how much do you have in your maverick or comet

As of right now I have $200 into it. I got the car and all the parts for free. I even have some spare parts. But of course there is more that i need.. alot more!!

I am expecting to have it done for around $7500. It may end up closer to 10k. I am trying to be carefull on where I and how I spend the money.

 

I tried to start with a car in decent shape this time to keep the over all cost down so .... 4k for the car to start and about a grand scince .......still have a long way to go for the new paint ,347 stroker, trans/rear and wheels to make what I wanted ... a true low 11 sec. street car to cruise on weekends and play at the strip in or drive at shows??// hope to end up around 15k when done but still way over what it will be worth to some...

 

" 'Bout a hundred dollars ! " Forrest Gump..

 

No need to j/k...lol we all know its true, I know it is...lol

 

I've got about $2200 in the Comet as of now. I've had it since '97. All this stuff was done '97-'99;
'72 Comet-$900
5.0 long block-$200
used b303 cam-$50
new exhaust-$100
rebuild 5.0/c4/frontend-$600
MSD 6a-$108
2 new tires-$120
I've traded around and acquired several extras, repair parts & such. With paint/interior/weatherstrip and me wanting to convert to a T5, I'm probably going to be in it about 10k. If I put a fair market value on the stuff I got dirt cheap, or have had for years, probably more like 15-18K.
The '75 Maverick is a beater/driver. I traded for it for about $180 cash and some parts that added up to the $700 the owner wanted for it. Other than an oil change, 2 used tires and robbing the battery from my '78 Wagoneer I've put no more $$ into it since I've had it.

 

Well...

when i added up the parts i remember buying i came to roughly $7700, i have gotten my "tide me over" motor together and still needing a torque converter to install it. i have yet to get to the body work portion which includes a new partial front window frame and a fiberglass front end. and some sort of exstensive undercarriage bracing after the look is there i will focus on a aluminum filled interior design, and a beefed 9" out back. once all that is complete i plan on a Ford Racing boss black based mill with alum. cleveland style heads. all eagle bottom end, with a fabricated aluminum tunnel ram and nos. so im guessing i will finish just under 20k about a hundred years from now!!!

 

I have slightly more into it than the $200 i paid for the Comet in the first place.

 

If I recall I have around $15K in mine.

 

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i have that in...free parts and free labor...from my friends...:Handshake

as far as money...i'll call Summit and see if i can get a total on my...sales history...i will call because if they mail a printout the shipping would be close to $40...
...or i could ask Effie........NOT!!!....

if a 0= nothing, then why is it i can say i have..$3500 in my car and Effie says...$35000... she thinks...that's more...
......

 

Youd have more in it if you wouldnt destroy Mavericks to get your parts

 

Don't worry all those Mavericks were either parts that come from long dead cars, one of the Mavericks was going to the bone yard one way or another and i grabbed the parts before they died. And last of all the passenger fender on my Comet come from the long dead Deadboy Maverick. Trust me if i could have saved each and every one of them and kept them in the garage i would have. Unlike some of these guys i do like Mavericks as well as Comets.

 

I installed an old Quicken 98 program I had that came with an old computer and logged in my receipts and put them in categories (Suspension, Drivetrain and so on). I can pull up charts/graphs, itemized categories and detailed category reports showing dates, parts, vendors, how much spent...now I know what I didn't wanna know.

 

i paid 2000.00 for mine 3 months ago and stuck another 100.00 in parts off ebay it was missing the front directionals and a few trinkets. i saw it on craigs list several times over the summer for 3500.00 and kept thinking about it, but with all the drag projects we got going never went after it! untill i saw it dropped to 2500.00 and i got it for 2 very solid car ! has 302 v-8 (decoded to 69 truck block and heads) headers runs like a top no smoke no leaks. auto getting changed out to 4 speed top loader by a buddie whole thing 250.00 installed with pedals! pays to have freinds who are ford guys! only thing i need now is a front bumper for my 70 and i think kory k has one.??? should be draggin it along with him and his 2 at wisconson international raceway and union grove this summer if all gos well! ive also got i know yuk! a 89 tubbed s-10 383 stroker 18 1/2 slicks on back that runs low 10's.

 

I paid $4700 for it and have probably spent about a grand on wheels ,tires,And other small things. So $5700. Been offered 10K so Im good.

 

I have put around $3000 in mine.I plan to put more in it in the future.