I was reading a post in Parts Interchange by Waynes Fords where he stated that fabrication was just plain fun and it got me thinking about a web page I had run across a couple of years ago about a 440 Maverick. After a lot of searching this morning I found it again. This guy bought a Maverick along with the MOPAR 440 Engine & Torque flight 727. He documented the build up of the Maverick on his web site http://www.redreckracing.freeserve.co.uk/Welcombe.htm. I found it quite interesting and he did a lot of fabrication.
WOW - I'm impressed! I love how his wife named the car. I had a 68 Cougar that I brought home that my wife named EPOS (Eric's Piece of S--t). When I was done with that car, I sold it and made about $8k on it. She ignores what I bring home now. Did you also notice that this guy is in the UK?
Just the body work a lone is empressive. That thing had so much rust it looked like it was drug through the Altantic Ocean to the UK.
I think I read on one of his pages that was one reason he went with the mopar 440, I guess that big blocks are hard to come by in England.
It reminds me of my youth. There was a local racer with a 440 in an early Mustang called the "MOSTANG", and a friend put one in a mid-70's Datsun Z. That was a interesting machine. With the engine set back to the firewall, and a 727 with a big 'ol tail shaft, the driveshaft was about a foot long!
That's really impressive, kinda makes me feel unworthy. Seems like a lot of messing around, but at least he used a car that was almost a basket case.
I remember looking at that site a few months back before I ran across this forum. If a body like that can be fixed, ANY of them can! I know that engine ain't a Ford, but 440's are awesome. My dad helped a guy put one in a 82' Dodge Ram pickup several years ago, and that thing was AWESOME fast, I can only imagine one in a Maverick.
