Just bought a nice one on Ebay

I picked up another Mav on ebay over the Holiday- its a 65K mile orig 74 two door. I drove the car 2.5 hours home with no trouble whatsoever... the windshield wiper washers still work! LOL Ditto the climate controls and the radio.
Has a few bubbles on the lower quarters/rockers of course- an afternoon job.
Its emerald green metallic and has a disgusting pea soup green interior...

I only paid $1500 bucks for it. I have tons of pics of the thing.

I will be turning it into yet another street strip car (I can see the cringing on the faces of some of you resto guys now)

I was just excited to have grabbed such a nice ride for cheap, so I wanted to post and share. lol

I'll be parting a lot of this car as well as I convert it over to race spec, etc.

 

Awesome deal!!! Look forward to seeing the finished product.
Welcome to the board!

 

Thanks guys- I've been building drag cars/muscle cars for a long time now it seems- but I think I'll be sticking with the Mavs from now on. They're so easy to make quick, a pleasure to wrench on and they just feel right to me- with regards to the interior layout and the bodylines, etc.

I own 3 of them now and I'm trying to buy another in a few days.

If you gents are in need of any parts, please let me know. I think I mentioned it elsewhere- but I'll basically give it away dirt cheap to help out the mav community here- life's too short to gouge/squeeze every penny out of like-minded gear heads, as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks for the welcome guys.

CHEERS!
J

 

Glad to have you!

Nice sig!!

 

that looks real nice~!

 

very good

 

Excellent deal! Now all it needs is small bumpers (at least '73) and interior color change. Some nice wheels & tires, and you have yourself a great little car....

 

Indeed. Or, I could gut the interior, weld in a roll cage- yank the boat anchor I6 and trans and rear end and drop in one of my blown 351w motor/racingc4/9" rear end combos here, rip off all the nose sheetmetal and replace it with fiberglass and paint the whole thing rattle can black. Then I can go out onto the main road in my city and stand it on the rear bumper thus making nearby elderly folks wiz in their depends and small children run shrieking in terror.

Hmmm.... which to choose?

1) pea green grocery getter that smells like an old foot and gets punk'd off by teenagers on mopeds

...or...

2) mind-numbingly violet and loud suicide machine designed to induce heart failure in more sensable citizens

Let me think about it for a bit and I'll get back to everyone.

:evilsmile

 

Nice car. I`d like to see some pics of your `70 that is described in your sig.

 

Well, I don't do 6 bangers so you know where my vote is.

 

We need a Tijuana Taxi remake of Jack Roushes pro stocker..

1. The Tijuana Taxi (1975). The strangest Pro Stocker ever built, I think, is the Gapp & Roush Tijuana Taxi Maverick with four doors. This was the only Pro Stocker ever built in the United States with four doors, though in Australia it is not unusual. Back in the seventies the great minds at NHRA had different weight breaks for each setup. A short wheelbase car with a small block raced at a different weight than a long wheelbase car with a big block. With these rules in place and Pintos doing too good according to NHRA, they kept adding weight to them. It got to the point where many racers noticed you could save over 100 pounds if you had a long wheelbase car with a small block. There was not a long wheelbase two door Ford being made in 1975. Most racers who took advantage of the rule built 70 model Mustangs like Dyno Don and Bob Glidden. Wayne Gapp & Jack Roush built the wildest car yet – a four door Ford Maverick. Gapp’s driving and Roush’s tuning won several times in 1975. NHRA quickly wised up and leveled the rules and the long wheelbase advantage was gone. The Gapp & Roush team went on racing their unique car throughout the year after others had gone back to the small block Pintos and Mustang IIs. The car was sold in 1976 and was later totaled in a pit area crash.

 

Where did you get the Mad Max video?It would look good on My space.

 

I'm actually involved in the construction of replica cars from the mad max/road warrior movies. That particular movie is made of a combo of home video of a Japanese customer's replica interceptor (the nose shot, shifter and scoop shot) combined with 2 tiny clips from the movie edited in (the boost gauge, phony blower "turning on" etc.). I also do digital video editing and duplication as a hobby.

 

Sounds like "somebody" is having too much fun!!!