- Seatbelts – 3 point retractable
- Fuse Adapter
- Turn Signal Switch
- Steering Wheel Repair
- 5 Lug Rear End
- Cracked Dash
- Headlight Relay
- Electric Choke
- 302 into the 70
- Headers
- EGR Valve
- Shifter
- Pedals
- Electronic Fan
- Ignition Module
- Relays
- Engine Clean up
- Bay Clean up
- Removing the i6-170
- LED Lights
- New Wiper Arms
- Out of Storage
- Coming Home after Paint Jail
- Chrome Rear Bumper
- Body Shop Update 2
- Deleted Backup Lens
- Marti Report
- Crites Hood
- AM Radio MP3 Mod
- 70 Dealer Sales Brochure
- Repair Cost Estimator
- Chrome Front Bumper
- Body Shop Update
- Rear Quarters
- Off to the body shop
- Grille
- 70 Owners Manual
- Tank Leak
- 1970 License Plate
- Dash Cover
- Rear Colored Bumper
- Colored Bumper -Front
- Outside Lights
- Carb Tube
- Maverick Arrived
Seatbelts – 3 point retractable
December 10, 2023I put some 3 point retractable seatbelts in the Maverick today
Fuse Adapter
September 17, 2023Fuse Adapter I needed some switch on power. I got a glass to blade fuse adapter from https://www.thingsnotable.com/ Here is a video of me…
Turn Signal Switch
September 15, 2023Turn Signal Switch Replacement Having issues with my turn signals. As step one, I replaced the turn signal switch. You can see the video below…
Steering Wheel Repair
October 17, 2021Steering Wheel Repair A replica steering wheel like the one I have can be $600. Heck with that. Figured I got nothing to lose to…
5 Lug Rear End
October 12, 20215 Lug Rear End I am changing the car from 4 lug drums all around to 5 lug all around with drums in the back…
Cracked Dash
October 5, 2021Cracked Dash A while back I bought a dash that was tan and had a small crack in it. The body shop painted it black…
Headlight Relay
September 27, 2021Headlight Relay Earlier I put in a bunch of relays. You can see that on this page Relays . Two of them were for Low and High…
Electric Choke
September 13, 2021Electric Choke The Mav came with an heat assisted elect choke. It was shot and the tube from the manifold was rusted. So I thru…
302 into the 70
February 26, 2021302 into the 70 Not sure where to even start on this one. I had NO freaking idea what I was doing. I posted that…
Headers
December 1, 2020Headers After doing some reading I found that headers give the car a little more power, a deeper sound, and are easier to find then…
EGR Valve
December 1, 2020EGR Valve Removal The truck was a mess of reburn and EGR hoses. Now I am all for saving the environment, but this is a…
Shifter
December 1, 2020Shifter Well this whole freaking thing started because I wanted to change to an automatic from a manual. Turned out it was more involved…
Pedals
December 1, 2020Pedals Two issues with the pedals. 1) A different gas pedal is needed when changing from i6 to V8 2) Need to remove the clutch…
Electronic Fan
November 29, 2020Electronic Fan After putting the fan on from the truck, it was obvious that it would not work. You can see how the blade would…
Ignition Module
November 29, 2020Ignition Module The Maverick originally had points. The 302 I got from the 1978 F-150 had a Duraspark II electronic ignition. So I had to…
Relays
November 29, 2020Relays The wiring on old cars like the Maverick have a design where full power is moved thru the switches in the cabin. For example,…
Engine Clean up
November 26, 2020Engine Clean Up First let be clear that I am not claiming this is in anyway a rebuild. Its a simple clean up and paint.…
Bay Clean up
November 25, 2020Engine Bay Clean up I figured it would be a good time to clean up the engine bay now that that the i6 was out.…
Removing the i6-170
November 25, 2020Removing the i6 I got a 302 V8 to put in the Maverick, so the i6 had to go. Below are some pics in and…
LED Lights
July 26, 2019LED Lights My tail light bulbs kept going in and out. Turned out to be a grounding issue at the tail light socket. So I…
New Wiper Arms
July 23, 2019New Wiper Arms Not a big project, but I did put on some new wiper arms and blades. I just didnt like the silver original…
Out of Storage
July 2, 2019Out of Storage Finally got to bring the car home from storage and put it in the home garage. Had to have it towed as…
Coming Home after Paint Jail
December 3, 2014Brought the car home. I took these pics with my cell. I think it turn out really well!!! Chick here for more pics
Chrome Rear Bumper
March 9, 2013Chrome Rear Bumper I decided to go ahead and get my rear bumper chromed. Since I already had the front one done. Would have looked…
Body Shop Update 2
February 23, 2013Body Shop Update Part 2 2013-07-12 The shop and I agreed to put the project on the back burner for a while. They started working…
Deleted Backup Lens
November 27, 2012Deleting Backup Lens I no longer needed the reverse light in the tail lights. Here is my attempt to delete it. …
Marti Report
May 29, 2012I ordered a Marti Report for my Maverick. It is basically a report that tells you about all the options that were on your car. It…
Crites Hood
December 17, 2011My original steel hood had lots of bondo in the lip. Instead of paying someone to grind into and see how bad, I just went…
AM Radio MP3 Mod
December 11, 2011Going to try and modify my mono AM radio to take a mp3 input and output stereo. In addition, I want it to light up,…
70 Dealer Sales Brochure
December 7, 2011I picked up a 6 page dealer Sales Brochure announcing the coming of the70 Maverick while I was down at the Columbus all Ford swap meet…
Repair Cost Estimator
October 6, 2011My Ex's father used to own a Sunoco shop back in the 70's. He recently gave me a couple manuals from his shop. One of…
Chrome Front Bumper
March 23, 2011I decided to give up on the up on the red bumpers (here) and go with getting my bumpers rechromed. I started with the front.…
Body Shop Update
January 18, 2011I was trying to keep all the post of the car separated by body part during restoration. This has become way to cumbersome. So instead I…
Rear Quarters
October 13, 2010Got the news from the body shop today about the rear quarters. Not good. I knew the passenger side would probably need replaced, as it…
Off to the body shop
October 4, 2010Took the Maverick off to the body shop today. Kinda nervous about the cost, but I am sure it was the right thing to do…
Grille
September 14, 2010I want to take my Maverick front end back a little more to original. To that end I got me a grille off of ebay…
70 Owners Manual
September 13, 2010Below is a link to a 1970 owners manual for a Ford Maverick. I was surprised how much information there was in it about changing…
Tank Leak
September 5, 2010My gas tank has been a pain in my ass since I got the car. Leak after leak. Found out no one makes a replacement…
1970 License Plate
September 2, 2010I discovered that in Ohio you can run year correct plates on your car. So I got me a pair of 1970 plates off of…
Dash Cover
June 8, 2010Well I finely got the dash cover on. I bought one of these. It is supposed to just snap over your damaged pad. Well mine…
Rear Colored Bumper
May 29, 2010Went today to do the rear bumper. I knew there was a small rust hole in the right rear before I took off the bumper.…
Colored Bumper -Front
May 24, 2010EDIT: I have since chromed a different front bumper Here Since my bumpers are not chrome, I have decided to paint them the same as…
Outside Lights
May 23, 2010Well got all the outside lights working on the Mav today. Found two bad grounds behind the grill. Sanded and tightned. Seemed to get all…
Carb Tube
May 21, 2010So I wonder what this carburetor hose is for and where its supposed to go? UPDATE: well apparently its a heat choke tube. Supposed to…
