00:00I found this little car on eBay. I never would have thought it would have turned out this
00:08way.
00:09I've never seen another Maverick quite like this one.
00:13I've owned probably over two or three hundred cars. To me, hot rodding is old school and
00:23new school. I love and enjoy the things I grew up with.
00:26And this 1971 Ford is the perfect blend of past and present.
00:32You're taking something and making it your own.
00:35It's a Maverick. I mean, when's the last time you saw a Maverick done?
00:38I've never seen another Maverick quite like this one.
00:41It started out probably about five or six years ago. I found this little car on eBay
00:46and then I got to thinking, I've always wanted to run 200 miles an hour. So I said, let's
00:51build a car that would do that.
00:53To make his dream reality, Jimmy employed the services of father and son duo Greenin.
01:00This Maverick ranks very high with all the builds that we've done over the years. On
01:05this car, comparing it to the original, from the fender flares up on the car is basically
01:11untouched Ford sheet metal and trim around the top. The lines looked great and we still
01:16wanted people to be able to recognize the car and it not look like something else. We
01:20still wanted it to be a Maverick. Then from there down, it's all been heavily modified.
01:26Probably the best part about the car to me is the flares on the fenders. It looks so
01:30good. It's not out of place. It doesn't look gawky and it's a simple change.
01:35Today, the Mavericks at the Good Guys show in Columbus, Ohio.
01:40Inside we have the race pack for your speedometer, all your gauges. We have the race seats. We
01:46have the roll cage. To be safe, we have quarter inch metal that's been able to make the tunnel.
01:52That way we have a transmission explosion, drive shaft come loose. I'm safe in the car.
01:58I'm too old to have problems.
02:00The car's top speed so far has been 202.7 mile an hour. This one has just kind of been
02:07nudged out there a little farther as far as what it can do.
02:11Nudged out, you say? I think that may be somewhat of an understatement.
02:23They going to judge it on how the handles out there on the course. They want you to
02:28drive the cars. They want you to use it and abuse it.
02:42It felt good. If we could have made a few more passes, I think we could have kept picking it up.
02:48And Jimmy loves showing off his unique machine.
02:51Oh man, we've had so many compliments. You still have a lot of people come and say,
02:56what is that? You know, they don't realize it's a Maverick. They're kind of like, man,
03:00no one's ever done a Maverick like this before.
03:02He made a car perform and look good at the same time. His build qualities are phenomenal.
03:07His attention to detail is unmatched. And the car goes over 200 miles an hour.
03:11So, I mean, not a lot of people can say that with a build like that.
03:14This car is right there at the top of my list of all my cars right now.
03:18Just so different. This is something that I never would have thought it would have turned out this way.
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