new to the maverick, lots of questions

Hello, be easy on me please, i am new to having a maverick, i recently aquired my fathers maverick on a recent trip to florida, he told me he always wanted me to have this car, so i finally saved up enough money to drive my truck and trailer down to get it, i came back with what he once told me was a 75 maverick with a 351w in it i read the vin n it seems to be a 77,, but my questions are can this year maverick use parts like the hood, bumpers spoilers from a 71? i dont know to much about the interchange, i am mechanicly inclined just dont kno a darn thing about this little car, the most i have learned has been from looking around theese fourms, but all in all the car does need some work, and i will bring it back to life!!! my dad had a 71 maverick grabber bought off of the show room floor in detroite michigan, it was his first car, he was forced to sell back in 92, but wanted to turn this one into what he once has, or try to..........

 

Parts off a 71 will fit your 77 with a little work. I used 69-70 Mustang rear bumper brackets (inside the trunk) to mount a small rear bumper. The hood is a direct swap. The rear spoiler will need holes in the trunk lid and a new hole drilled to mount the lower piece that fits below the quarter extension. The other hole is already there covered with putty. To swap to a small front bumper you will need to notch the fender for the stone guard. Of course you will need all the parts from a small bumper car like the valance and bumper brackets/mounts to do a small bumper swap. Click the link to my website below to see how I done things.

 

from Northeast Pennsylvania

A lot of late model owners have converted their Mavericks to early versions - if you use the "search" feature of the forum, you could find some of those old related posts

 

Welcome to the board. Good luck with your project.

 

to the site!!!!!

 

Welcome to Site!!!!

 

Welcome from the great NW.

 

Welcome from Virginia

 

Huh. I got my car from my dad because he always wanted me to have it also. Mine is a 75. And i did what you want to do. Convert to small bumpers

 

Welcome aboard! :Handshake

 

thankyou for welcoming me to the fourm! already all of my questions have been answered by looking tru searching ar ound and what has been posted, im trying to post pics of the car but not having any luck yet, hopefully it will work soon!

 

You need to have 10 posts before it will let you post pics.
This is a safety feature to keep out spammers.

 

o ok thankyou! i will just have to keep on going!

 

to the madness i have 170 mav i am going to start working on this winter agan i havve a 1976 comet i am parting out to use on my 70 maverick as well let me know if there is anything i can do to help you with

 

will do thanks, im just still trying to take everything about this car in, its definalty different then what i as used to.