Blue My Mind, 1972 Ford Maverick

[streetrods]

what I was referring to is that the actual Port configuration of the GT40p heads is NOT a std for small block pattern.
I am sure someone could adapt a set of GT40p head flanges to an aftermarket header set.

Rob

Sorry guess I'm slow or confused but I have had four different cars with GT40 P heads and 5.0 headers bolt right up...the only trouble you run into on some shorty headers is the drivers side spark plug boots touching the header...

I have a set of shorty hedmans on my 66 mustang right now.. Just modified the front two tubes on drivers side for wire/plug clearance..

[A .]

Where'd you get your hood from??

[Sean111]

Man, that's a great looking car! I've always known those cars had potential, but what you've done with it is outstanding.

[HotRod47]

Man, that's a great looking car! I've always known those cars had potential, but what you've done with it is outstanding.

Thank you very much for the compliment! The project has slowed down this summer for me. I have been collecting parts like crazy though. I sold my 47 Ford and my 55 Chevy wagon and ended up with the Drifwood Camaro. Now i can spend the winter concentrating on the Maverick.

[HotRod47]

Where'd you get your hood from??

Here:
http://www.maverickman.com/StoreGrabTypeHood.html

[gonegray@25]

Very nice work, and A+ on the creative body mods. Any updates?

[HotRod47]

Sadly no. I have been very busy with work and home life. I also took on a few side jobs, and without those I can't do anything to this car. Had a full redo on a 32 Ford roadster as well as a 70 Chevelle. Now that they are gone I have a couple touch ups to do on my "new" Camaro. Then, and I hope that to be soon, I can get back on the Maverick.

I have spent quite a bit of time collecting parts for it though. So it isn't like nothing is happening and the project has been forgotten. The new wheels and tires are on order and I am hoping to see them by the first of 2012, or a few days after. I also picked up a bunch of other things that will help to speed up the build once I can get some time on it. To me that is almost as important as anything else. I see guys building cars all the time that have the time to put into it, but run out of funds to put it together. So while I can't work on it right now, I am still collecting things.

Thanks for the interest!

Glenn

[85coupe50]

Always love the Maverick! You're doing a bang up job so far.

[454bug]

Great project and execution Glenn!!

The fabrication and one-off ideas (tail lights, rear spoiler, front valance, etc) look awesome!

Keep up the great work!

[HotRod47]

Always love the Maverick! You're doing a bang up job so far.

Great project and execution Glenn!!

The fabrication and one-off ideas (tail lights, rear spoiler, front valance, etc) look awesome!

Keep up the great work!

Thank you both for the comments!!! I am doing my best with it. I think it is going to be a fun car when done.

[67TXStang]

I'm new to the forum and just read your whole build thread. I really like what you have done with the Maverick. The custom shock tower panels in the engine compartment look great. I love the dash changes, tail light panel, and the design of the hood. Excellent job!

[gonegray@25]

Just wanted to add that you've done such a good job w/ the creative touches (and even more so the documenting of it) that I think we've all enjoyed following along on your progress. It's a good read for us fellow hot rodders! Even more so since it's on a non-mainstream platform like the maverick. We all like more of a good thing right?? Keep it up when you can Glenn. No worries!

[HotRod47]

It feels like it has been forever since I have updated this build thread. Not much on the car has changed in many ways, but my bank account is a lot lighter! It is a slow project building a car. I must take on side work to fund the hobby, but the side work gets in the way of building the car. It seems to be a never ending cycle I am stuck in.

I have been working on the Maverick, some. I didn't like the way the new front valance was working out for me. After some more thought, I scrapped it and started over. I am very happy with this new rendition. I still have some welding to do, but all in all I am really happy. I was majorly stoked when I saw Spoilers By Randy and his new Pro Touring 69 Camaro lower spoiler. It has the exact same design element as my rear spiller has. I love when a theme can be carried throughout a vehicle and be balanced. If you scroll back a page you will see the rear spoiler and see what I mean. Here are a few pictures of what I have done so far. I still have to fill in the square holes that were for the Camaro bumper mounting brackets.




I also finished up the gauge bezel that I was making. This entire thing is hand made from steel. I am not a big fan of the two gauge plastic bezel that the Mavericks had. I not have it mounted in the stock location with a full set of six gauges. Also in the panel is a indicator panel. In it are from left to right: left turn, Elec. fan, driving light, gear indicators, engine light, high beam, and right turn signal. I had this panel custom made to my specs. A beautiful piece as well.
as you can see I also finished getting the Ididit tilt column mounted as well as the lower dash panel that is drilled for the lights and wiper on the left and the ignition and radio on the right. The gauges and indicator panel are fromNew Vintage Gauges. Mark was excellent to deal with. Another vendor I highly recommend!





On that Ididit column I had Juliano's make me one of their beautiful billet aluminum steering wheels, then wood grained the outside ring for me. I love the classic look of it, and yet modern technology.




Here is a spray out of the final color choice. The engine compartment will be body colored as well, only it will be cleared with an egg shell finish, not hi gloss. I am going to use as the rending shows, the 70 mustang Boss stripe design. I think it will look good on the car.



Here is a picture to show what the seats will look like. This is not my seat, but it makes the point. I am using instead 1990 Mustang GT seats. But they will be black leather and have Houndsooth inserts. I love the classic muscle car looks of it. And no, this was not just used in Camaros. Porsche used Houndstooth in their 911's for several years


Here is the rendering that Mascol did for me. I love it! It really is exactly like what I had envisioned. I highly recommend his services.


These are 17" and 18" Billet Specialties Vintec Dish Softlip rims with BFG Comp TA tires. They look great and I can't wait to see them on the car.








I sold the Driftwood Camaro that I have pictured earlier in this thread. I really liked the car, but for some reason just could not fall in love with it. I hope the new owner is enjoying it. In its place is a 32 Ford three window coupe. This is a hot rod I have been dreaming of owning since I was 13 back in the early 80's. This is one of those cars that was at the top of my bucket list. Check!

I have some plans for the 32 over the winter, but for now I am having fun cruising in it.

These pictures were taken just as the car was being unloaded off the transporter after its trip to Connecticut from Illinois.

[corty1980]

Wow that rendering looks great, I bet anyone would be happy to have that. The car looks like a mix of a mustang at the back and the front looks like an early ford capri. The rims look great, you cant go wrong with 5 spoke style rims.

This is my current project, 1975 Ford Cortina - https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...rtina-Project\

[ATOMonkey]

Very nice, good to see the project moving along. I like the rendering of the grill as well. Really compliments the valance/spoiler you have added. I also like the gauge cluster that you came up with and the other mods to the dash. I am wanting to do something similar. Are you going to put a cap on the dash or just fill in the holes?

[HotRod47]

Very nice, good to see the project moving along. I like the rendering of the grill as well. Really compliments the valance/spoiler you have added. I also like the gauge cluster that you came up with and the other mods to the dash. I am wanting to do something similar. Are you going to put a cap on the dash or just fill in the holes?

I have a perfect dash pad now. I have thought about dyeing over to make it like new. Then I thought about having my upholstery guy wrap it in the same black leather that I am doing the rest of the interior in. And then I have thought about filling all the holes and making it one smooth hard dash and painting the entire thing. That would be a ton of work, but would look cool. I just can't decide which way to go.
Glenn

[Glenn]

Great Project Glenn! Your maverick has Style !

My daily-driver is a '30 Model A Coupe.
Glenn

[HotRod47]

OK, so it's time to get back on this thing. I have now finished all the side projects that I had lined up. The last 32 Ford coupe was delivered a couple weeks ago. I have cleared my schedule, much to the dismay of fellow hot rodders around here. Some guys are cool about it and are happy to see me get onto my project. While a couple are put off that I won't take their car on until next summer. Oh well.


Now with money in hand from these last couple jobs, I can really get to town on the Maverick. I have had the big brown truck rolling up my driveway quite a bit lately. Here is a small list of the items ordered and delivered.

First and foremost, a pair of NOS quarter panels!
New custom outside door handles from The Ring Brothers. See pictures....
A new fuel injection ready gas tank from Tanks Inc.
A new flip top gas filler from Alan Johnson Hot Rods. See picture, although it will be all polished and not nickel plated as shown.
The taillight sequencer for the Shelby taillights.
The new arm rests for the interior door panels.
New custom interior door handles.
Stainless steel door strikers.
In tank fuel pump.


So that's it for the last week or so. But there is still more I will be needing in the very near future.

[HotRod47]

Finally, back on my project. And it feels good!
So after clearing the shop of all the old projects for everyone else I am back on track working on the Maverick. In my last post I showed some of the parts I have been ordering. Well today it was time to actually get dirty. Yay!!

I bought a set of mirrors from Vision Hot Rods. They are a molded plastic/composite. I like the looks as they are a little bit more modern than the Maverick mirrors without looking too out of place. Today I got both side mounted. These are nice because they give you plenty of material on the stem to cut, trim and shape to your desired needs.






Here I have mounted the new gas cap/filler that I got from Alan Johnson Hot Rods. Investment cast Stainless Steel with a full polish. I just used a couple regular screws to mount it here, but I will use polished stainless for the screws when final mounting takes place.





I bought new inside door handles as well. Today I got the passenger door mounted. Had to do some fab work, but it was worth it in the end. They look nice. Obviously the old door handle will be removed, just had not done it yet.





I am also changing out the arm rests. I used these same ones in the interior of my 47 Ford a few years ago. I really like them. These are brand new reproduction 1957 Chevy arm rests from Danchuk.




This is the end result of the arm rests and door handles installed. I am also going to be installing power windows, so the window crank will disappear soon as well.

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[HotRod47]

Happy Thanksgiving!
With Thanksgiving in the rear view mirror I was able to get some good shop time in working on the Maverick project.

Now that I have both NOS quarters in my possession I was able to get going with that repair. I started by stripping the oem primer off of the insides to get them ready for a fresh couple coats of PPG DP90LF Epoxy. I also spent time rough cutting the driver side quarter off the car. Then I started to drill out all the spot welds. I ran into a problem when my Blair Cutter broke. I thought I had a spar, but didn't. So that is as far as I could get with that part of the project.






Before I started to melt out the factory lead I removed the factory headliner. Smart huh?! I don't need any fires. The seams looked really good.





Once that was done I went on and did a custom touch to the inside of the drivers door. I have already done the passenger door some time ago. I took the Ford script logo off of a pair of old Ford steel valve covers. Marked and cut out the top of the inside door frame. Then butt welded in the panel followed by a grinder to smooth the welds. When done and painted I was the script logo to show up, but be subtle. No hi lighting or anything. Just simple. I am actually hoping most people don't notice the change. Sometimes it's the subtle changes that are most fun. But the true "Ford guy" will know that it never came that way. I know I am not the first person to ever do this, but I really love the idea.







The last thing I did was shave the drip rails. Mine had a bit of rust that I wasn't sure how I wanted to fix. And I mean fix in as permanent way as possible. So in the end I decided to just shave them off completely. I did this by cutting out roughly 8" sections at a time, tack weld every inch or so, then cut another 8" section etc, etc. Once all welded I ground it all down carefully. It looks good. I then welded the shaped the base of the A pillar so it flows better. I didn't like the way it just stopped before.







Glenn