1970 Maverick Commercial

[djkenny]

I hated the steering and quick locking drum breaks (why on Earth did they put "drum" brakes on a car meant to be a class above Pinto???). twirl and twirl that wheel with absolutely no sense of feel.

[dnwiles228]

love the maverick/ commet

[cam1234567891640]

I have one in my garage

[snowrocket]

Our family had a '74 4-door Maverick with the 302 and C4 automatic. My dad bought it new and we kept it until about 1985. I learned to drive in that car in 1981. Good A/C, the BEST 3-speed automatic EVER, and the 302 ran great when warmed up. Although it was rustproofed and undercoated, ours (and others) had rust holes in three years time. One of the worst cars I've ever regularly driven in snow. The six cylinder models WERE better in snow.

[glauciomusic]

Comercial perfeito pra epoca ,, Maverick forever ...

[grabbber]

Ginger Bucket Seat interior... super rare wish I could pull this car outa my Computer Screen.

[grabbber]

This is 1971.. And Very Rare Color Combination for a 71 Grabber

[vexacon]

My first car!

Tough little bugger it was too!

[okrabay]

My friend had one and it lasted all through high school and beyond and this was in the late 80's when he first got it.

[trilhoes2]

você tinha que ter uma montanha dessas de dinheiro para abastece-lo

[okrabay]

I guess this competed with the Vega?

[starladear002]

@okrabay No, the Ford Pinto competed with the Vega. The Maverick was more of a Nova competitor.

[StickPeopleAndPuff]

@okrabay nope it competed with imports

[irish89055]

@StickPeopleAndPuff right, the Jap cars were coming on strong at this time, we got a Datsun in 71  The Vegas were a disgrace...

[InfiniteMushroom]

@irish89055 GM got all the Vega's problems fixed for the '76 model year but, like the Corvair, the Vega's reputation was ruined just when it became a good car.

[irish89055]

@InfiniteMushroom my sister got the Datsun 510 and me use of a 73 Vega in 78 that burned a quart of oil a day and was rusting out at back window like most everyone I saw..

[Srd1126]

@InfiniteMushroom GM has had that problem for decades. They let their first-year buyers be unpaid beta-testers of their cars. No wonder the imports now have the same market share GM once had to itself

[171apples171]

lol, "put some romance in your life" XD im getting one of these but its a 1970 and its not a grabber. everyone i have told so far laughed at me, my dad hates the idea, and my mom is really skeptical about getting me the car. The only reason im letter her buy me a car is because i think IT LOOKS COOL AS HELL and its only 250 bucks.

[Srd1126]

If you look carefully you can see it rusting right there in the commercial.

[ElSambrero]

haha that thing about the romance is right. chicks literally line up to ride in my maverick... and this is 40 years later... and its only a 200 6 maverick... its my baby... im second owner bought it in 2007 when i was 15 $2000, another $1000 to finish restoring it.

[StickPeopleAndPuff]

@ElSambrero same with my grabber my dad bought from the orginal owner in 05, im only 15 but the "chicks" factor is already starting pay off :D

[AndrewNelson1985]

You all are idiots. Arguing over a car from the early 70's. It was an economy car. I bought an original 1971 Maverick Grabber last summer and the car hasnt been touched everything is there from the day it was made. And I gotta tell ya there is litterly nothing special about this car other than trim and bucket seats.

[butterflygreatone]

my grandpa had a blue 1973 maverick

[AtlantaGymFan]

My dad bought me a new 1970 Maverick and it was not my dream car for sure - the clutch plate broke one Sunday night in a risky area so I had to drive in 2nd for 5 miles, and with the shift on the stalk I had to drape that area with a blanket in the summer or it got too hot to handle! Still, it ran most of the time.

[bareknuckles2u]

Bitchin'!

[MattTheSaiyan]

They should make these again with a modern-style motor and airbags.

[wolfzero85]

badass

[planetiowa]

I was very close to buyng one from Balsiger Ford in Klamath Falls, OR. I was due to be released from the Air Force in a few months. My lieutenant convinced me not to commit to the debt. The saleman and I were $50 apart. I agreed to their price IF they would repaint the sickly green car to a sporty red. That wasn't possible. I kept my '63 VW Beetle until '76.

[covis1]

My mom had one of these. It had a huge engine but she never really drove it that fast. I think she had it about 4 years and then it started breaking down.

[7REDDRACO7]

@covis1 Huge engine? What maverick had a huge engine from the factory ? Largest was 302 cubic inch displacement (the 5.0L v8). The 5.0L engine is the smallest and lightest v8 around in an american car back then. The straight six probably wieghed the same.

[knockedit]

@7REDDRACO7 Like I said, my moms Maverick had a huge engine. My dad had it customized. I am not sure the specs on it, I just remember the engine went from wheel-well to wheel-well. As kids riding in the back seat, we would ask her to "floor it", sometimes she would. What a ride....whoo hoooooooo!

[danielcampa09]

vai tomar no cu,eles colocam o comercial do maverick americano só pra postar em ingles

[TheLizardKing1967]

I love the Ford Pinto tail lights.  LOL

[mustang196583]

By today's standard's the Maverick would be a tank. Back then it was a econ compact, the Pinto being a sub compact. I had may parents old 71 4 door in high school. 200cid 6, 3 on the tree and a am/fm radio.... and the old thing ran for ever. The only car that did better was my 80 AMC Spirit.

[siriosempresantos]

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[ponchoyo]

waitt.. how reliable are these cars? i'm hearing good and bad reviews.

[fixinggrace]

@ponchoyo We had a 1972 Ford Maverick with an inline six that was very reliable. In the four years we had it, the starter was the only thing we had to replace and it was great on ice and snow. One thing about these cars was that the bodies rusted very quickly. Ours was five years old when we had to junk it because the body was so bad and the brakes rotted.

[ponchoyo]

@fixinggrace ahh well, i ended up buying a datsun Z, the only maverick i found had a v8 swap and needed work. I was looking for a DD car.

[fixinggrace]

@ponchoyo I see

[folgers69]

id rather buy a gremlin x with the 304 V-8

[patrick9648]

My brother had one of these old tanks back in high school. He ragged it out and it was broke down most of the time. And it seemed like there were a lot of green ones around back in the day. good times good times.

[MrJohnVowers]

Ford rocks.

[maverick1976stallion]

Most Maverick Grabbers came with a 6 banger. No such thing as a 1969 Maverick. Though they were introduced in the spring of 1969, they were hailed as the car of the 70's. USA Maverick production 1970-1977. Been driving them since 1974.

[mrbuster1964]

Poor man's Mustang!!! The Grabber had the 302 ci engine! I learned to drive in Maverick!! We had 2 of these RUST BUCKETS!!! If you could keep the body going they were pretty good cheap cars!

[debrajl529]

My grandfather bought a '69 model new. He HATED it! He got rid of it within a year and traded it in for a brand new 1970 Camaro.

[The6000Sabre]

Maverick was Ford's replacement for the Falcon.

Same mechanically, but the body looked cheesy. I would have opted back in 1970 for a cooler looking Nova or Duster.

[72fordmaverick]

my maverick runs with out the carb on my 6 cyl.

[blaine2468]

My father still has his 71 grabber....although it has sat in the barn for the last 15 years..still runs,,he starts it at least once or twice a month

[MsTexas73]

Memories of my firends dad driving up in his Apple green Maverick.

Also...I always remember 12/13 year old Buddy Lawrence *Kristy McNichol* on "Family" driving that brown Maverick.

[wiisaluteyou]

a Maverick?! oh my God!!! tht car is a total TANK!!! i used 2 own 1 (because it started showing problems) and there was no obstacle you could not overcome. i even remember it rolling down our driveway (some1 forgot 2 set the brake!) & plowing 2 parked cars out of its way! the only damage 2 the Maverick was scratched paint.

[12344bam]

i got one for sale it's not a grabber but it's a 2 door 302 CI

[hellbilly34a]

i like to look racy

[harley1450000]

the grabber was a cool car

[sideslide23]

My Dad used to own a Ford maverick, he bought it brand new and then he drove it to death, 8 years later, he traded it in for a Volvo Station Wagon

[neondave]

yep, i miss my Ol' 1970 Mav. 200ci/auto,..i had to park on da street,..it got hit and run twice,..the last time trashed one side of the car,..i sold it,...maybe someday, ill find another

[grog007]

Mavericks (especially the straight 6's) were easy to work on and last forever. I had friends that owned Mavericks. Lasted for years! I had two 1974 AMC Hornets that were easy to work on & cheap to own/run. Wanted a low mileage Maverick in the late 1980's but they were sold--bought my 2nd Hornet that had 39K original on it.

[GUMBYANT]

I drive my 70 mav every day for the last 10 years, just turned it over to 100,000 to all zeros. All I do is put oil in it. Origanal 200ci straight six w/ clifford headers, and weber carb,.

[duncan36]

You only got 1,000,000 miles out of your Maverick mine has over a billion miles. Its evolved to the point it doesnt need gas anymore it runs off dirt.

[bbyhsbn]

he said 100,000. count your zeros

[tomloft2000]

i think cars as a whole have become more reliable-but they are also a lot more expensive.

[holmeed]

American made CRAP

[stratotanker518]

You're insane.

[peter455sd]

-Unfortunately there are no more indestructable cars like that anymore.........

[Jibjub80]

My grandmother used to drive a Maverick, and we loved that car. It was probably the most reliable car we owned, but I was wondering about something years later. On a news report, it had been stated that Mustangs would explode in the rear end collisions like the Pintos. Were Mavericks safe in rear end collisions? I don't know if I'd feel safe in one anymore.

[BuzzBarber]

Mavericks were safer than Pintos in rear-end collisions. Basically, Pintos were built on a Maverick platform with a shorter rear end section, which placed the gas tank in a vulnerable position. The Maverick's additional structure in the rear provided enough extra protection for the tank, as well as for the vehicle's occupants.

[powerhouse2112]

Mavericks, Pintos, Pacers, That is when America started to get Shaved, the begining of the end. And here we are in 2009, building more Pintos and Mavericks. BUZZZZZZ

[smokeypearl]

@BuzzBarber umm...wrong. the maverick and pinto's platform have nothing to do with eachother. the maverick's platform is more similar to a mustang than a pinto.

[IstvanN1961]

@BuzzBarber The PINTO was NOT a shorter Maverick. It was a completely separate car from the Maverick.

[geargemartin]

@IstvanN1961 Your correct. According to "The standard Catalog of American Cars" the Maverick, and its comet sibling, are base on the old Falcon platform.

[djdepaolo]

@BuzzBarber same tail lights on both the Pinto and Maverick too.

[otterhead45]

in a time when cars really sucked , these were great cars

[peter455sd]

-I don't agree with you,i think that cars suck today,ugly and unreliable.........

-Back then it was beautiful,powerful and build to last forever......

-And affordable,within reach of anybody(USA).

[emilsponga63]

tune ups every year - all rubber hoses/belts/wires did not last

tires were shit

workmanship was bad since the mid 60's

46 grease fittings to hit every 6 months

bad paint

they rusted through in 3 years

and more - YA DONT GET THIS ON TODAYS CARS i was oersonally remember how bad ALL cars were in the 60's-70's - not going to glorify it

that said.. i love them

[peter455sd]

-No grease fittings on Mavericks,no sir.....

-Tune-ups every year?

-I don't remember that....

-Rust yes but,it showed up because those cars kept on running for 40 years+,something that the new cars won't,some big american cars nowadays can last up to 20 years but japanese cars last tops 5-10 years,5 years mostly that's why they don't have a chance to rust,they end up before that....

-I was a mechanic back then and i'm a mechanic now,i know very well the kind of crap we got today........

[MiracleMile90]

@peter455sd: That's probably somewhat true nowadays, but I've heard they were actually pretty good.........about 20-30 years ago.

[djkenny]

@peter455sd Wow. I have an 87 Chevrolet Sprint Turbo. Japanese stressed 3 cylinder. Never issues. 198k miles with excellent compression. I like Mavericks, but the Japanese really make greats cars, especially pre 93 ones.

[bbyhsbn]

that isn't for a 1970. it has a grabber hood. only 71s and 72s had grabber hoods. unless you mean tis a commercial from 1970, for a 1971.

[WookieCookie]

I put the air date in the description and title... This commercial aired in 1970.

[frankd1965]

Actually a 1971 commercial. 1970 models had the base front end and no scoops.

[bbyhsbn]

yes we already established that. i know the car was a 71... but he said the commercial was 1970... so i asked if he meant the car was a 70 or it aired in 70. and he said it aired in 70 but for a 71 maverick.

[StickPeopleAndPuff]

@bbyhsbn actually mavericks from 71-74 had the optional grabber package

[bbyhsbn]

@StickPeopleAndPuff You're absolutely wrong. I'm the ORIGINAL owner of a 1970 grabber. do your research before you post anything, buddy. just LOOK it up on google right now and you'll realize how wrong you are

[MavDude]

Great ad! I drive a '72 everyday.

[fordcers83]

is ford is good is maverick is everything aweson car

[baddassbr]

that grabber with the 302 was a bad muthaaa

[mobilene]

...with Danny Dark on the vo.