What did you pay for your Mav or Comet

i think we must all have to deal with the rust monster at times ,sounds like you have a good project there. mine is a project just started, but at least i learned to start with a solid car to begin with this time.your lucky to have a solid car to do. wish you all the luck ,keep us all updated. i will with mine, wheels are next for me so i can drive it while im building the stroker motor. gas the way it is, 20mpg and a/c working it might take till next summer?? just bought the billet msd distributor,and looking @those aluminum radiators posted?

 

almost with my son

my son totalled my Bonneville SSEi,(wrapped it around a pole) He wasn't hurt thank god! But I was, so I got his maverick
I think the Bonny was worth more, but I love me Mav!

 

Hi all. Got my first Maverick (1971) in 1986 for $1000.00. Completely stock. Ran perfect. Only needed a brake job. Came with five lugs and factory air. Drove that car for almost eight years. Transmission locked up, and thinking selling it and buying a 65 Ford Galaxie would be what I wanted. Wrong. Missed that Maverick as soon as I started driving the klunky old 65 Galaxie.

So, the hunt was on. About a year later, found a 1971 Comet for $200.00. One side was dented up, but soon had a new paint job, and new grill. Drove that until 2000. Rear end went out, and it was one of those sealed ones where you couldn't pull out the pumpkin. Sold it! No regrets, as it was another good car.

Finally, bought my last Maverick (1972 Sprint) in 2000 for $350.00. This car was rough. Lady said she still drove it, and obviously did, as the tags were current. Every freeze plug in the engine was leaking water. She was running air with a single core radiator, and where the xmission cooler connected, the radiator was leaking fluid so there was mud collected in the fins in about a 9" square area. Transmission was slipping. Found about 30 empty fluid cans in the truck where she kept adding xmission fluid while it leaked out the radiator area. Ha ha. Car had surface rust from the coast, where she lived originally. And she was driving this thing like that over the Grapevine in Southern California. I bought it in Central California.

It didn't come with factory air unfortunately, and am presently getting ready to put under-the-dash air in it, as the unit under the dash when I purchased it was trashed.

Now, one thing I always enjoy pointing out about these car is the fact that every one I owned never needed lower end rebuilding, and didn't and don't use oil. These engines are bulletproof. Both the 200 C.I., and the 250 CI, both of which came in the cars I owned.

My Sprint came with a 250 CI. Does have the drivers side mirror that can be operated from the inside.

Jack

 

I paid $250 for my '74 Maverick. I had to set the points by eye from .25 to .025 and replaced the fuel pump and then started driving it. It already had new tires, brakes, gas tank and muffler. I spent about $400 more getting it where its at now. This includes small rear bumper swap, Grabber hood & spoiler, sports mirror, new heater core and radiator, correct gas tank, 72 parts car and a bunch of junkyard trips getting small brackets, front fender and chrome trim http://1bad6t.com/Maverick/maverick.html

 

I paid $500.00 for mine (1971 2 doors 6 cyl 200 cid auto)in sept 2007 and about $10,000 to get it where it stands now,including a 4 door mav that i had to buy to take parts out of it.Well Most of you fallowed my rest pics so you know the story

 

$1300......70k.....1988....i got a great deal...

 

my dad bought me my maverick and he only paid 68 dollars for it and it was in decent shape had a 170 in it and a bench seat. still has the 170 but took the bench out.

 

$400 from my grandpa and i also got another set of wheels another hood and it is a 302 and he had already swapped in bucket seats it needs a lot of work though

 

If I average all 7...$3100 ea. Thats all you are getting out of me.

 

i bought my 73 comet for 600. from a 92year old sweet lady i mean lady she lived in and came to az for the summer (5 months) she only drove the car to her sisters place 40 mi. twice each year and some short trips to the store true mis 54k yellow with a white top so i repainted it removed all the chrome and redone the int. in black limo black windows love it three first places some seconds and thirds and lots of nothings lots of complements got to go harry

 

Nothing...

(Y'all oughta like this)

I traded a Camaro for it.

 

I paid $400 for mine....running and driving but running off a boat gas tank sitting in the trunk.

 

250... my car was on fire...

well, not when i bought it, that would be redundant...
it had an electrical fire before i bought it...


fire was put out.

 

$4500.00 1963 Convertible

 

250 bucks drove it home