ANY bigs plans for your mavs or comets this winter?

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  1. Mavman72

    Mavman72 Gone backwards but lookin' forward

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    Cold storage...Sta-bil in the tank...Park the Sprint in the garage on a plastic tarp...Pull the battery and bring it in the house.Forget it till spring. Continue buying parts for the blue one, so I can get off my duff and finish the body and start re-assembly next summer/fall.
     
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  2. nickmav70

    nickmav70 Nick Maverick

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    Drive it!!! :drive:


     
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  3. 1973Maverick357

    1973Maverick357 Cooler then a Camaro

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    Sell it :)
     
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  4. Mercurycruizers

    Mercurycruizers David (Coop) Cooper

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    Hopefully this winter I can get started on the 70 Grabber. I plan on doing a V-8 swap from my 74 Comet 4dr. Need the C-4 rebuilt. Also doing the 5 lug swap from my 74 Comet 4dr. I'll be busy if the weather holds out. I only have a carport, no garage...
    We'll see what happens...
     
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  5. Jeff S

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    Tear the whole front end down, fix all rust and repaint, drop a 302 in it and replace the C4, hide all wires.

    Do some major work on the body, has imperfections all over the place.

    Get the interior back together, right now its nothing but a dashboard and a steering wheel

    Sometime when it starts getting warm I'll be painting it, hopefully a week or so before Eastside...thinking of silver or yellow, not sure.

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  6. mean_maverick

    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    the '71 just got lowered, and will be getting a suspension rebuild, 3.80 gears installed with a Posi unit, rear disc brake conversion, and maybe new seats

    the '73 Grabber will have it's engine built this winter, and ill pick up where i left off on the chassis.


    my green '73 4dr will be covered and stored for the winter. i may store the '71 as well and just round up the parts over thw inter and start on everything in the spring... who knows
     
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  7. Rando76

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    Me too. :yup:
    Except I might change the gears in the '73. :bouncy:
     
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  8. Dave@RACEWARE

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    I went road racing with my mustang and got the bug so The maverick will be my road race car next year. Mustang II front, either 3 or 4 link rear mini tub, 17" Bogart road race wheels, Wilwoods Kirkey seats, TKO600 ect... Let the spending begin!!!
     
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  9. Tlowery643

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    Putting on the front disk brakes from the 77 parts car and putting the A/C back in.
     
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  10. Bum's_Steer

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    If we luck out and have a mostly mild winter, I'd like to get my garage built so I can work on my Mavericks.

    Youngest son has been encouraging me getting the 69.5 put together and running, maybe ready for some bodywork and paint in the Spring.

    A place to work out of the weather would definately be a 100% help though
     
    Bum's_Steer, Oct 29, 2009
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  11. HOMERMAV

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    i plan on a roll cage this winter and doing some of the body work.also need to clean up the underside of the mav and get it painted.
     
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  12. maverickdragger

    maverickdragger GearHead

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    same her man. i lowered mine awhile back. blue wrenched it. lol it actuallt put my front end in line and took out the bump steer
     
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  13. Mad Goon

    Mad Goon Scaring the Hondas

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  14. steven brown

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    well I plan on switching from 4 lug to 5 lugs and disc brakes, change out the point dist. w/pertronix ,to a ford dura spark set up on the six , and keep gathering parts for the V-8 swap? may get wheels as well scince I'm changing to the five lug front and rear... we will see what the funds will get.
     
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  15. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Hoping I get time to do a little work on the Stallion. It needs seats recovered, carpet and a fresh paint job. The interior first though as the paint is very presentable as it is. The car drives fantastic. If it wasn't for the dealership keeping me in a new Tundra all the time I'd be using this car as a daily driver.
     
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