Well, first I thought it was a 72 like my uncle told me... then I decoded the VIN on it and I realized that it was a 1970, because of the rear-end and the 0 on the beginning of the VIN and all that... Now, I just found out that If you have the ignition in the dash, you got a 69.5!!!! Sweeeeet! I gotta tell all my buddies that it's a 69.5! Because, of course, 69 was Detroit's magical year for creating the most awesomely badass musclecars of all time :bananaman P.S.... I shouldn't keep anything original to the car upon this realization, should I?
imo most of the best musle cars were spread across 69-72, but either way congrats. you have the 1st maverick ever. i think 69.5s were originally sold as '70 models which would explain the vin but were introduced in '69 unlike the actuall '70 models. EDIT: dont you guys have titles in tx? wouldnt that state the year of the car? i know someone that got his chevelle titled in the wrong year, he was pretty upset and you wouldnt believe the headache that came with getting a correct title issued. either way good luck with it
good news.. make sure the rear end is an 8".. it should NOT have a rear end cover.. if it does, it is a 7.5" i heard that some 69.5 cars came with 7.5" in them
I went through the same thing with my car. It may have been stolen at some point. Someone put a 73 VIN over the top of the 70 (69.5) VIN. No way to see it until I took the dash out the took the fenders off. The VIN stamped on the fender aprons matched the "original" VIN on the dash. There's nothing magical about the 69.5. They didn't even offer a V8. Best thing about it is the dash mount ignition. When a car is re-titled with a new VIN it's either been salvaged or it's been stolen. I lean towards salvage on mine, because all the low spots are completely rusted out while the rest of the car isn't too bad. This told me that it probably sat with water in it for a long time. My brother's '84 camaro had the same disease. It was another junk yard resurrection.
I can believe it. Only Friday did I get my plates and inspection sticker on a Maverick that I bought out of state without all the proper paper work. Over $400 and six weeks later, I am finally 'legal' and "approved" to have the privalege of driving the roads in the great lone star state. What a racket!
Yup, mine has a 7.5 rearend... and no, I don't have a title yet, my uncle owned it before me (and let it sit for 20 years) and never had a title. In fact, his cousin who sold it to him never had the title either.... Jeeez! Question: on the VIN, the last 5 digits is the car's number? I read it somewhere.... I don't understand how that works, b/c there were so many Mavericks built. Was it the numerical order from the certain factories, or the number of that car built in that month, or what?? Also, when did production on Mavericks officially begin in 69? B/c my VIN states that it was built on the 17th of July in Kansas City...
The Maverick was released for sale in April of 1969 so my guess is the first productions were in February or March of that year. Maybe sooner.
