Differences between '70 and '75

Some of you may know I just picked up a '70 Maverick. What are the differences between the '70 and '75 Mavericks? Besides the obvious, bumpers and grill and stuff. I'll get the VIN number when I get home from work to give you exactly what it is

 

the door panels are diffrent on the inside. the floor pan becuse 70's dont have a cat but 75's do so that will make the bucket seat tracks diffrent. alot of 70's have 7.5'' rears 75's all have 8''s.

 

70's have a smaller transmission tunnel, they also have a drop in gas tank.

 

4 lug wheels on 70 and 5 lug and disc brakes on 75 glove box on 75 headlight bezels are different on 75 seat belts are different on 75

 

Back seat and side panels are different. Seat belts are different.

 

dont 70's have the non-staggered rear shocks?

 

The entire door is different. '75 will have the much heavier crash bar in it while '70 won't. And the area behind the door panel will be different in that the door handles will not interchange. The entire door will physically interchange between cars though. The floor pan will not have provisions for the inside seat track for bucket seats, period. You will have to make spacers for the inside tracks to put buckets in a '70 even if they are factory Maverick buckets and seat tracks. And like was said, shorter trans tunnel.

Yes.

The top of the rear seat will interchange, but the bottom won't due to the fact that the '75 has retractable rear seat belts while the '70 doesn't. The rear plastic arm rest panels from the '70 wil fit in the '75 (leaving the seat belt mechanism exposed), but not vice versa. The dash shell itself is different, but most everything attached to the dash, such as the dash pad, etc. will interchange. To swap instrument clusters you will have to change the electrical plug to it, or disassemble the cluster and swap it piece by piece that way.

 

Thanks for the info.

So the headlight bezels on my '75 won't swap over to the '70?

 

The headlight bezels will fit but the headlight adjustment holes will be in the wrong place, no biggie you just have to take off bezels to adjust headlights probably wont even have to do it.

BTW your new car looks like a very good start, have fun

 

The front upper shock mounts will also be different (falcon style). Also, the shock towers do not have the extra bracing around the inside. It will have the older rear end. It will have a red stripe on the speedometer. There is a small difference in the tail light lenses as well. It's not really noticeable, but something about whether the pattern goes all the way to the edge of the bezel or not. There's another thread about it somewhere. Is the ignition on the dash or column?

 

Ignition is in the dash

 

Then the car is a "69.5", which means even more differences. The steering column will be different then any Maverick of any other year (the turn signal switch is the same as a '69 Mustang.), the VIN will be stamped in a plate that is riveted to the drivers side door instead of on a sticker in the door jam, the car had a different steering wheel originally, the shock tower braces may be slightly different in that they do not have the crease about mid way up to allow them to fold at that point in a wreck, the package tray is different, it is more reinforced around where the ignition switch is mounted, the drum brakes on the car are Falcon parts and are much smaller then even the drums that came on later Mavericks, you probably will have a hard time finding parts to rebuild them (better to just get rid of them), just a host of little odds and ends like that. What is the VIN and date code on the car, if you don't mind me asking? Wonder how early of a car it is.

 

I'll be able to get the VIN during lunch break from work for you

 

75's weight about 300-500 more than a 1970 due to different metal, thicker metal for more safety. and added "crap"

 

Cool! I asked for the reasons that Jamie gives above.
I like the switch in the dash.

There wasn't actually "thicker metal" (as far as body panels go) was there? I thought the weight is just from support braces, crash protection, emissions, etc.