People and their Maverick prices...

Stopped at a salvage yard today after noticing a maverick sitting by itself.

77' model, 2 door, bucket seats, 250 with ac. Non running motor behind a c4 auto.

The front drivers side fender was roached, the drivers door needed swapped, the hood looked like it was in a salt bath its entire life.

From the rear windows back the car looked flawless though. Good for parts to me.

Nothing on it was for sale (This being a salvage yard mind you) Guy wanted $1800, and wouldn't come down.

I said, "Its a ford maverick...I guarantee I'm the first person who stopped and asked to buy it."
...but he didn't care.

I feel bad having to let some of these cars rot away into the ground

 

that's ridiculous. There's a red Maverick that I considered buying and the guy just wouldn't come off of $4,000. It was worth 3, maybe, and it had a 302 and was running. So it still sits in his yard and he posts the car ever 2 weeks on Craigslist.

 

i called on some maverick doors the other day, the lady told me 150.00 for each door and if they were rust free it would be higher. So i asked about the hood 125.00 non grabber. i passed

 

There was a big bumper Grabber here that was listed on CL for 10K. It was a good project car, needed paint and interior work. I called thinking it was a typo and the guy tells me it's a classic and worth every penny of 10 grand!

 

I know the feeling...I stopped by a used car dealer on the way home from work last month, he had an early 60s polaris and a 4dr 76 mav. I looked at the mav. he said "its funny I thought the polaris would get the attention to bring people in, but they all want to look at the maverick" its rusted out and beat, just a donor, but he wanted 850.00. It wont sell at that price and rather than come down hell sellit for scap. What an IDIOT.

 

$850 is not a REAL bad price. I used to buy parts cars for $200. Now it takes $500 or it goes straight to the crusher. I will buy any running Maverick for $500....sight unseen.

 

Any interest prompts the owners to serve as wonderful aggravators - even though there's little or no sentimental value whatsoever. It's simply greed.

 

They seem to think that if a base Chevelle sells for 20-30 then a Maverick should too!

 

I told the guy I payed $1,000 for my 2 door and had to rebuild the transmission and swap heads, bought my 4 door for $1,200 and it was nearly mint, and gave $100 for a 4 door shell.

He told me all of those were steals and I was lucky.

I replied, "Yes they were good deals but I didn't get lucky 3 times...thats what these things go for."

 

You wouldnt want this one, not much left

 

You might be surprised what I have bought and "drug" home.



This car had been sitting for well over 20 years. I had to bring home the tree growing in the front fender (see picture). I couldn't open the doors, so I cut a hole in the passenger door to get it to open. (4) flat tires. Why? Car was a 3-speed manual tranny with floor shift and manual steering. Clutch pedals, no shifter column, floor shift parts, manual steering parts, and more.

 

Holy smokes, Craig! New decorative piece for your living room?

 

We have a yard in my area ( owner is a good friend ) where they refuse to crush anything older than 1980 until every last part is used. He has a small bumper Comet that I'm gonna check out on Monday. I can probably buy the car for $500, take what I need ( left rear quarter & top skin ), then sell the rest back to him for scrap price. He still won't crush it, just put it back where it came from. He's a good man!

Sopp

 

We used to have yards like that around here...but then the price of steel went up....way up. So all the old cars went bye-bye.

 

I think metal scrap prices are the problem. With the Chinese buying up steel everywhere, old cars are being crushed and melted down all over. Sad.