History of the 70’s Ford Maverick all the facts & features 

My dad had a 1971 Maverick with a 302. A few years after he got it, when I was 8 or 9 years old, he let me drive it up our driveway and I almost crashed it into a woodpile at the end. He once told me that service station guys were always asking him if he wanted to sell it after they checked the oil. That little car would scoot!

I really loved the 1971 Grabber. It had a 302 rated at 210hp with a ton of torque and it's weight was only 2800lbs, and it was really easy and cheap to modify to convert this car into a monster at that time. I remember this car was no joke!

My father bought one of the 579,000 1970 Mavericks. I remember when he came home with it, it was a big surprise because there had been no family discussion of him buying a new car. He just showed up with it one day and there it was. As a kid, I didn't really like it. We had 5 kids in our family and it was too small. I also hated hated hated those rear pop-out windows. As a kid, you're always in the back seat, and you didn't get enough air back there with those shitty little windows, and you couldn't roll down the windows and stick your head out, which was always fun on the highway. A couple of things about it: it was the first new car we ever had in our family. It was also the first car we ever had with seat belts. And it was the first time I ever saw velcro. The front seat shoulder straps hooked on over the door with velcro, and I had never seen that stuff before. it fascinated me. I've had people dispute me on this (that such attachments existed), but I distinctly remember that, and unless what my father had was an aftermarket addition he added, it was on that car. We also had had before a Ford Falcon, I think a 61, with a white roof and red body. So we had both the before and after, but no Ford Fairmont. Instead, after bout two years my father traded in the Maverick for a Plymouth Fury wagon, which better fit the size of our family.

The Maverick had more potential but Ford didn't take advantage of it. My first car was a 2dr 74 Maverick my Dad got me shortly after my 16th birthday in 1991 It had a 302 and dispite the big bumpers I loved that car. Wish I never sold it. However in 2010 I bought an early 1970 and I'm now customizing it. The Mavericks popularity was helped in Brazil partly because they had a Maverick GT and offered proper center console, 4 speed manual, Maverick specific taillights and other upgrades never available in North America.

Great video! Appreciate the history, this is one I will share. I own a 1971 Maverick Grabber with a 302. That car is a blast to drive and even more fun to show. I meet new people at every car show that all have a Maverick story; their mom had one, their grandma or uncle had one. They all say "but it didn't look like this!" That car brings a lot of smiles.

the maverick was so cool haha, great video highlighting that. rebuilding a 74 grabber over the last few years has really made me dive into the history. im in my early thirties and was unaware of this cars existence until my dad showed me a picture of him in his 70. after that i had to have one. cant wait to dive into more videos on yours.

Falcon continued production in Australia for many years. the Maverick and the Fairmont both had something on common, they both were excellent drag cars. because they both transferred the weight to the rear of the car really well. that's why they were used so much along with the Pinto by Bob Glidden. I'm not sure what the people at Ford are thinking these days? they must have lost their minds? by reintroducing the Maverick name as a pickup truck. and using the mustang name for an EV. huge mistake in my opinion.

As a kid in the 80s I like the Ford Maverick. It just had a cool 1970s look, especially the back end

I miss my 77 Maverick! When I bought it it had the 250c ( I think) 6 cyl, which I quickly dropped in a lightly built 302. (headers, street cam , Holly carb , and Edelbrock intake) she was medium metallic blue, chrome trim, tinted windows and chrome 5 spoked Cragars with just a slight lift in the back end provided with air shocks. At the time I had two built Mustangs (both 65's) so the Maverick was my play car because I didn't wanna bruise the Mustangs. These days if I had extra money to play with... yeah I'd drop some on another Maverick!

I was in high school when we bought a '73 used Maverick with the LDO. Great car to drive to school and work. The oil crisis made the old Galaxie look like a gas guzzler, so the Maverick was a good car for the time. Because we had such a positive experience with it, I couldn't understand why Ford just let it die. Thanks for a great historical look at one of my favorites.

I had a '71 Maverick base model with 3 speed manual on the column. I loved it and it was quick and got fantastic gas mileage. The interior knobs were all falling off but the engine and transmission were great.

The 302 Maverick was an absolute blast to own and drive. I’d LOVE to have another one

Thank you for this! Back in 1973 my Mom bought a brand new Maverick 2dr in blue, my two older sisters, brother and myself got our driver's license in it. It was so easy to drive, I was so sad when she got rid of it in 1982.

In 1970 my grandmother traded in her '61 Falon station wagon for a Hula Blue '70 Maverick, She was in her early 60's at the time and she had no kids at home anymore and wanted something sporty. She drove that car until 1980. That Maverick was a huge part of my vehicle childhood. Thanks for sharing the video, brought back great memories.

Ah, the Maverick. My favorite classic small car. I always thought the Maverick looked more "Mustang" than the Mustang II. If I were in charge of Ford back then, I would have called it "Mustang II" and sold it along side of the bigger Mustang. Then, in '74 (when the big Mustang was dropped), I would have dropped the "II" from the name- similar to how Chevy dropped the "Chevy II" name after '68 and just called it a Nova in '69. I've just always thought the Maverick looked more like the transition between '73 and '79 than the actual Mustang II. Anyway, I had a Maverick as an 18 year old in 1989/90- a 302 car that was NOT a Grabber, and with a bench seat! It was my one and only "got it off of a little old lady" car with less than 40K on the clock. Interior and engine compartment looked brand new, but it had that sun damaged red paint that would turn your hand red if you rubbed it on the car. I'm still looking for an early Maverick body to build that isn't completely rotted out- a difficult task in Indiana!

You,my friend, have done a Fantastic job. Thank you.

Learned to drive in a '70 anti-establishmint 6cyl 250 Maverick... fun car... good memories - thanks for the video !!

My dad bought a '71 Maverick, new. It was the first "new" car he ever bought. 200ci/6, automatic, pretty bare bones. He drove it for several years then I bought it off him and drove it several more years. It was a decent "no frills" car, basic transportation.

My dad had a 1974 Maverick 2 door. I used to take it out for short drives without his knowledge ! I was 15 ! I liked it. Good car.

I bought a brand new 1971 302 white Grabber with a C-4 automatic. With dual exhausts and glass packs, it was the best little car I owned...

Thanks for the Maverick history lesson! My first car was a 3-on-the-tree manual, '71 Maverick in Grabber trim, with the 302. I'd been driving my mom's slant-6 powered Plymouth Valiant, four-door coupe, so after inadvertently popping the clutch, and chirping the tires at a stop sign while driving the Maverick home from the dealership, I thought I had a real rocket ship on my hands . . . At least until my first street race against a mildly modified 350 Chevy Camaro, left me humbled and disappointed! Gears, exhaust, intake, and a plethora of other goodies followed over the next two years!

Even though the Maverick had grill and bumper changes over the years the 1977 model still had the same taillights as the original. Also note that those taillights were used on the Pinto from 1971 to 1976, or until Pinto had a light change. On another note Granada was originally intended to replace the Maverick in 1975, but instead the two cars were sold along side one another.

Ford should have kept the Maverick!

These are just so much more appealing than most of what ford is making lately. And they had COLOR! not just dull blah tones

In 1971I received a Ford Maverick Grabber for a graduation gift. It was dark green with black stripes, black interior, and black vinyl roof. It had plenty of style and looks with bad breaks and a smog system that was a POS which I disabled later. It would run the 6 cyc. had run of the power. The clock in the floor board quit working. All in all it was a decent car.

My old 302 71 Comet was a sleeper that would surprise many cars from a stop light, with my air cleaner lid flipped over It hauled ass! And yes they should have continued production they had a pretty decent car that had great name recognition. All they needed to do was update it. Same with the late Crown vic!

I have seen this video before. I still remember the buzz the car created among the average people in the Ford showroom I visited as 14 year old in September, 1969. While nothing groundbreaking, The Maverick appealed to a lot of people, hence the reason you saw them everywhere.

My first car when I started driving in 1976 was a baby blue 1972 Maverick. Great car for a 1st car.

I had fun driving the V8 maverick my girlfriends mom owned. It was fast!!

I remember a non-running green Maverick at my cousin's place, the bull logo. I was a little kid, though, so no experience driving or maintaining one.

Had a 75 4 door Mav. it was no looker but it gave 2 years of trouble free driving in 1984 back and forth to college.

Thank you for all the info! So hard to find stuff online about these cars. Looking at buying one

Just got my "First" Driveable car and its a Mercury Comet 1975. Was in love with it the day I went to go look at it and brought it home the same day. It's a fixer and not a maverick but it's still a good car for just being a copy cat pretty much.

The Ford Maverick is a legend in Brazil (specially the V8 version). It was produced in brazil (by Ford of Brazil) between 1973 and 1979. Here we call these classic car by the nickname "Maveco"

Ah, my dream car. Hilariously because I loved using the ‘Hurricane’ car in Test Drive: Eve of Destruction that was modeled directly off of it.

I ended up with first my mom's 74 Comet and then my brothers from the same year. My mom's was pretty loaded and my brother's was stripped down both were 250 cid straight 6 but my brother's had a 3 speed standard. It's just one of many cars I had that I wish I had kept. They were both pretty much bullet proof dependable good driving cars.

Helo friend. Im from Brazil! I have a Maverick GT 75. Good vídeo! Congratulation!

My dad had brand new early 73 Grabber, with no glovebox. It was a 302 car with every option except air conditioning. Had bucket seats, alloy wheels, etc. He said he went to the dealer once in the late 70’s, and they were trying to get him to trade for a Granada. His response was why would I trade my sporty looking Maverick for that boxy thing? Unfortunately he sold the Maverick and got a Cadillac, which is a long story, but in short he still has it, and it’s still kinda a nightmare of a car. I never got to see his Maverick, and so far I’ve only found one picture of it, it’s not a very good one either. It’s just the back quarter of the car off in the distance. I’m always hoping someday I’ll find a better picture, which should be likely as my family was in the photography business at the time. I’d like to get a Maverick myself, but the price for a nice one is just insane recently. I think it was a year or two ago, I watch a early grabber that was far from mint go for 40k plus on ebay. I couldn’t believe my eyes how fast the price shot up in the final minutes of that auction.

In 1974 I bought a used 4 door 71 comet, automatic, 302 v8, and 32,000 miles for $1600. I loved that car.

And the Ford Maverick that I grew up with and had was not a truck

This one might be a year old Tony, but I’m trying to figure out why you don’t work for one of the major automotive review channels or somewhere like Haggerty you got the chops for it example I just watched a Maverick video that brought me to this one. I have zero interest in the Maverick lol other than it’s old Yet I’m watching every second of this episode and noticing that you actually have your facts correct compared to the last one I watched anyway thoroughly enjoy the videos you make bud

1974 I bought a 1970 Maverick, 170 Auto, AM radio and heater. That's all. I installed a rear speaker, painted the grille, headlight surround insets and taillight panel flat black. The car was blue. It was competent, reliable, but the updated paint did not add any excitement. After a year I traded it for a 72 Gran Torino. That wasn't exciting either, but a far nicer car.

Here is another less known car by Ford that very few people heard of, the 73 Ford Mexico Maverick Shelby. I read a story about it and it's surprising that you didn't include it in this video

I had a 71'maverick with a 302v8, no grabber, perfect sleeper with peanut size white walls, real low rear end. Burn rubber like a Olds cutlass.

My 2nd car was a 69 orange maverick with the key next to the package tray my sister had a 71 comet gt white w red interior & 302 years later I bought a 76 one owner low miles original paint & perfect interior( green)

They were popular in Brazil. Available as 4, 6, V8 cylinders. Mostly coupes. Given its short run production , they are very sought after as vintage models. They command high prices . The only challenger then and now we’re Opel’s Rekord rebadge , a.k.a. Chevrolet Opala. The longest production run , 2.5 4 cyl and 3.8/4.1 6 cyl straight engines. Chrysler’s Dodge Dart , also sold in Brazil.

I had two of them, a 200 and a 302. I think they look cool. I bought a wrecked 250 and put the engine in a pickup truck.

1999.00 in 70 is the equivalent of 14000 today. I think we're getting screwed, today. No wonder why my neighbor bought two brand new Mavericks in 1970. One for him and one for his wife. And a new house, that same year. And they had average incomes. Times have changed.

I believe that it's a travesty that Ford has now named a very small pickup truck Maverick. My godfather had a Maverick and he took a lot of care with it. He was a Merchant Marine man and that car went from his house to the docks once a week. I was shocked when he passed away and the Maverick was still in the garage buried under a bunch of boxes. I should have bought it from my aunt. But instead I helped clean it up and she sold it to a guy who turned it into a quarter mile drag car.

who here would have liked to see Ford make a Boss 302 Maverick?

My 1st car was a 71 Maverick with the 200 I6. As soon as I graduated high school in went a 351 and T5 also a 6 point cage. Never upgraded those 4 wheel no power assist drums though 😄

They should bring it back as another sports car.

My mom bought a new 1970 Maverick. Had it for 7 years and put 32,000 miles on it. When she sold it, it had rust holes the size of your fist in the fenders.

I have both! My graduation gift was a 1960 Falcon Ranchero and I bought a 74 maverick Grabber. I love them both. Same chassis different animals completely. I also have a 67' and 87' mustang. My Maverick is one of my favorites, just behind my Grandpa's Ranchero. A ford Maverick platform on the Fox chassis would have been a fantastic hit in my opinion. Then again I am a bit biased. I love my 67' 289 four speed mustang. But I also love the creature comforts of my Maverick Grabber. Mine has PS, Disc, AC, LDO exterior option, auto idle kickdown, seatbelt interlock and trim ring package. Of the 23,000 made in 74' 1,300 came with medium bright blue metallic paint and medium blue interior. Only one was ordered that way with a super soft vinyl bench seat. The owner ordered it because he had a bad back as a retirement gift to himself. I bought it off the widow. Second owner 115K thousand miles on a 302 auto.

I took driving lessons in a Maverick and my Dad owned a 1973 302 Comet at the time. It was a fun little car to drive and had a decent look to it, but in our Southern Ontario (Canada) climate it rusted out at an incredible rate and would lose traction on anything more than about three flakes of snow. On dry pavement in a more forgiving climate it would have been a better car. Of course a lot of other car models at that time were rusting badly as well.

Mid ‘70’s I raced a Grabber that was doing wheelies in the parking lot. My ‘68 340 4 speed Barracuda smoked it.

First year they came out ($1995!) my family went to the dealership. The salseman was showing one off but then couldnt get the trunk to shut. We didnt buy one.

I just saw a Maverick sitting in a yard. It had blue and white paint on it. I thought it had to be something different because the only mavericks I remember were just one color. It might be a grabber. Now I have to go look again.

love mavericks...i have owned a few, and even took my drivers test in one

I'm not a car guy but the first new car I ever bought was the '74 Maverick. I always thought the Maverick was discontinued was because they were too reliable and they couldn't get people to give them up. I went to a dealer in 1978 to trade it in for a new Maverick and was told its replacement car was the Granada. Boy am I glad I didn't get that piece of crap.. The Maverick eventually lasted for a quarter million miles before it was totaled by the guy who bought it from me.

I like the Mustang better than the Falcon. However I definitely prefer the Maverick to the eras Mustangs. Although once the Fox bodies hit I go back to preferring the Mustang. While I had a lot of fun building a sleeper Fairmont and I think they are a better platform. The Maverick is a very good looking car, the Fairmont is a bit bland.

My first car back in 79 was a red 72 maverick grabber with the 302 backed by the three speed toploader. To this day it's the only car I still miss owning.

I had a '71 Maverick; 250CI straight 6 and a 3-speed auto; it ran very well. Really good car. Later I bought a '79 Fairmont; 200CI straight 6; also a very good car.

They looked cool, but were craptastic in every other way. Props for the Ed Bassmaster clip.

I'd love to find a model kit of the Maverick Grabber someday..

Great video Tony. I owned a 71 Maverick Grabber. It was black with silver stripes. Of course it had the hood you mentioned. The engine was the 250- 6 cyl. I loved that car. In 1987, someone ran a red light with a huge Cadillac. I T-boned them in the side. My car was buckled up to the cowl. Totaled! Such a shame. I miss that car. Thanks for the video,have a great day! 😀

Actually the Granada was supposed to replace the Maverick, but there was enough demand for the old lower priced compact that the Maverick soldiered on until the entirely new Fairmont was introduced (after which the by now ancient Granada became increasingly irrelevant until it too became a deluxe Fairmont for a brief moment in 81-82). In that sense the Maverick played a similar role to the carryover Dart/Valiant when Chrysler debuted the Aspen/Volare. There was an episode of the 1970's show 'Family' where the dad had a mid-life episode and bought a Corvette. Eventually he realized this was ego and lost youth calling (he was a pretty staid lawyer), so he traded the Vette and reclaimed his Mercury Comet,. Slyly, however, he let slip he had Corvette engine dropped in. (Don't know if it would have have fit in the bay, but the Granada at least did offer a 351, so maybe - depnding on shock towers, etc.)

My dad had a Maverick, and he LOVED it. I remember riding in the rear seat and it was perfectly fine for a family sedan. For some reason, I really liked the look of the old salt-disc hub caps. I wish they would bring back that look for a few modern cars. It's sad to see Ford bring back the Maverick name for a truck. Back in the day, even a small 2-door coupe was enough for a growing family.

First car in ‘89 was a brown ‘76 2 door I6. I hated it. I would have felt different with the 302. But the I6 was slow and uninspiring for a teen. Looking at these videos does make me realize there were some Maverick trims that were pretty nice and I would feel differently.

For the life of me I can’t figure out why Ford can’t build reliable vehicles anymore. The Maverick was so reliable and so easy to work on and tweak for more performance. It was nothing to drive the In-line 6cyl or the 302, V8 250K miles trouble free !

My dad used to own a '73 maverick sedan

Very good video. However, the Fairmont was a great car. Inexpensive, looked nice, reliable, easy to change the oil yourself. Owned three Fairmonts total.

The Falcon, Maverick, and Fairmont were really the same car line. Falcon was suffering from Ford management's ineptness. There was and still is a lot of that inept management syndrome at Ford. The Falcons started in the sixties as as bright new car line designed by a young fresh team if designers at Ford while the inept old guard team worked on the Edsel. They were a good economy car as a first car for young people that just finished school and needed transportation. It was also a good car for retired empty nester that didn't have families to haul around. Ford improved upon the car every year during its first generation, and improved it for the second generation making a car that could still hold a market for those that wanted a little more car than a Mustang, but wanted to retain some of the Mustang sporty feel and flair. Then, in 1966, the old gaurd inept old guard team at Ford took over and started to kill the Falcon with a new design that didn't cut the mustard with the consumers. Yet, at the same time, they tweaked the second generation Falcon design and made it the Fairlane for the next two years. In the late 60s they started wondering what happened to the Falcon and reminiscing about how it started and the success they had with it as abrand new car line, and they decide to change the model name and introduce it as a brand new fresh Idea for a car. It had all the original earmarks of a Falcon. They stifled it's success, by doing the same marketing plan with another new carline, the Pinto. They were trying to keep the Falcon line going by offering the Australian Falcon Fairmont, hear in the US as the Fairmont. The Granada was actually a Fairlane at first a pour mimic of a Mercedes Benz, I. In 81 and 82, an upscale Fairmont, which was a Falcon. Today, Ford's ineptitude management syndrome has reareditss head again. In the decision not to make cars except the Mustang. The Mustang doesn't even sell well. They make a profit on it because it is overpriced and there is a small market of consumers that will buy it despite the price. When Ford announced they were going to phase out the sedans, I started to keep track of how many Fusions, Taurus, and Mustangs I would see while driving. Fusions always took the lead, easily doubling and tripling the Taurus, that had respectable numbers. Most of the time, I don't even see Mustangs. On a good day, I might see as many a two Mustangs, but most trips when I count a Mustang it is only one. The Falcon should never have died it was Ford management that killed the Falcon/ Maverick/ Fairmont and the last Generation Granada. My first car was a 63 Falcon Futura Convertible. My second car was a 68 Falcon two door coupe. Later I owned an 82 Grenada. They were all very good cars.

I am trying to remember the correct amount of oil to add daily to my old 6 cylinder Maverick

I had a 71 Comet GT, wishing I could find I have the VIN.

The Maverick ushered in the Maize period in American cars and helped turn an entire generation to Japanese cars. I was 17 when my dad bought one. The side float on the 1v carburetor starved the engine of gas on right hand corners. The column shifter broke off in my hand. The emblem fell off the grill when the door was slammed. Though I only weighted about 135lbs, my bottom sunk the bench seat almost to the floorboard. Need I say more ??

The Fairmont was so different from the Maverick, hard to imagine that it was intended to fill the Maverick's nitch. There were Fairmont station wagons and 4 door sedans, formal and angular and boxy, totally different style. And I don't remember any kind of sport packages for the Fairmont...

The Fairmont looks bland and boxy now but in 1978 it was a breath of fresh air, and you could always get it as a basket-handle coupe (or a wagon which echoed that look) if the sedans were too plain. The modern Maverick should've been called Ranchero - it's what the 1960 Falcon Ranchero would've evolved into if it had stayed more-or-less an economy truck, but that's another story...

Dude, it looked old when it was introduced 😅. Basically, the Fairmont replaced it...and the Falcon chassis was ancient by that point. Ford could have probably gotten a couple more years out of it if they even bothered to modernize the styling...

The Mustang 2 was over priced, but was a nicer body style, of course they were competitors with each other and the pinto, had ford discontinued the pinto and the mavric, with lower priced Mustang 2s It might have out sold the 65 Mustang, of course the numbers have been cheated by ford, for the 65 Mustang, which came early mid 64 So the numbers of the 65 Mustang are really lower than there counted to be, another thing that would have helped the Mustang 2s first year would have been a v8 engine being available but should have been available with 302 351c and 351w

Grew up in a longtime Ford family (Fairlane, Falcon, Galaxy station wagon LTDs, Mustangs, Lincoln Continentals, Maverick, Gran Torino, and Mercury Marquis), so when the parents bought a '73 Pinto with a standard inline 6 for the two youngest children about to graduate HS., decided to take it for a test spin to see how Ford matched up against the Japanese sub-compact invasion. Must say I was thoroughly disappointed Everything about this car suggested cheapness and provided nothing we car guys like about vehicles. Cheap interior, tinny sounding doors when they closed, poor handling, and the power curve on the inline six (an engine configuration I have always liked) was that of a tractor. Couldn't believe the old man bought one. Must have been the cheapest thing on the lot.

the The Falcon platform three of the biggest hits in Ford history, In 1960 Falcon was a big hit then in 1964 Mustang made a huge splash. fThen ord made a big hit with the Maverick., I don't mansion the Granada because it never made real headlines. But Three hits on a Chassis that was intended to be an economy box.

Mavericks & Comets were good with 302s , but those shock towers made it almost impossible to put a larger engine in there. GM & Chrysler had a better designed up front engine bay. The Nova once had the option for a big block in 1969. The Nova clones could fit BB in theirs too. Chrysler sub compacts had 340-360s. IDK if BB could go in them? Ford should have had widened that engine bay for a 351. The 170-200 I6 in the Mav/Comet were anemic at best.

when i was 18 i had a 1970 maverick ( used of course 1984) .mine was yellow black like that one at 2.45 ..and it had the 250 straight six .. we put a 302 in it ...buit i remember going to the junkyards for parts .. and ALOT of mustang parts fit right on it with NO modifications -

Another comment.....The only PEOPLE who loved the MAVERICK were the ones who owned them and got a chance to see how they per formed and a joy to drive.....Good mileage too and only 22 hundred for a 6 cyl.....

I learned to drive in my parent's 1977 Ford Maverick, started out as my mom's car when it was new, then my dad drove it daily for a few years, then it was my car for a couple of years in the late 80s when the transmission started slipping, my mom got another year or two out of it with a used junk yard transmission before she finally junked the car around 1991-92

I loved the Maverick and Comet. By raising the price of the Grabber package, Ford killed a good car. I remember my grandfather had a 1972 Comet 2 door with a 6 cylinder engine.

Had a '70 Maverick with a 170 cid engine. Ignition on the dash,13 inch wheels,9 inch drums. Built in May '69.

This seems to be what Ford does with their bread and butter models. Keep a model around too long so they can squeeze every last bit of profit they can out of it. By the time it's finally killed, its reputation is shot because the competition has moved on. So then they come out with something NEW and EXCITING and the whole cycle starts over. It also happened with the Fairmont, Taurus (twice), Tempo, Escort....

I really liked my 1970 Maverick Blue paint, 6 cly automobile.......It was a he'll of a lot better than the 60's Falcon...

We had two of those, a green 1976 and a blue 1977. Both were four door and straight six engines. We found Both To be wishy e washy in the front ends but they served the purpose at that time, late 70s.🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

The Grabber is much more attractive than the Mustang II Cobra. It has a sportier, more classic muscular appearance and attitude than the Cobra. Even on a base platform, the Maverick looks sporty while the Mustang II looks economical and boring. I never knew the Fairmont was what replaced the Maverick. The Fairmont doesn't have the sporty, aerodynamic shape of the Maverick and looks like a cheap car vs the Maverick.

Ford did alot of stupid things, like send the best performance engine they ever made (the 351clevland) to Australia after only 4 years.I love my fords, but some of the idiot's working there should have been sent over to Japan.

The Maverick? Seriously? Even the Pinto, Vega, Pacer, and Gremlin are laughing.

Maverick was basically a restyled Falcon. Then in 78 the Fairmont was introduced which was the first Fox body Ford.

My grandparents next door neighbor had a 72 Spirit Maverick, he had it until the mid 90's when he passed away

There are a few photos floating around that wad supposed to be a prototype of the maveric....if they were commissioned ford I don't think it said but I wish they would bring it back

I have one....1975, drag car 4 link big inch SBF powerglide. For sale, BTW.

I actually bought a new red Grabber exactly like the one pictured at 3:51

I think they should have put a four barrel on that 302 in that Maverick and then it would have showed that Mustang who was boss I own a 74 Maverick grabber as of now