Brought home a 71 Grabber today.

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  1. RMiller

    RMiller My name is Rick

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    I'm new from Kennewick, WA and here's my story........

    So I have a friend that needed to get rid of a Grabber and I have been interested in owning one for a while so we struck a deal. What it boils down to is he had it stored at another friends and it had to be gone so it was given to me.

    It's an automatic with column shift and had bucket seats but there is a bench in there now. Somebody has already converted it to discs but I think I may go Mustang 2 up front. It came with a Comet tail panel that he wanted to replace the original with but I don't see myself using it. I need to rip into it and see how bad the rust is, the floor pans have some as do the lower rear quarters, should all be easily fixed.

    She's rough but here she is in all her glory!

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  2. RMiller

    RMiller My name is Rick

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    New here with a new to me 71 Grabber

    Edit....double post.
     
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  3. Acornridgeman

    Acornridgeman MCCI Wisconsin State Rep Moderator Supporting Member

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    :Welcome: to the board.

    Sometimes 1st posts by a new guy get a bit "delayed" - but you are here now.

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  4. don graham

    don graham MCG State Rep

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    Welcome to the board. Good luck with the car. Check to see if the floors are bad because of rusty cowls by pouring water into the cowl vents. If they leak it could be a major job. Do a search here for cowl repair. Hopefully it was just a leaky window gasket. :Welcome:
     
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  5. 1973Maverick357

    1973Maverick357 Cooler then a Camaro

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    Wasnt this the car that was wrecked? Looks like a new fender was put on.. Good luck with the project im suprised he couldnt sell it quickly.
     
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  6. RMiller

    RMiller My name is Rick

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    It was hit on the drivers side front. The subframe doesn't look like it buckled but the inner fender took a beating. There was a replacement for it with the car. As far as selling it goes, he is in Seattle and the car is in Kennewick so it would have been a little work to pull it off so I guess he chose to take the easy way out. I had joked with him that he should give it to me and a month or so later here we are.
     
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    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    Awesome project, looks like a good start to a great Grabber.........
     
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    :)welcome from barry in douglasville ga the maverick grabber looks like it will make a good car.:thumbs2::Handshake
     
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    Looks like it has it's own private garage, too. Great looking project, and the price was right, too. Good luck with it.


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    Nice deal...Welcome from Florida!
     
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    Good looking car. Have fun with it.
     
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    Mercurycruizers David (Coop) Cooper

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    :Welcome: to another washington member! glad to see that car being saved! :thumbs2:
     
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  14. RMiller

    RMiller My name is Rick

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    Thanks for the warm welcome everybody!

    It does and it's all settled in nice and comfy. It takes up way less space than my GTO did and it's no comparison to the F250 that just got the boot.
     
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