I'm interested in restoring / modifying a Maverick. Seems like an undernoticed hobby

A few years ago I started to restore a jeep but the wife (now ex) asked me to get rid of it. Long story short, I'd like to do this again and so I have a few questions.
1. How hard is it to get a not too rusty Maverick? (Time in months, approximate cost). I'd be interested in modifying it, not in a straight restoration (but nothing over the top).
2. Can you give me some ranges as to how much I'd be looking at spending in $$$ and time. Let's say a. small restoration, b. middling and c. really nice.

Thanks

 

gmichaelj; Welcome to the boards! I have a 69.5, and I have about 7 grand in the car, starting from a beat up but not too rusty car. There is a pretty large Maverick following here around Atlanta and in the southeast. Oh, I have had my car for about 7yrs, and spend what I can when I can. You will love the results.

 

thanks. that sounds like my dollar territory. Are there any shows in the area? I saw a Dixie Maverick site, but I didn't dive into it.

 

Welcome to the forum. Mavericks are overly plentiful, but are obtainable. We have a great bunch of Maverick guys in Georgia. The Dixie Maverick site is used primarily by the Georgia crowd for local stuff.

 

Welcome. Contact user MTRHED on this board... he is in Braselton GA, he has several cars ... including a Grabber and Comet GT that he may possibly be selling. All are nice restorable cars ...

 

Welcome,, the GA gang will lead you to a nice car I am sure.
Dan

 

Thanks guys, I appreciate all the responses at such a late hour.

 

welcome aboard. i also have around 7 thousand in mine,as of now.

 

I stopped counting at around $10,000 or so on mine ...

 

I quit counting on mine at the 20 grand mark,, of course,, owning a car over 30 years, which includes the new purchase price adds up easy. But, I would imagine I have somewhere around 30 grand in mine total. What a ride it has been!
Dan

 

You can make a really nice car for less than $10K providing you can do most of the work your self.

 

have cars wish to sell owned by family member one in pretty good shape

hello

i live on mississippi coast wish to sell mavericks that were owned by a family member.
they are going down and would like to sell them to some one who would want to fix or use to fix up a nice car.
i have been told sell them for junk dont want to do that also most say i will hale them off for you i would like to make somthing on them.

if you are interested i will give you more infor. if not you may want somthing alittle closer to you

shannon

 

welcome to the board. the mavericks are a great car to restomod. decent prices and the 302 can be made to scoot pretty good. best of all not everyone has them so they get noticed a little more.

 

Dude, Mav owners seem to just flock to Georgia!! I swear half this board hales from that area of the country!! Just not enough of us in California I guess....

to the boards.

Sarah

 

Yep, bunches of us in and around GA.