Why do we like these cars?

If you just want to horse around, any pony car will do. But if you're not worried about being part of the crowd, "Be Bullish, own, drive and race Mavericks."

No offense to anyone.

 

I like them because back in 72, just before graduation high school, my parents were moving and I needed a car that I could depend on. I talked my Dad into cosigning for a new one. The Maverick was the cheapest on the lot next to the Pinto. Then, after 20 years and 210,000 breakdown free miles, I was too attached to it to get rid of it.

 

im guessing that was your sprint?

 

i remember the first time i saw the mav, i didnt know wat it was, it was just a car in an alley, and i fell in love with it.. this was prolly bak when i was like 13/14

so glad i finally went for one

 

This forum..If it werent for you guys i would probally have sold it...but thanks to you guys i saw the pontential in them, and like don said they start to grow on you.

 

My Mom bought a new Maverick back in 1970, for cheap, economical transportation. When I got my license in '78, she gave it to me,....it was my first car.

I hated to have to part with it when I sold it a year later to buy a 70 Mach-1 Mustang, so I promised myself I'd get another Mav someday.

27 years and 100+ cars later, I finally did.....Two projects and a 4-door parts car.

They're different, unique, have nice lines and aren't too expensive or difficult to work on.

They're great cars, and affordable classics.

 

Actually, I don't like Mavericks or Comets. I just got this one for really cheap, and decided it was better than fixing up a bicycle...

 

Naaaawww! Just kidding

 

I got into these cars young.
I wanted a Mustang badly, however I could only afford Mavericks.
They used many of the same parts, so I named it the "poor man's Mustang".
They were EVERYWHERE and dirt cheap to buy and work on compared to a Stang.
They were also from my favorite period in Ford history, where the lines of the cars were more like works of art than boxes with wheels. *See the 70-71 Torino! Sculpture in motion! Motor Trends 'Car of the Year' when it was out, because of the lines IMO.

The Maverick is honestly not the prettiest or most versatile car from the late 60s/early 70s, but it is right in there. It is the same time, it is light, sporty, V8 compatible, simple, etc...

I am surprised nowadays to find how many folks don't even know what a Maverick is!
The thing broke all the Mustang sales records, they were in every other driveway, they didn't break... Why are they all gone?!? They were disposable cars...
Why doesn't anyone know what they are?!? We are getting old...
Why do I still buy them?!? I STILL can't afford a Mustang!

Dave

 

Uhm...no, that would be the Pinto.

And I don't buy the idea that Mavericks were "disposable cars"...

 

My 73 4door Was My First Car, Left To Be By My Papau When I Was 15 (back In 2000) And Have Loved Them Ever Since. If Nothing Else In Life, Ill Own My 4door Untill Something Happens To Me.... And Then At Which My Kids Will Have It (god Knows What Will Happen To It Then, Lol)

 

Different

Maverick, "A person who takes an independent stand apart from his associates." "unbranded anamial, a motherless calf" The Maverick is a cute car. It has a attractive body style even in base form. In 1972 my next door neighbor bought a new Maverick Grabber in "grabber green" It was a 200 I6 automatic/p/s, Am radio. It was the best looking car on the block! I was 15 years old and I would wash it for her once a week to save money for my car. Most of you know the rest. In 1974 I would cruise Telegraph in my new 302 Maverick Grabber. Most people loved my car and the best part was that alot of the "muscle car" people were afraid of my car because of the V8 even though it was not all the fast. For 1974 it was a quick car though. As time went by I made some performance. Now that Im 50 years old, I don't get on it much but its nice to know I have it! I was independent, different fiom most of my friends and I still am. My '74 Maverick Grabber has made me happy in so many was all I can do is thank God and Ford Motor Company for all the fun. Joe

 

Ok, the Ford Tarus maybe? I dont think the U.S. was really making disposable cars back then since there was so little competition from the japanese market like today but i think the maverick would have definatly fit into the econo car class. in today's car world econo car and disposable car are pretty interchangable terms so its easy to get the 2 confused

 

My mom said they were the Ford Taurus of the 70's. LOL They were everywhere, dirt cheap, you saw like 10 or 20 of them a day just driving around. I don't think they were meant to be disposable cars like we have today, but people used them that way. They were dirt cheap, people bought them, ran them into the ground and junked them. My dad said he remembers going to junkyards back in the 80's, there were always tons of small bumpered Mavericks and Comets there, and parts costed next to nothing since no one wanted them. He said he remembers seeing lots of nice Maverick and Comet small bumpers, Comet GT hoods, Grabber hoods, bucket seats, you name it. We need a time machine... LOL

 

I guess anything's disposable if you don't take care of it. There's no way a car is gonna last 34 years (which is how old mine will be in January) if it was built to last only 3 to 5. I see cars of every make & model in the junkyards that are not even wrecked. They've just been abused and run into the ground...