Ford Maverick, Mercury Comet TV Commercials

[save16thave]

I have a 66 Comet. I wish mine had the little cougar option. It would be easy to pick up girls with that cute kitty riding shotgun!

[dneuwald]

Excelente comercial com direito a um cowboy tipico americano e claro o nosso bom e velho maverick.

[BigJKP]

Tne Comet commercial was for a 1974 and not a '73. The '74 had the larger front bumper.

[djstover2003]

i have a 75 maverick with the straight 6 200cc, bought it for 600$ from my neighbor. only hhas 37,xxx miles and has sat in a garage for 15 years. when i put a battery and gas in it it started right up

[bk2158]

personally i really wish they would make a new version like they did with the mustang, of course it wouldnt be like the original, but they should at least give it some consideration.

[bk2158]

the first car i ever bought as well as the first car i ever owned which was the same car was a 1970 ford maverick. it was my baby. i sure wish i had it back now. the maverick was a hard car, made back when they made things right. i learned alot about the maverick back in them days and over the years. who could ever forget that trademade squeaking it made going down the road, if it didnt squeak, you worried that somthing was wrong with it. brings back wonderful memories, thanks for posting

[walkenshaw2000]

My Dad bought a new Maverick in 72. The body rusted away in about 3 years, it wouldn't put out any heat in the winter and you roasted in summer but it got us around for a few years.

[Silvertrine]

I lifted this car above my head!

[MrStinger70]

@Silvertrine

I find it amazing when crackheads come up with comments like that.

What exactly do you drive something like a VW micro bus? :)

[RRaquello]

My father had a 70 Maverick. It was the first new car our family ever had. He won $2000 in a pre-big-lotto-money-lottery and bought the car. It was yellow and looked like a big banana. Inside it was all black vinyl and got hot as hell in the summer, especially w. those little back windows you couldn't open up. Not the best car for a family w. 5 kids. It was also the first place I ever saw velcro.

[lascc61]

BUENOS RECUERDOS DE MI JUVENTUD...

[ElSambrero]

When I turnd 15 in 2007 I went and bought an old maverick partially restored for $2000. I finished it... And holy sh*t that thing is the most reliable thing I could imagine! Best built car in the world in my opinion. Not so desirable but a great car.

[funnelstone]

it does cost extra for the tow truck

[ironstang74]

I went old school and put a 351w in my maverick.

[banditboy6666]

I have a 75 Comet, love it

[TyredUvBS]

same car different name like the elite and torino

[telhacerta]

"No." Maverick is a great car.

[exectechcomm]

Would you buy a supersized pinto? ......Nope

[wartownkidx]

...nope

[boats752]

mom had a 77 4 door with a 302 V8

[72fordmaverick]

ooh standard steel belted radials!!

[steffidude]

I bought my 1972 Malibu 8/12/72 and still have it. I was a kid and dad co signed for me. I balked at payments of $103.32 a month for 3 years. The best car I ever owned or will ever own!!!

[kdemonde]

You were a kid buying a new car with your dad co-signing for you....... i consider you a lucky kid, i can understand you balking at the payments, you don't think about the payments, you just want the car, can you imagine a car payment like that today? i know $103.32 a month was a graet deal of money in 72. Nevertheless you were a pretty fortunate kid at that time to have your father's support, i could'nt touch my father's car keys when i was a kid i bought my first car at 15 and i had to hide it

[wsbtam]

My first car was a 1970 Maverick. Had a engine more powerful than a 17-year old should've had control of. Great memories!!

Aww, baby cougar!!

[MinuteMaidDrinker]

meow!

[joebradio]

at the sign of the cat !!!

[verbusen]

Some relatives of mine had a garaged mint mid 70's Maverick with those cloth seats and also a late 60's Cougar. I graduated from high school in 1981 and wanted to get one of them as a first car so badly, I got kicked to the curb instead, cheap bastards! LOL, haven't seen or talked them since, moved on to the military! Ended up with some real POS's too, no thanks to those cheap A-holes.

[slapirl]

LMFAO

[billpeterson5150]

the Comet billed as a compact, I remember my 73 Chevy Malibu was considered a "mid-sized" car, I wanted a Maverick or a Comet, I had a 1978 Mercury Bobcat that I drove up until like, 1989 or so, it still ran good, the clutch cable kept breaking, I sold it and got a 81 Chevy Cheyenne shortbed fleetside, with that 250 6cyl, with "three on the tree" I loved collumn shifts, they shifted so much smoother than the floor shifts, I still drive a stick, i got a 02 Tacoma with 107k

[slay63]

I miss the Mercury ads with the cat in them. With mercury sales plunging its time to bring back the cat!!

[verbusen]

Funny how of that whole post the part I remember the most is the kitten meowing! They are stupid not to bring it back, it can't hurt!

[josh1303]

Cute cougar lol I want a cougar for a pet ahaa

[jriley1992]

@slay63 Kinda too late for that now...

[bsmack66]

@slay63

The cat died. Mercury is gone.

[mynameismic]

those 6cy 170, 200 ci 6 where good for 200000+miles white wall tires @ extra cost the comet was classy with the thick shag carpet bucket seats order it with a 302 v8

[ornumjc]

My Grandma had a '73 Comet that was rusted so badly (Michigan winters and salt used to be REALLY rough on cars) that she lost a gallon of bleach from the trunk while coming around a curve on the way home from the grocery store.

[pursuit989]

No extra charge for back-up lights!!!! LOL

Gotta love the old cars, great vid

[guitarnoob77]

I would easily choose the a Maverick rather than a Mustang

[54spiritedwill54]

Excelent Video

[Scataplasma]

I don't like that version with big bumpers, grabber I think, thanks god it dosen't came out in Brazil

[mantishandz]

The US government forced cars to adopt the bigger bumper (for safety reasons) starting in 1974. So 1970-1972 US Mavericks all have the small bumpers. In Brazil, there were no government regulations that forced the bigger bumpers, so Ford just kept making them with the small ones.

But I agree with you, man. I love Mavericks but I can't get myself to like the big bumpers of the later years.

[Scataplasma]

Cool to know this man!!! I'm glad that brazilian government is kind of crapy, if you know what I mean..heuheuheueh

with those big bumpers the car seams slower, older and uglyer too.

Valeu cara!!

[MavDude]

Gotta love it. I drive a '72 Maverick every day. Car turned 36 on 1/12/08, the day it rolled off the assembly line. My dad had a '71 Comet GT while I was growing up. I was brought home from the hospital as a new born in that car, was almost born in it! It later made it into Popular Hotrodding, May 1998 "Not So Common Comet". I am a Maverick/Comet guy for life..

[headiesue]

nope!

[GenericGene]

Great Post

[default99telecom]

Twin to the Comet. V8 version would take a Camaro easy.

[mrvayne01]

Hell to the yeah, dude. I had a 73 Grabber version back in the 80's and did that very thing every day and twice on Sundays. I so miss that whip!

[deezedayz]

This was the first "new" car my parents purchased. This car is what literally made my family a "Ford Family". Every car everybody in my house has ever driven since then has been a Ford (my car is a Ford Fusion :D). This car started a legacy.

[StephenTorma]

my first car is and well remain my car until it blows up lol. it is a 1973 maverick

[btr99]

we brazil we made 74 to 77 the maverick gt 302 V8 , its still muscle car here .

[pootahyt]

Do they have aftermarket high performance parts for the 302 Ford engine in Brazil?

[btr99]

yes, if you go to google and type brazil maverick v8 parts etc, you can find it, jr

[19FC90]

Oh yeah, Mavericks seem to be real popular in latin american countries

[potranco999]

Great memories. My dad bought a 1973 Maverick Grabber with a 302 V8 when I was 14. When I turned 16, it was mostly my car to drive. Had some great times.

[ozzyscruggs1]

First car was a used 74 Maverick 6-inline. Soon as I

got it home and started cleaning the interior, about a quarter's worth of pot seeds fell out of the heater core. That car and I were meant to be together. So many bowls of 'lumbo smoked while the radio blasted "Warpigs." I miss the 70s.

[kensamuel]

sweet. i had a 75 inline 6 maverick. it was so cool. i wish i had it now. thanks for the memories !!! gotta find a chevy vega ad next !! lol

[hpspeedster]

A magazine ran a comparison of a Kaiser/Henry J compact and an early 70s Maverick,and the Henry J bested the Maverick in most categories.Its a shame that 20 years (1951-1971)didnt produce more progress than that.

[visor109]

Hey! My first car was a 1970 Maverick! Thanks for sharing!

[lladnek70]

I had a 1962 comet this was my fixerupper i was working on restoring it when i was in highschool i learned alot of automechanics from that old car wish every one could have a killer experience like my self with an old car

[MercComet72]

Thanks for sharing! I have Comet 4-door -72 in my garage.

[smittykins]

Cute widdle baby cougar!

[SterlingSolomon]

These were all considered 'small economy cars', but now the're like road hogs. Wow!

[muskypuckers]

Um, no. They were small cars.

[SterlingSolomon]

That's what I said. They were small cars, the selling point being that they were more economical. But by todays standards, they are huge. My dad drove a Comet for many years.

[Taranau]

Mavericks and Comets are 67/68 Mustangs/Falcons in new clothes.I've known several people who consider them among the best Fords ever made.Like Thirdgen,their families had the cars for well over 300,000 miles.

[Thirdgen83]

I've had my '73 for 25 years...

[DA90027]

Yeah 1995.00, no brakes, no power steering, a squirrel on a treadmill and no wipers! Hee hee...a decent car, not as well built & reliable as the 60-65 Falcon's & Comets but you still see quite a few on the road.

[yellowbusguy]

I learned to drive in a yellow 72, my mothers car. I have fond memories of those days.

[Elitemaxim0]

thanks for sharing i have a 74' merucry comet 2-door i6

[v8music]

Excelent Video, thanks

[dynomitemike]

my aunt used to drive a Ford Maverick!

[z4rt4n]

Great video...thanks for sharing. I miss my 72 ford maverick.

[VeryVideolistic]

Cool, Thanks for sharing these