![]() ![]() However, am looking for trim rings to finish it off-is there a certain ring to use, or any 14" ring will do? Thought I saw some on Ebay that were listed for MGrabber but were gone by the time I went back to it. I have attached a pic of the inside of the hood where you can still see the green-I am assuming that is the same green as the body?Īnyone know the color #s for each of the green colors used? or how I might find out?īTW-have dogdish caps on it now thanks to you all and finding them under the 90s looking things. I am unsure of the area between the tail lights-it is now black, so assume it was the lighter green? I believe the same goes for the bottom blk strip that runs the length of each side-only because the Grabber appears green. On the hood I believe where there is now blk hood stripes it was green since it appears through some of the cracks in the blk stripping-however I think it was a lighter green than the rest of the body color? The Grabber I have was orginally green and I would like to put it back to its original color. 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).Anyone know the original Green color scheme on a 1972 Grabber or how I can find out? 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. I just took M&H 275-60-15s off the rear of my Maverick, with stock length rear end, with Weld draglites that had 4 1/2 inner and 3 1/2 outter spacing. 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. I want to run 275/60-15 tires on the rear of my 72 Maverick Grabber, can I use a 15x8' rim with what backspacing. 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. Hot Wheels 2011 Street Beasts 1971 Ford Maverick Grabber Red. However I've been looking mostly at Chevy Nova's. Hot Wheels 2020 Hw Flames Custom Ford Maverick, Black 142/250. 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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