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larrybuck · 07-06-2012, 06:12 PM

2 quick Maverick stories:
My Dad's wife got run into head on as a car accelerating from the opposite side of a 4lane street stoplight dropping something on the floor, and was retrieving it when they plowed into her mid '70's 4door Maverick, slamming her knees into the nearly unpadded dash. I saw her knees the next day; solid black bruising. It effectively ended her school teaching career. She couldn't , and now stand for long periods of time.

Way back when I was 21, was hitchhiking in Colorado on a trip from Oregon to Colorado to see the Pike's Peak hillclimb while riding in a '72 Grabber, the driver spun it to avoid a freeway wreck. We didn't hit anything, but it sure made me very awake!

I like the body style of the early 2 doors. They make great drag sleepers.

The suspensions, and stock seats left a lot to be desired though.

Would be fun to make a roadracing quality sleeper of one!

07-06-2012, 06:12 PM	#47 (permalink)
larrybuck Master EcoModder Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: sw Washington (state), a little north of Vancouver Posts: 1,154 Thanks: 298 Thanked 122 Times in 88 Posts	2 quick Maverick stories: My Dad's wife got run into head on as a car accelerating from the opposite side of a 4lane street stoplight dropping something on the floor, and was retrieving it when they plowed into her mid '70's 4door Maverick, slamming her knees into the nearly unpadded dash. I saw her knees the next day; solid black bruising. It effectively ended her school teaching career. She couldn't , and now stand for long periods of time. Way back when I was 21, was hitchhiking in Colorado on a trip from Oregon to Colorado to see the Pike's Peak hillclimb while riding in a '72 Grabber, the driver spun it to avoid a freeway wreck. We didn't hit anything, but it sure made me very awake! I like the body style of the early 2 doors. They make great drag sleepers. The suspensions, and stock seats left a lot to be desired though. Would be fun to make a roadracing quality sleeper of one! __________________ 06 Chev MonteC JG#24tribute car 30mpg 00 Honda Insight 63MPG 98 Buick Park Ave3.8 33MPG 89 Toyota Corolla wag 60MPG so far 81 VW Rabbit diesel pu 50MPG+ 80 Mercedes 240D stick 30-ish 90 vette 6-speed,29ish 07 Honda ST1300 55MPG 83 Honda 650 GL 64MPG 19 Suzuki dr200 88MPG23 HondaGrom?+Tow K10D Sub 26mpg NEVER,NEVER GIVE UP! PUMP THOSE TIRES UP! DRIVE IN YOUR SOCKS FOR SENSITIVITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SLOW DOWN AND SMOOTH UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!