Dissing the MavGrabber

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"Car Lust--Ford Maverick Grabber
9:36 AM PDT, October 22, 2007
The Ford Maverick, a heavier and less sporting machine than the Ford
Pinto on which it was based (a difficult concept to wrap one's head
around), was a weak and flaccid family sedan, featuring the all-too-
familiar 1970s bugaboos of a strangled engine, flexible and weak chassis,
and garish styling."

Especially hard to wrap your head around since it was based on the
Falcon..

Heh... considering I had 'retired' {young married} from street mod
machines for 5 years when the Mav Grabber was popular, { and considering
THE OTHER CHOICES in the Ford lines!!!}, I find anyone denigrating either
the MAV/Falcon or Pinto platform a little foolish!

Ford couldnt really help how they had to build those machines... but the
owner could do a lot to fix 'em.

Chris H prolly thinks the Mustang II is a lost cause.. heh! I'd give my
left nut for one.
Break out the cutters and radius those well-wells, then crawl under and
rebuild the chassis .. drop in some tasty late model EFI.. Yum - YUM!

But I'd settle for a Grabber II...

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Yeh, I'm a Krusty old Geezer, putting up with my 'smartass' is the price
you pay..DEAL with it!

On Oct 23, 5:06 pm, Backyard Mechanic > wrote:

If you're taking a poll I wasn't a fan of the Mustang II, but I liked
the Maverick Grabbers.

Mustang II - No
Grabber - Yes

Patrick


> http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNK2XTEJMSFK0E10
>
> "Car Lust--Ford Maverick Grabber
> 9:36 AM PDT, October 22, 2007
> The Ford Maverick, a heavier and less sporting machine than the Ford
> Pinto on which it was based (a difficult concept to wrap one's head
> around), was a weak and flaccid family sedan, featuring the all-too-
> familiar 1970s bugaboos of a strangled engine, flexible and weak chassis,
> and garish styling."
>
> Especially hard to wrap your head around since it was based on the
> Falcon..
>
> Heh... considering I had 'retired' {young married} from street mod
> machines for 5 years when the Mav Grabber was popular, { and considering
> THE OTHER CHOICES in the Ford lines!!!}, I find anyone denigrating either
> the MAV/Falcon or Pinto platform a little foolish!
>
> Ford couldnt really help how they had to build those machines... but the
> owner could do a lot to fix 'em.
>
> Chris H prolly thinks the Mustang II is a lost cause.. heh! I'd give my
> left nut for one.
> Break out the cutters and radius those well-wells, then crawl under and
> rebuild the chassis .. drop in some tasty late model EFI.. Yum - YUM!
>
> But I'd settle for a Grabber II...
>
> --
> Yeh, I'm a Krusty old Geezer, putting up with my 'smartass' is the price
> you pay..DEAL with it!

Backyard Mechanic > wrote in
:

> Ford couldnt really help how they had to build those machines... but
> the owner could do a lot to fix 'em.
>

My buddy had a Comet with the small block back in the day (same car) and
said that changing spark plugs was an all day job. He is probably
exaggerating.


> Chris H prolly thinks the Mustang II is a lost cause.. heh! I'd give
> my left nut for one.
> Break out the cutters and radius those well-wells, then crawl under
> and rebuild the chassis .. drop in some tasty late model EFI.. Yum -
> YUM!

A local wrecking yard had a sweet little '77 Ghia a year ago that had
been dumped in front of the place at night. It was in nice shape, and had
a blown up 302 in it. Looked like almost new dual exhausts. The interior
was nice (if cheap) and the paint was even good. Before I could get back
to get it, some ^%$&* mini-stock racer had bought it, knocked all the
windows out, and put a 2.3 in it. That's what happens to all the Pintos,
Mustangs, and Capris around here. Even the 1980s Fox body Mustangs are
rare. If you see a Pinto (other than on the track) it is just passing
through.


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> wrote in message
ps.com...
> On Oct 23, 5:06 pm, Backyard Mechanic > wrote:
>
> If you're taking a poll I wasn't a fan of the Mustang II, but I liked
> the Maverick Grabbers.
>
> Mustang II - No
> Grabber - Yes
>
> Patrick
>
Mustang II - No
Grabber - No
Pinto - HELL, no!
Torino - Yes!!!

John B.