VERY nice Mav on ebay [merged]

VERY nice Mav on ebay

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I like those back seats...did they ever come like that on the mav's or comets? What years? I would like them recessed like that on the bottom. That car is CLEAN, wish i had the money for it.

 

Rear seat...

...that is stock in the Comet GT and Grabber in '73 and '74.
It was probably available in other models and may have
continued into '75. I believe most '75 and up models
got the more plush reclining bucket seats.


Did anyone notice the missing shock tower supports?

I have my doubts about this one? But heck, maybe it is
authentic.

 

I didn't notice the missing shock tower supports...definitely a bad sign, but with only 2k on the speedo i don't think too much damage could have been done.
It looks to me like someone just bought the car and made it into a racer right off the bat.
Thanks for the info on the seats. I guess putting them in would require the different '73 back panels...would those bolt right in to, say, a '70? What about the seat belts?

 

Info I received...

Here is some info I received about the car. I highlighted the red.

"The original owner (Bill from Ohio) knew a guy that was an avid local drag racer/engine builder and he had a good 351 that was said to have been an original Holmon Moody engine. The motor, trans and rear in the car were all changed soon after purchase, the originals were done away with. Bill put the decals on the car because he simply liked them! The Holmon Moody people had nothing to do with this car directly! The car was an original 302 2 barrell 3 speed manual trans car. This was the original owners first car ever purchased with his own money. The car was purchased and paid for in full with cash but was registered to his father for insurance purposes. The mileage on the car has been confirmed as correct by the previous owners. The car was traded by the original owner about 6 years ago to another collector for some restoration work done on the original owners Mustang. The car was used as a drag car from the start of its life although Billsaid that he didnt plan it that way. I understand it would also turn some pretty impressive times in the 1/4 mile!"

 

Man you guys are hard on a person. Like bison highlighted H&M had nothing to do with the conversion. If it was used as a drag car those miles would be easy to believe. I had a chance to buy a 65 K-code fastback when I was in high school that had 3400 original miles because it was used as a drag car. Not everyone is a liar, best thing is to have someone check it out. I couldn't afford it but would think if it was that clean it would be worth a preety good sum. My .02

 

Hmmm...

...you make a very small valid point. But, nobody here rented a billboard and labeled this car as a fake (mileage), it just
does not happen often enough to accept any statements
such as this without question. I don't think we have been hard on anyone, just cautious.

I did not think that the car was a Holman Moody conversion.
For one it is too stock. Secondly, H-M had many financial and organizational problems in '73-'75 after Ford got out of racing and they were limited to building stock car engines for the Wood Brothers and producing camshafts for racing engines. The partners had split up and one of them passed away shortly after that.

C'mon now. Some of us drive 1800 miles in 3 weeks.
You have to understand that it is only one in many millions
of cars that only turn 1800 miles in 30 plus years. Our skepticism is valid, although not intended to be harmful.

If it is an 1800 mile car, great for whoever buys it.
Why was it an 1800 mile car? Drag car? Does that
make it more valuable than if it were stock? I don't think so.
In fact, it would have made it more valuable to me to have been original, but that is just me. If it had a drag racing history-a winning one, it may be more valuable.

I am not accusing here, but, I have seen some cars with
less than 5K miles that were wrecked way back when and
sat in a garage for 10-20 plus yrs. until somebody got a roundtuit
and discovered it would be valuable because of the mileage.
There are plenty of Mustangs like that.

If I were interested in this car, I would want to see it in person
first. I hope it is authentic and that the seller gets as much money as he wants for it.


My .02.

 

Re: Rear seat...

my '75 grabber has the exact same seats and are reclining. i think i may have a pic. the recline lever is on the inside and is a long chrome handle.

 

well guess they arent exact i see the other ones dont have head rests

 

Different....

..they are different. The ones for the car in question
are 'high back' bucket seats and do not recline.
They are roll and pleated in the center inserts.



Seth

 

1800 miles, Thats like 3600 trips down the drag strip. That could be fun, especially in that car.

 

well i like mine better

 

Actually - here are the seats ... out of a 73 Grabber waiting to go in my 71 Grabber ...

 

Wasn't really trying to be "hard" on anyone.....just my .02 worth.... think the guy was being deceptive in the description......wanted people to think the car was original with 1800 miles.......didn't see no where in the scription where the 1800 miles was put on car 1/4 mile at the time!
I, myself, think he would have better luck selling the car if he was totally honest about it....... I know now, I would have a "hard" time believing any thing the guy said now about the car.......

 

Question, if the car never seen the street before, it was only used for racing, why would the car need to put in his father's name for insurance purposes? I thought if you dragged raced your car your insurance wouldn't cover it? or am I wrong?

Just trying to think it through . . .

 

My dad's neighbor (Mr. Casin) has a 1972 mustang conv. with only a few hundred miles on it... His son bought the car new right out of high school then joined the service, He was killed soon after. I dont think the car has ever left his drive way since his son drove it ... I remember growing up only seeing the car when he pulled it out of the garage to wash it ... Someone someday will get one hell of a car ...