@CarMichael Angelo it crossed my mind but I think I’ll keep it easy on this one. Probably be the wife driving it most of the time. Now, I will stow the old 250 away in the corner in case I feel adventurous some day.
Yeah, good idea.Just in case you need to know how you can take the exact same Maverick 250, cut open the side to expose the lifter galley, create a cover plate to fix that, Hog open the push rod galley to allow them to swing way out to accommodate a canted valve head, and the contact info to get in touch with someone in Australia to Source that head built for Ford Australia by Honda, that you have to put cut down 1.75“ BBC exhaust valves in as intake valves, and + .0500”:extended length SBC 1.50 exhaust valves for exhaust valves, then add Custom length pushrods, guided by custom built guide plates, using 1.75 ratio BBC offset roller rockers, operating BBC beehive springs, then machine the crank to accommodate a SBF balancer, and A SBF timing chain minus 2 teeth sourced from some guy in India, Then give you the address for the Aussie cam grinder that can grind a solid roller cam to accommodate 6 BBF roller lifter pairs to ride on, A machine shop to Bore open the cylinders to allow a .250 over bore sleeve to fit,, held together with a butt load of JB weld…..And Hard block engine filler…
I know a guy.
Seriously good find...Funny how back then, the body look was so so. You look at it today with totally different eyes. My grandmother left me a Grabber like that when I was nineteen, and I destroyed it within months. That six motor still has a lot of power.
The tragedy is that I threw the short block away. With the double roller timing chain sourced from india, the crank machined to accept the SBF zero balance balancer, 6 forged rods, 6 custom 2618 forged pistons, the solid roller cam, and 12 BBF solid roller lifters all still inside. Who would ever wanna do any of that crazy sht anyway?Yeah, good idea.
He needs some yard art, or was it a boat anchor? Can't remember
I found this one owner 1972 Maverick Olympic edition. 100% original everything.
Check one page back where I posted a bunch of pictures. It was mostly an appearance package so and combination of options were available. They made pintos, Mavericks, and mustangs.Thats really neat.
We want more pictures of the Olympic sprint package please.
Always liked Mavs
I tend to agree but the mounts seem fine. Perhaps the nut on the stud that goes through the K wasn't sufficiently tight or got somewhat loose? The mounts were new. I'm either going to tie it to the frame or make an insert to fill the gap in the slot that's in the K to prevent slippage.I find it odd that the engine would/could move around that much that didn't involve a engine mount failure.
In the 'old days' we put a chain on one side of the engine to keep from ripping the mount apart but that was when the mounts were 3 pieces with no safety.
I think that's the way to go, Don't give it a place to go....... or make an insert to fill the gap in the slot that's in the K to prevent slippage.
Ya i know i should... In this case though it would have been worse with solid mounts or at least i think it would be. the mount actually slipped in the K member.Put solid mounts on it.
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