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Frank and I decided to go to another junkyard because
we haven't never been there yet and we heard they had a Maverick in the yard. We walked and walked looking for
the Maverick. We saw a quarter window peeping between two cars that looked
like it could be what we were looking for. We walked some more. Yep, that's a Maverick. First thing I notice was the small
bumper and how straight it was. I looked up toward the trunk lid and this is when things started to get really interesting.
Then I looked at the door while making my way to the front of the car. YES!!...Passenger
side sport mirror. I get beside the door and now I'm close
enough to see the hood. This is when I thought I died and went to the junkyard in the sky...I could not believe what I
was seeing. A Grabber hood with very little rust and a small dent in the chrome
trim.
Now, here we are in the middle of the junkyard without the first wrench or pliers to turn any bolts. This is when I thought I
died and went to the other junkyard that is not in the sky. Frank lifted the hood
that was un-bolted
from the hinges, and saw that the V8 and transmission was already gone. Who ever took
the hood off the car put the bolts back in the hood.
The V8 engine stands were still bolted to the frame rail and so was the lower cross
support. The V8 throttle cable was still dangling from the firewall. We start checked out about every
part on the car and notice a near perfect dash pad and package tray with the
sport lamp switch still attached. The rear interior side panels were also in like new condition.
The glass was factory tint and this car was not A/C equipped. This odd
option makes
me think someone had to order this Grabber. Later we learned that this car had
been sitting in the yard over two years and all the body damage was from the
forklift moving it around the yard.
The only thing that was missing was steering
wheel and the Grabber
bucket seats (they were some unknown ugly bucket seats in the car). The sport lamps and grille were trashed. We decided to go back to the office and see how much dollars for this and that. I told the
man that we will be back tomorrow because we didn't bring any tools to get what we wanted. He turned around and gave us
a screw driver, channel locks and adjustable wrench from the shelve behind him. After getting the hood, trunk lid and quarter extensions it was getting about
closing time so we headed back to pay for the parts.
I asked the owner if he could sell the
whole car and he said he could do that. At the time we decided to just get the
parts we wanted for the asking price and leave the carcass. The next day we went
back with tool box in hand and started do our thing. By lunch time we had all the glass out, rear seat, interior
trim, mirrors, rear bumper, package tray, heater box and a bunch of other small parts. After we ate lunch at a 'All you can eat'
restaurant we did some thinking with a belly full of food and sitting in the air condition. Frank decided
we needed to go get Jimmy's trailer and
take the car home. At least he can now get most of his money back when he takes the
remains over the scales after he gets through stripping all the parts.
We got the forklift operator to set the front of
the car on the trailer and it took 7 people to push it the rest of the way on
the trailer. It took 3 of us to push it off the ramps...going down hill. At
least we knew the car would not get away from us while we unloaded it from the
trailer.
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