1972 Ford Maverick Grabber - Mystery Maverick| ...Andy Purcell of Provo, Utah, just happened to be out for a ride, cruising down the local back roads in his '70 Ford Torino, when he came upon a small car of mysterious origin. He had never seen one like it before, and wanted to know what the mysterious vehicle was. With its built-in ducktail, it...
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| |  Ford has used the Maverick name on four completely different automobiles in the last three decades. A Maverick car was produced for the Americas in the 1970s, and the name has appeared on three different SUVs in Australia and Europe.
The 1970s Ford Maverick was a rear wheel drive compact car that was built from 1970 to 1977 in the USA, Canada, Mexico, and from 1973 to 1979 in Brazil. The original model was a 2-door sedan priced at US$1,995.
The Ford Maverick was released exactly five years after the Ford Mustang and was the only car of the time to sell as well, actually selling 5,000 more units in its first year totalling 579,000 than the Ford Mustang did. The Maverick replaced the Ford Falcon (USA model) and had several different models: Grabber (1971-1975), Stallion (1976), four-door sedan (1971-1977) and Sprint (1972). Mercury re-released the Mercury Comet as a mechanical clone of the Maverick that had three models of its own: Comet (1971-1977), Comet GT (1971-1975) and a four-door sedan (1971-1977). While generally sold only as 2-door and 4-door sedans, a rare station wagon version of the Maverick was introduced in Brazil in 1975.
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