing plugs and oil filter was a pain in the arse. Didn't have the handy dandy new fangled ratchet, in fact didn't even know it existed. Anyway learned that if you loosened the motor mount and jacked the engine up slightly, you could get the plugs swapped. One of them you had to break loose then immediately remove the ratchet from the socket and with just a couple of finger tip you could work for 20 minutes and get that plug out.

[michael.warshaw]

It looks like a donkey to me, but then again i am a city slicker maybe its a camel.

[1940plymouth]

I bought a new Maverick in 1975 with a 302 and automatic with bucket seats.

I traded it in 1979, she had just under 100,000 miles, the engine was still good, but the tranny was shot.

It served me well

[randroid]

Gents,

The differences between donkeys and burros has been debated for literally thousands of years and never settled. Most of us who have worked with them use the names interchangeably and don't worry about semantics.

-Randy

[Flatie46]

Someone once told me there was a special feature about the Maveric Grabber steering colum. Can't remember what it was but they worked well in streetrods. Maybe it was all Maverics.

[Plymouthy Adams]

was it due to the fact that contrary to other models for the year..that the Maverick first production models did not have a key mounted/locking sterring column..

[Flatie46]

was it due to the fact that contrary to other models for the year..that the Maverick first production models did not have a key mounted/locking sterring column..

I don't think that was it. I'll see his stepson tomorow and ask him what it was. Seems like it worked well in a tight clearance situatuion for some reason.

[greg g]

grab this one in Denver. Needs a bit of work but tunning gear looks well done.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-Other-2-door-sedan-1973-Ford-Maverick-/120946987194?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c290090ba

[Richard Coney]

That's a blast from the past! My first American car was a 1970 Ford Maverick six cylinder two door in that very same red. It had a bluish plaid interior in some sort of vinyl. I got it in 1975 in exchange for a Ford Cortina MkII 1600E, one of the rustiest cars I ever owned. Being in England, owning any sort of American car was considered weird, still is come to think of it, and it was the fulfilment of a dream for a 21 year old kid. I loved it, though it was not without problems and I had absolutely no spares backup for it.

I recall it had a column shifter. One very cold winter's day I was showing off to a girlfriend at the traffic lights (as you do and that age) and did what I thought was a pretty slick shift from first into second and the pot metal (Mazac) column shroud that contained the shift lever cracked in half! I was left in second gear with no way of changing up or down. Can't remenber how I got home that night.

We couldn't get parts so a friend helped me install a 'Sparkomatic' floor shifter. Much cheaper than a Hurst and we could soon see why, but to be fair it did the job.

I scanned some old pictures of some of my first cars from slides I took in the 70s a while back and I've found some of my old Maverick. In the second picture I also owned the Triumph Herald convertible. The lime green '70 Barracuda convert belonged to a neighbour. He was the coolect guy around at that time.

[Flatie46]

was it due to the fact that contrary to other models for the year..that the Maverick first production models did not have a key mounted/locking sterring column..

I asked the guys stepson today what made the Maverick column a good fit for streetrods. He told me that if he remembered right, the 70 model had a cable instead of an actual steering shaft ( may have been only on the Grabber Maverick). Kinda like a what's in a weedeater shaft except much bigger. His stepdad had built a prostreet '69 Bronco (with the truck top) and had used one for that build. I can't remember his stepdad's name but he's built some really cool cars and trucks over the years. Several years ago he built a neat '49 Ford coupe, with a hemi. Then he built a cool COE ford truck to haul it to the shows with.

[Plymouthy Adams]

thanks for theads up..I will put the word to my Maverick bud that if he has these laying around to slide them my way for the swap meet maybe..