Hemmings Find of the Day – 1973 Ford Maverick

If I had to take a wild guess, I’d say that the seller of this 1973 Ford Maverick would have enjoyed the Eliminator-era ZZ Top music videos I linked to last week. The colors, the cacti, the street rod interior (minus the cowgirl floating across the ceiling, unfortunately), the dual quads sticking out the hood, […]

From across the heavens …

Comes this. Well, actually, from across the parking lot at Fonda Speedway in New York, the historic dirt track, where I stumbled upon this a month ago. It’s a 1973 Mercury Comet, one of about 29,000 four-door sedans total. Fewer than half, including this one, had the 302-cu.in. V-8.
Even fewer had the Custom option we see […]