![]() ![]() It retains most of the factory stickers that were part of the Grabber offering. The paint is original except on one rear quarter panel where a minor dent was once repaired. The seller’s Maverick is coincidentally finished in Grabber Blue paint, one of several stand-out colors the car was available in. It was so well-received that the Grabber would become its own series in 1971-75. The Grabber trim package came along in the middle of the car’s first year and had larger tires, a spoiler, and Grabber-specific graphics and trim. The name “Maverick” was derived from the word for unbranded range animals, and the car’s nameplate was stylized to resemble the head of Longhorn cattle. The car enjoyed an eight-year run and more than 2.1 million copies. ![]() Ironically, it used the same platform that both the Falcon and Mustang were built on. Located in Raymore, Missouri, the Ford is available here on eBay where bidders have nudged the peanut to $13,500.įord intended that the Maverick would replace the aging Falcon as its compact car offering. This ’70 Maverick came with the sporty Grabber trim package and has had only two owners with just 40,000 miles covered in 50 years. ![]() It would also outsell the Mustang that model year by nearly 3-to-1. And it would be almost as successful with 579,000 Mavericks produced for 1970 (the Mustang logged 619,000 units in 1965). The Ford Maverick debuted five years to the day after the Mustang entered the automotive scene. ![]()
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