1973 Maverick Grabber 332 Stroker first test drive 

Reminds me of the 72 I had. I alway felt the Maverick was overlooked.

Beautiful little Ford, good job friend. Your successful born-again Maverick makes me wish I had a big enough garage to buy a Comet cousin to your car. Good luck & good health from Massachusetts! Jr.

My first car that ran lol was a 72 Maverick 200 co 6 cylinder auto that I drove for a few years...then I gave it to my father who drove it like 50 miles round trip to work most daily for another 3 or so years until the Pennsylvania roads took it to its rusty grave. Someday I would love to have another 72 version of the Grabber like this one painted flat black with old school aluminum slotted mags etc.

Glad to see a Grabber Maverick back in action.

If I would have had your Maverick back in the day, I'd have kept her. Mine was a turdball three on the tree straight six. You don't see these old Mavericks very often, so it's nice to see yours turn out so nice. I bet you get a lot of "I used to have one of these" stories. Great job on the build!

Some day the Maverick will come into it's own. Until then, the smart ones will hold on to them.

Beautiful Maverick Sir. The blue and the white stripes go together great. If it was mine I would be hunting down some LS ' s

Nicely done -- I love the paint scheme! Kind of funny how the Maverick was the kind of car I would have groaned about having to drive in high school and now I find myself drawn to owning one as part of my collection! Hope you enjoyed it while you had it!

Gorgeous car and props to that woman waiting around just to hear the sound of the car taking off. Keepers...both of them. 👍

Just now seeing this hope it is still going strong for you..sounds awsome!!

I agree, a 73 with a 72 Grabber hood. My son found a 74. We put 73 bumpers and quarter extensions on it and a 72 Grabber hood. It really changed the look of the car. Of course the 18" wheels, a 9" disc brake rear end and a few other nice touches didn't hurt. Thanks for the comment.

Beautiful Maverick, i think i like the '73's the best. The front bumper looks just right.

Wow, it's a gorgeous car! Nice work! They're getting much tougher to find here. Thanks for the compliments. :)

I'm a die hard Chevy man, but those little mavericks are sweet little cars. I'd own one and even leave a ford motor in it. Just don't tell my buddies I said that

A 302 V8 was a lot of motor for a little car like this from the factory. They made these and the sister car the Comet up through 1977.

Man that's one fabulous Maverick !!! I love the colour combo

Beautiful car and sounds great. Nice job!

I miss my Maverick!!! Straight 6 Three on the tree. Great car!

Nice, you very rarely see Mavericks and this one sounds and looks great

Lol. Well, I've always been a die hard Ford guy. You're secret is safe with me. :) I've owned an built over 10 Mavericks (even before they became more popular) This one was the second nicest one I've ever owned, but this one is by far the coolest and most radical. This car now belongs to my best friend. Thanks for the comments.

super nice mav. we have a 1971 grabber. its grabber blue with black stripes. it has a 347 stroker with a tci street fighter trans. a 9 inch rear with 373 posi. track. it runs in low 10s.

That Maverick look great and hace great engine sound.

I had a 1973 Mercury Comet GT (same body). I wish I had it now. It had a 302 and an automatic, but it was a fun little car.

I absolutely love it I had a 2 door 77 but it only had the 250 I loved that car so much and I've always wanted to get one hot rodded

I agree with you. They were a bit of an anomaly (I've heard comments like "my grandpa had one of those"). They are now becoming quite popular. Parts on eBay are bringing some insane prices. The one in this video belongs to my best friend. He bought it from me, we did a large part of the work after he bought it. I am building a 1970 V8, 4-Speed Maverick right now. Hopefully will be running this summer. :)

I always thought the Maverick ought to have been the Mustang II if they offered the V8 in it. I forgot which trim had it. Thing looks killer, man👌 Nicely, kept survivor.

*Whistles* Absolutely gorgeous grabber Pikespeak67! This was very tastefully done, from the beautiful paint, to the powerhouse! This is probably the nicest grabber I've ever seen, which happens to be my favorite muscle car :). How much is that rare 332 stroker putting out? Around 400hp I'd imagine? Man I'd love to hear the finished exhaust, sounds good as is already!

Nice!...Allways liked the Maverick!

Maverick is best car in the world!!

I agree, Mavericks have always been a favorite of mine. I have built over 10 of them. Yes, much about the car remains original. We converted it to a 4 speed, but It looks factory. We even put a set of (re-upholstered) Maverick bucket seats in it. Good luck with your car. I'll get the video posted as soon as we rip up the 1/4 mile.

A 100% sleeper that can shut you down ! 😂👍👌

Beautiful car sounds badass 👍✌️

beautiful maverick....and you also have a crazy garage

I had a 6 cylinder Maverick. It was slow but still had a bunch of fun in it.

nice mav.... always liked those cars, even the mustang 2s as well. so much potential.

Man that Maverick sounds nasty mate.

I had a 71 mercury comet Same body, tail lights were different. 250 straight did with a 3 speed on the floor. Canary yellow with American racing rims. It wasn't fast but she was a looker. I was stupid and sold her to buy a f100 4X4 my senior year. Wish I hadn't. I've missed her since

Sounds reallll healthy

Thank you! It really runs well. We're going to take it to a local drag strip this spring to see how it does. I plan to post a video as soon as we do it.

Cool, good luck with your build! It's good to have a project.

Where have all these Mavericks coming from they are much more rare than just about any car

wicked car , i had the same car colour etc with an auto 4:11 gears 400 horse 302 man i regret sell it

Sounds like a race car!

I loved the Dino Don Maverick

I've always liked the Ford Maverick's, I think they're one of Ford's underrated cars although I still see a lot of them on the road today.

Nice!! I want my 73 comet to sound like that 👍

Fender snakes should always face the front of the car. Nice car

It.. it ... its beautiful!! 😍

Nice job 👍🏽

wow my grandpas car! he had this years ago in the late 70's and early 80's

Now thats clean!

That is really sweet!!!!

beautiful call loving it sounds like a beast

Cool! Diggin that color!

In Brazil the Maverick is the most important muscle car of all, the original is the V8 302, 5.0 L.

love small cars like maverks and vegas

I love these cars! Great built and sexy car! I want one!

That is one great looking car enjoy it just saying

Hope it Stomped a few Novas!

,Lumpy. Sounds amazing.

@mudding456 This car belongs to my best friend. I doubt if he would consider selling it. But, I suppose anything is for sale if the price is right. This is an immaculate car that was built with much attention to detail and a lot of nice parts.

Sweet!

I think you're right. I am no longer the owner of this one, I just posted the video for my best friend. I've had a few real nice ones that I wish I could have kept.

Thank you very much. It's a great little car. :)

Thank you. I helped a friend build this car, so I don't have the vin information.

love it👍

had a 73 w 351 w in it

U wont hear a chevy sound like that!

Its a beautiful car but the small bumper is something I like as I was just wondering why you wouldn't which it be everyone has there own preference

The 73 bumper is a medium size in the front, and very similar to the 72 in the rear except for the small vertical uprights. I think the 73 bumpers look great on this car. This is a true 73 Grabber, and should be appreciated for all of the quality work that was put into it. I didn't see a picture of your Grabber?

nice maverick i have 1974 ford maverick 4 doors 302 motor 4 barrels. just lve your car taker of it theres no much cars like mavericks any more

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que hermoso carro bien conservado, tenía que ser un Maverick

GOTTA LOVE'M.

I have had several 72 Grabbers. I have always likes the looks of the 72. I like the looks of the 73 Grabber as well, although I wish they would have continued using the hood. I think they really ruined the looks of the Maverick in 1974. My son bought a 74 Maverick, and we converted it to 1973 bumpers, and it looks really cool. You can see his car on my website tarantulacustoms.

A little pocket rocket Make a great restomod.

i never seen 332grabber. american muscle car yes

Thank you. :)

Thank you. I am a big fan of Mavericks as well. Do you have plans for yours?

4:00 for the payoff......

Why didn't you convert it to a small bumper?

What compression you running, and timing?

AT :53 SECONDS IN I WOULD OF CRACKED A DRUM ROLE! WHACK!!

sweet

Building a Maverick to this level is going to cost well over 10K. That's if you do most of the work yourself. If you need to have it done, it will be a lot more. We were able to do everything except the machine work in our shop. Your engine would not need to be this radical to be fun. This is a nasty small block. We will be making a quarter mile run this spring.

A Grabber hood would have helped.

250's are good motors but you should get a 200, easier to get parts for and easier to fit them, i.e. more adaptable

AT 3:24 I SAY I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS. AND WHEN THE WIFE WAS TALKIN ABOUT TEMPORARY EXHAUST; AND I DON'T KNOW TAKE IT TO MIDAS. SHE DON'T GET IT THAT IS PERMANENT

Nice car but your Grabber hood appears missing. Just sayin

is this car for sale???

IMO... for a car like that that paint job looks WAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too expensive.... nice but too nice.. then again i have a thing where i like cars to show their age/ rat rods.. anyway cool ride none the less.. btw what frame structure do those have? some where along the line i heard full frame with an unboltable rear section?? then again i live in a area where no one builds/ drives these anymore.. i was a kid when my parents had 1 back in early 80s..dont recall what yr or if it was a comet or maverick... but it was that light sky blue color much like this 1..

The Mercury Comet has better looking rear lights

flowmaster series 50

Every muscle car in existence looks better with white letter tires.

Loud

Whoever parked the Ford SUV needs a parking lesson.

Nice car! I have a 332" stroker in my '77 Mustang II. Check my vids

If you quiet at night you can hear Ford rust

All they are is a pinto on Steroids lol I've had both a 1973 black m grabber 302 boss in it and a 1973 pinto coup with a Boss 302

Test Drive? What, like 5 seconds after a bunch of time killing nonsense. Post another video from in the car of it actually doing something please.