I've grown up listening to my dad's stories of the late 60's and early 70's. When he came home from Vietnam, everyone he knew and ran around with had some kind of ridiculous car- Roadrunners, GTOs, Challengers, a guy that shoe-horned a 427 into a Vega, and so on. After hearing all these stories after so many years, I've always wanted an old car- like one of the ones in his stories.
However, that restricts me to a few cars. A '69 428 Cobra-Jet (what he had), a GTO Judge, or a Maverick. He had a friend that bought a brand new '70 Maverick (in 1970) and ripped out the entire driveline, to be replaced with a 429 and a C6.
So anyways, with these stories floating around in my head, I've decided where I want to take the Maverick that is sitting in my garage.
I'm going to build it "period correct" to the early 70's. It'll be quick, but I won't say fast.
Here's the way I'm going to set it up:
-351c or a 302 (most likely a 302 for parts availability)
-Cheap Ford 4 speed to start. If I blow it up, I'll stick some kind of Go-Fast 4 speed in.
-Deeper gears in the rear end, 3.55's if I can scavenge a Pinto, or 3.80's if I have to buy gears.
-Redo/restore the interior. Grabber bucket seats, new dash- all in black.
-Paint the exterior in a Boss 302 clone style.
-Cragar SS mags, in true 70's style.
I found this picture a while ago, and have always held onto it:
I'm thinking this is where I might end up.
Not as lowered/low profile tired/concept-y... but it should give a general idea.
It's really exciting to FINALLY be doing this, it's something I've wanted to do for a LONG time.
