![]() We were in the right place at the right time. The car was being sold to the junkyard for 50 dollars so we offered the guy 100 dollars as it was coming into in the junkyard parking lot so naturally he jumped at the offer. White with black stripes and a red interior. My friend had the Comet GT version of this Grabber. Are any of you as taken with this Maverick Grabber as I am? What’s the selling price going to be for this gem? It runs and drives great according to the seller who mentions having the carb rebuilt recently as well as having some brake work completed. It doesn’t stop there, this car also has the top engine for the time, Ford’s 302 cubic-inch V8 which would have had 210 horsepower and 296 ft-lb of torque. The seats look perfect both front and back and the underside looks rock solid. This one is a 3-speed and according to Hemmings, whether they were automatics or 3-speed manuals, it was optional to have a floor shifter. All I can say is the original owner was about as cool as it gets. GA! I know, most of us expected to see an automatic shifter on the hump, not a manual transmission. The son inherited it from his mother who bought it in 1972 and used it for short commutes to work and back. The seller recently bought it from the original owner’s son. ![]() It’s a southern California car and has been since it was new. This car looks absolutely amazing but the seller does say that it had one repaint in its original color, an “older repaint” at some point years ago and I can’t imagine it looking any better than it does. ![]() After having grown from a trim-level in the 1970 Mavericks to their own model the following year, the Grabber lasted until 1975. Sorry for going overboard on this Grabber but please check out the photos and I think that most of you will agree that it basically has it all, or close to it. This really is the little-old-lady-from-Pasadena car – although in this case, she was from Torrence. It just seems too good to be true but it is true. This Grabber is located in Artesia, California, the current bid price is $10,488, and there is no reserve. As I was going through the photos, I was almost laughing out loud and not in a bad way but in a good, exciting sort of way, or maybe a crazy way as I’m sitting here by myself. The seller also has it listed here as a Barn Finds Classified. The more I look at this 1971 Ford Maverick Grabber the more I’m in disbelief that there’s no reserve on the eBay auction seen here. Like he has more sports bikes then I have underwear.Good. The kid I'm buying it from said he has had it about a year and just lost interest in building it and is ready for a new bike. The heads are off now - and the cylinders all look amazingly clean with very little ring ridge. It was getting into deep 10 and 11 territory. The storey behind the engine is it came out of an older truck that was built for the strip. ![]() ( Perfect because I can pick my - intake - dizzy - and such. It comes with a long block that is needing all the bolt ons. It was in the process of having a 351 dropped in. The price 500$ and it had a clean title and was recently tagged. I ran across the car by total mistake on cl. In my experience when building a project car I always stumble across a new issue that isn't listed in previous forums I have read. Mostly to see if everything I have read lines up properly. However I like to always start a fresh post when taking on such a project. I have spent several hours search through Google on the Mav. Let me start by saying that I am aware of Google being my friend. ![]()
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