Mega-RPM '71 Maverick Stick-Shift Screamer | Coyote-Swapped NMRA Ford Factory Stocker 

The old-school Maverick looks a million times better than the new Maverick truck does.

I love this type of content, covering a hot rod that a working person can build and enjoy!!

Beautiful car! Love the sound of the coyote screaming, love the wheelie !!! To me that's real racing.

Thats one badass little Ford Maverick and that Coyote V8 is definitely badass.

When I was growing up nobody liked the Mavericks and always called them a pinto upgrade....it's amazing to see all the love they're getting now a days. I always thought they looked so good,( well 69-72 models). Wish I kept mine. I wrote several articles on the maverick forum that are still up, on suspension and other things.

I always thought the Maverick was a great looking car and this one's a beast.

This little car is the coolest car in Coyote stock!!! Looks as good in person as it does here.

It's sweet

man thats a badass car!!! love the grabber blue paint. there was one that used to cruise Telegraph rd in Detroit the late 90s that could be its twin. i got lots of love for Mavericks. we street raced a real 72 grabber in Detroit, in the late 90s-2006. a full weight V8 Maverick from the factory was only 2700lbs. ours started as a 306 on nitrous, and evolved into a small tire terror with a 434w with high ports, C4 with brake, and ladder bar coil overs, it went 8.90 @153 at the track and was so light it would hook in a car wash. the car was a teal blue mettalic and was purchased by someone in Columbus Ohio. after our freind Tofie Haddad was killed me and my dad had no desire to street race anymore

Love that Maverick! Congrats on your win, Mike! 👍🇺🇲

Man, Evan, you know the best cars for us Ford fans! Another home run! Love these old Fords!

I know that coyotes fast but I still like the sound of an old school 351 Cleveland or 460 pushrod motor better

My first car was a Maverick Grabber & I’ve absolutely loved those cars ever since. 🤗❤️

You pull some really good wheelies. I'm impressed with how after it comes back down the car plants and stays there! Well built car.

Love the patina. Definitely one beautiful Maverick

Miss the old Mavericks. Badass car. Had a buddy back in the early 80s with one that had a Boss 302 in it. What a rocketship

Great video!! Badass maverick!!! Kicking it old school and rowing the boat!!!

Love this car! A friend of mine had one way back when we were in high school, same color. Intake, Holley, cam, it was legendary back then. Miss those days!

Another great shifter racer from PA! RIP Jerry Dick

The LS and LT's are super nice old tech, but the coyote is so dependable and makes more hp per cubic inch in all the testing...the perfect air pump

Nice. First car was a 72 maverick. I ended up putting a 351w into it, a high stall conv and 4.11 gears. It pulled hard and was fun to drive.

That's a great car! Mavericks never get much love, but I like them. Love that 5.0 too!

Awesome! They were sleepers when equipped with the 302. I smoked many unsuspecting foes at red lights back when there were millions of Mavericks and Comets out there! Air cleaner lid flipped and turbo jet single exhaust it was badd ass...

Can't go wrong with the maverick! Nice pick.

I love that the cars all wheelie in this class. It seems less common to see cars do that these days.

Looks like old friends of mine old machine. Roy pounds an son Jeff....they was fast and consistent.... Boaz, Alabama, hammer on brother,,,,, long rest Roy's soul, god bless.

That thing sounds great at full song. I love this car. I would also love to see him do the Thunderbolt.

My first car was a 71 comet. Loved those cars

Of all the videos you do, these are my favorite kind! Just a nice blend of entertainment and good info!

That was just awesome I’ve always liked Mavericks and this one has got some balls

Evan: Talks about the suspension as if it's a handicap Car: Damn near does a backflip off the line.

My brother built and raced Fords for SCCA club road racing in Portland. First with a 2.0 Pinto (dual 48 mm side draft Weber’s, later single turbo) but that class included 350 corvettes… not competitive. By STOCK they mean it regarding the engine. Next up was a 71 302 Maverick. Grabbed Comet GT / Comet Police brakes & other parts. Same class as VW Rabbits. Faster on the straights but a beast to slow in the corners. The Trans Am Mustang mod books showed that the Maverick was essentially a Mustang, so he did all the Boss 302 Trans Am chassis mods. I’d love to build a 351 Cleveland Maverick as a tribute to my late brother. Mavericks suffered with a pedestrian interior and styling-wise overstayed its welcome while Ford slapped on hideous oversized bumpers. But early stying was snappy in the right trim and is a fairly economical alternative to a vintage Mustang nowadays.

Awesome car… I’d like to drive it down the parking lot at work… doing a wheelie… lol

Had a 72 Maverick and a 74 Comet both nice reliable cars!

Impressive package... See what a little Ford faith will do !!

Mike certainly has a Bad Unit !! Always enjoy talking to him at the track. Glad he was able to get some attention as it's not the cookie cutter coyote.

this car is so sick! I've watched this video so many times, love the color!

Bad ass! I use to have a 71 maverick grabber I traded a foxbody coupe for. I didn’t build it, but it Had a 351 Cleveland, C4 auto, 3k stall, 9” rear end, and ladder bars. Things hooked up and went! Never got to run it at the strip tho.

What a BEAST FORD MAVERICK!!!!! Love that car!!! AWESOME!

Beautiful Maverick...

71-72 Maverick Grabbers are good looking cars.

I had three Mav’s back in the late 70’s thru mid 80’s, including a ‘72 Grabber with a swapped ‘85 Mustang GT 302. Loved those cars. Would love to have one again. Beautiful car Mike!

I love this freaking car..... It says everything you need to know about a Ford..... "What kinda RPM you turn ?" ALL OF IT...................

I always liked Mavericks. That Coyote sounds great 👍. Thanks 😊🙏

That's just one Fudge Caken awesome unit, what more can I say.... oh, I can also say well set up and driven !!

I always Thought Mavericks we’re good cars I know some people dis, but light weight and came with a V-8 they were only one of the cool cars of the 70s .Out west they were always a prize for ford drag cars. Like the channel I’m a Ford guy and I’m a stick shift guy Thanks

Awesome car, love the patina.

Small tire over 2 foot wheelie launches and looks fairly stock love it

Thanks Evan and Mike! Some more amazing fun facts! Keep up the great work!

Grew up with Maverick, first car ever was $200, a '70' straight 6 stock from Michigan complete with body rot every lower panel. Rode it to Colorado, rode it to California. Love seeing this. Thanks Mike for doing this. Not many 71's left on the planet.

Local home town hero. Keep it up Mike.

I have a Hot Rod magazine from the EARLY 70's that features a Maverick racer "10-second six (cylinder)

Love the maverick wish there were more of them built and around..Ford Brazil built them I believe until the 80s

Had 1 when I was a kid and boy do I wish I had 1 today.

I bought a brand new 1971 white Grabber with a 302 and C-4 automatic. I loved that car!!!

Cool 👍 always liked Maverick's and the Mercury Comet Wanted to order a 72 Comet GT in 72 but missed the order cut off date and the 73 had the ugly front bumper. I Like this Maverick it's bada*s!!

💥 Now That Car Runs… What a Sleeper💥

My Dad and Mom had a 1972 Mod Maverick that was the same color as this one but it had the chrome side pipes and it was 302 Boss powered with the 4 speed manual gearbox. For being 100% factory stock I never seen or heard of a loss in a street race 😉

Enjoyed the 8.8/9” conversation.🤘🤘

Such an underrated muscle car. There's stories out there Ford had to increase the price of the Maverick because they were outselling the Mustangs. The Maverick bloodline runs in my family.

Cool car 😎👍

I think that the Maverick was one of the best looking US cars of the 70's.

Its fun to watch the Maverick beat all those mustangs

NICE RIDE !!!

Nice, I love Mavericks

Gen 1 Coyote, amazing!

YEEEAH COYOTE 💪🏻👊🏻🤙🏻

Not big on Ford but this coyote 5.0 in a maverick is pretty cool more simple than a new mustang and at least 600 pounds or more less in weight and electronics and you know no headaches cool maverick screamer like 60s 70s 80s cars

the Maverick is one excellent looking car

I’ve got a 75 maverick I put a 429 auto with a big bearing 9” diff , thing is nuts .

Great racing coverage, love it 👍

Love It!! Good old 1/4 mile racing

Great video, car & driver, thanks, Evan!

Super cool car.

Bealtiful car

The Girard boys Mike and Chris 1 and 2 way to go love to watch that maverick launch

What a cool car! There aren't many Mavericks over here in the UK, so that was great to watch :)

My first car was a 71 maverick. 200 6 cylinder with the 3 on the tree. It was a good car!! Good on gas too! I wish that I still had it. I haven't seen one on the road in years.

Very cool!

Love the car! Who said old isnt better! Lol!!!!

I remember watching this car run at Beech bend :)

This is one really nice Maverick, put together really nice. Really like these older fords Mavericks and Pinto's.

As a kid, warming a section of bench on Sat. nights and Sundays at Fremont drag strip, while my dad was making passes, it was his friend Ed Terry, that got all the attention, racing a 1962 factory Ford Galaxie w/406. Staying glued to the beach wasn't fun but, I also consider myself fortunate to have witnessed early drag racing before the Tree.. and, I watched the evolution of drag racing and learned about the cars, all the cars! Rented Hurst Mustangs notwithstanding, forever etched into my mind are the fastest door slammer cars at Fremont; Cobras, L88 Vette's, Grand Sport Buicks and Cobra Jet Mustangs. Even more significant, on a personal level, was watching Ed Terry race his Ford drag team 1970 Maverick, named "The Silver Bullet" ..I believe it was tuned by John Healey, Ed ran it at Fremont about every weekend.. it was just cool hanging around, dude was a real cool cat.. His shop in Hayward was like a museum of 60's/70's Ford cars and.. his double stack engine bay was something to behold.. dozens of the most highly sought after Ford race engines imaginable..

Kool ride! Love it.

One cool car I still have a soft spot for maverick’s.

Hello RE, Great car and video! God Bless!

Its nice when the driver knows how to work on the car

HOLY GREAT GRABBER BLUE MAVERICK BATMAN! GREAT CAR! SAW A STICK 302 MAVI AT CECIL CO. DRAGWAY RUNNING 12.2S SO I ASKED HIM WHAT THE NO2 DID? HE SAID WATCH AND RAN 10.2 SPINNING 1ST OUT FOR 30'. I LOVE MAVERICKS ESPECIALLY THE GAP AND ROUSCH DAYS AT YORK US30. GREAT VIDEO SIR!

My first car was 70 mav! Congrats Mike you ran a great event in B.G.

Great video Ford power forever baby

Someone get the Maverick owner together with Uncle Tony!

Awsome !!!¡

Glad to see beach bend hasn’t changed. Love that track. I believe the hard limiter is 8500

R.E. .................reminds me of a B/SM 70 Maverick with some guy named Ricky Smith ?????????

My first car in high school, in 1983, was a 1971 Maverick. Unfortunately it wasn't the super cool blue Grabber model but instead a super ugly mustard yellow version with a lame 200 ci six cylinder. Definitely no chick magnet. Even my grandmother's '72 was better with the optioned 260 ci motor. Love how you can still the outline of the door lock guards that were so popular in the 80's. Awesome car man.

Boy he really didn't want to answer what he launched that car at did he lol

Neato old school

Ill guess the rpm...........OVER 9000!

Sweet car I love Mavericks. They are unique and have great potential. I own a 69.5 Maverick I have big plans for it.

Had one of these love the grabber blue