Posted by T.L. on February 11, 1999 at 01:30:20:
In Reply to: 75 Mav....did I miss out?! posted by rtz on February 10, 1999 at 22:55:52:
Almost anything can be fixed on these cars BUT when there's structural damage, it's not worth it--it'll never be right...
: Well I must say that I owned a 77 4 door mav for 3 years that I restored in high school 10 years ago and ever since getting rid of it I have ben dying to pick up another one. I thought I found a beauty. The add read 75 maverick excellant condition 32,000 original miles. I went and checked out. It was a 2 door dark brown exterior with a mint tan interior. In fact the rear seat still had the factory plastic on it. It had the I6 250 and some rust around the rear wheel wells. And yes it ONLY had 32,098 miles on it! I was almost ready to hand the 70 year old man the $1700 for it. But then I layed on the driveway and found rotted crossmember on the rear frame just behind were the leaf spring's attatch on both sides. Plus the mid portion of the unibody just crumbled when I tapped on it. I then passed on the car. Did I make a mistake??? I know that I'm am going to have a hard time finding a Mav.in good shape here. I live around the Buffalo NY area. My search continues......