My Maverick has changed a lot...

Love the color. Really looks good for a big bumper car.

 

Wow what a difference

 

Thank you it's called bright shiny penny. I've been talking to a friend of mine about bringing the bumpers in tight to the body but I found a post a guy is selling the 73 bumpers with the lower valence I think I'm gonna a buy that.

 

VERY nice improvements! I also like the color!!

I see you are from VA, what part? I'm from Lynchburg.

 

It looks really good. The wheels/tires/stance all work together. The tire size and bumpers make it look beefy and tough.

The lighting there makes it look red. Going by the name "Bright Shiny Penny", I am betting there is a lot of copper in it. A great photography trick to getting color to really pop, is to take a picture of the car on a bright day close to sunrise or sunset. It is how many car feature shots are done for magazines. Mid-day, colors tend to wash out a bit.

If you elect to do a bumper tuck, take a look at a few of them here on the board. Personally, I like them done, but subtle. Maybe end up with the back corner of the bumper halfway back to that front marker light. It still leaves the bumper out a bit, and the bumper, hood lip and grille end up in 3 contrasting planes that mimic each other that looks quite good in my opinion.

 

I'm just south of Richmond in Chesterfield.

 

Yeah the lights in that shop were making it look really dark. I have to flare my fenders and put new leaf springs the tires touch around turns. I'm talking to a friend of mine about tucking the big bumpers but I had a guy offer me 73 bumpers and the lower valence for $200

 

I was just down that way the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I ran my '72 Grabber at Richmond Dragway.

I will be hosting an MCCI Maverick and Comet Mini Meet again in 2016. It would be great if you could bring your car. I will be setting a date after the first of the year.

 

Awesome how's the new track, everyone is saying it's hooking good for a new track. Yeah I've been wanted to goto a MCCI mini meet I was gonna go last year to one but I went out of town. Have you heard of Cars & Coffee it's every other Saturday in Richmond at Regency Mall I go when I can you see everything from Hondas to Lamborghinis.

 

The Saturday I went was just the second time that had been opened since redoing the track. Most everyone looked like they were hooking pretty good. My car ran a 13.15 @ 108 MPH.

I have had mini meets the past two years in the fall in Chatham, VA in conjunction with their monthly cruise-in. Most likely will stay with that location, but not 100% sure.

I have heard of Cars & Coffee, I know they have one in Raleigh, NC and it draws alot of exotic cars. I didn't know they had one in Richmond. My brother-in-law lives in the Short Pump area of Richmond. We will be at his house on Christmas Day.

 

I went the other week my car look stock untill you see the tail pipes I started mine up and everyone gathered around. I had a $175k Porsche park next to me

 

That is cool when a Maverick steals the attention away from an exotic!

 

Looks really good!

 

Car looks great! I think I saw it on FB the other day??? It reminds me so much of one of the very first Mavericks I ever saw in my neighbourhood back in the early 90's--big bumpers and Weld Pro Stars, to boot!! Great job!

**footnote** The car below always ran Pro Stars, but for some reason, the fall that I took the pictures, he had swapped out the fronts with slotted wheels.

circa 1995


circa 2014