12/3/2023 0 Comments 72 maverick grabber toy![]() ![]() The seller purchased this Grabber from the second owner and they say that they “changed the dashboard to install air conditioning. The ’72 Mavericks still had the nice, small bumpers. She quit school, the car went into the garage.” I wonder (doubt) if that would happen today? As they say, “Don’t be a fool, stay in school.” It only has 20,323 miles on it thanks to the dropout daughter. The seller says that the “Original owner bought for daughter as transportation for college. I don’t get it, but I’m someone who likes lime green and orange for car colors. I would argue that tv reality shows (insert random, grinding guitar sounds here) have played at least a small role in locking in black as the tough-guy color. This survivor is located in Armada, Michigan and it’s listed on eBay with a $16,900 buy it now price or you can make an offer.ĭon’t get me wrong, I love black cars as much as the next person does, it’s just that I don’t think that having a black car automatically makes a person meaner or makes their vehicle tougher than any other color/tone would. Since when did Count Dracula make the rules on car color? Whether this 1972 Ford Maverick Grabber is considered a muscle car or not is up for debate, but give me a bright color, or any color, over black any day. The good news (in a way) is that for about the next 14 months, my wife is doing rotations all over the country for her med school, which leaves me at home for months at a time - I'll essentially be a bachelor again for a year with tons of time on my hands (after I finish my degree - which I should be typing right now instead of messing on here).I love the era when having a muscle car didn’t automatically mean that your car had to be murdered-out in all-black. I've been known to be a bit of a perfectionist, so I'll have to either be satisfied with slow progress and perfect results, or decent progress with very good results. I've done a bit of car repairs before, but nothing nearly as ambitious as bringing a car back from the dead like this. I'm sure I'll be leaning heavily on your expertise during the process. I'm still a bit unsure if I want to do a full frame-off (time and money limited for sure), or body on restore, or just get her drivable for now. My first goal is just to get the engine running again, then dig deeper into doing a better restore. I have another friend with a grabber, and know how rare it is to see them, so I thought it might be a fun project to get going on. ![]() He just moved from that building and had to get the car out - it now sits in his barn, and he gave it to me to do what I want with. ![]() He's a podiatrist and when he was in med school and residency this was his primary driver in the Chicago/Milwaukee/Madison area - winters too Shortly after he started his own practice, this car was parked in the garage of his office building in summer of '86 and it sat there ever since. College tuition bills and a marriage got in the way of that project, and now I've inherited my father-in-laws '72 Maverick Grabber. However I've been looking mostly at Chevy Nova's. I've been drooling over getting a project car for about the past 9 years during college after my roommate introduced me into the world of classic cars. in mechanical engineering specializing in biomedical device design and applications at the University of Minnesota. I'm in my final semester (I hope) of my Ph.D. I didn't find this newbie page until just right now, after I've already posted a few questions elsewhere. ![]()
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