00:02I found this little car on eBay. I never would have thought it would have turned out this way.
00:08I've never seen another Maverick quite like this one.
00:18I've owned probably about two or three hundred cars. To me,
00:21but hot riding is old school and new school. I love and enjoy the things I grew up with.
00:25And 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.
00:47And then I got to thinking, I've always wanted to run 200 miles an hour.
00:51So I said, let's build 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.
01:05On this car, comparing it to the original, from the fender flares up on the car is basically untouched
01:11Ford sheet metal and trim around the top. The lines looked great and we still wanted people to be
01:17able to recognize the car and it not look like something else. We still wanted it to be a Maverick.
01:22Then from there down, it's all been heavily modified.
01:25Probably the best part about the car, to me, is the flares on the fenders. It looks so good.
01:30It'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.
01:39Inside, we have the race pack for your speedometer, all your gauges. We have the race seats. We have the
01:46road cage to be safe. We have a quarter inch metal that's been able to make the tunnel. That way
01:53we
01:53have a transmission explosion, drive shaft come loose. I'm safe in the car. I'm too old to have
01:59problems. The car's top speed so far has been 202.7 mile an hour. This one has just kind of
02:06been
02:06nudged out there a little farther as far as what it can do.
02:10Nudged out, you say? I think that may be somewhat of an understatement.
02:22They're going to judge it on how the handle's out there on the course.
02:27They want you to drive the cars.
02:34They 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
02:47up.
02:47And Jimmy loves showing off his unique machine.
02:52Oh 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. His
03:07attention to detail is unmatched and the car goes over 200 miles an hour. So, I mean,
03:12not a lot of people can say that with a build like that.
03:15This car is right there at the top of my list of all my cars right now. Just so different.
03:19This is
03:20something that I never would have thought it would have turned out this way.
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