Mavericks!!

[SDGuy]

Haven't seen so many Mavericks in quite some time - my Dad had one - don't remember much about it, other than it was red, and he painted a "racing stripe" on the trunk at some point, to cover up the dent he made when backing into a pole.

[DP]

I had a '74 that was lime green metallic with a white vinyl roof. It had the 250 cubic inch 6 cylinder and it flew! Put a few miles on it-was pretty trusty thru a few lean years...

[Catzilla]

$1995!
I remember driving one as a company owned car to deliver pizza in the late 70's, we beat those cars to death.

[bik]

[Ombligo]

My dad got one in 1972 and another in 1975 which turned out to be the last car he drove (he lost his vision) and the first one I drove.

I always liked that car; it never gave of problems, wasn't that ugly and had just enough zip to satisfy a young man (plus front bench seats, always a plus when dating -- as a father now, I'm very happy that cars all have bucket seats).

The 8-year-old used car I bought my son earlier this year cost 3.5x whet the Maverick cost new.

[kj4btkljv]

I really like that blue one with the black racing stripes.

Jeff

[Octave Doctor]

That was the last American Ford I ever owned, a 1970 that was nothing but trouble--the then typical Ford solenoid flakiness, burned through a set of plugs every time I drove a few hundred miles at a stretch, and the pot metal shift collar for the three speed broke in the middle of the winter.

Luckily, my dad found a deal on a 1968 Grand Prix, it had bucket seats, but I found a nice pillow to lay on the console. Not as bad mileage as you'd think--16 mpg on a trip, the Ford only got 20.

[davester]

Catzilla wrote:
$1995!

That's funny that you remember that, because that number (which they advertised the heck out of) is also what comes up in my memory cells when the Maverick is mentioned. I don't think the car has any other real claim to fame. It was a plain jane smallish middle of the road sedan with a low price.

[chopper]

US Cars from the 1970s remain the pinnacle of seriously bad taste and those Mavericks fully support that.

[lost in space]