B3R Garage: Primering up the 1970 Maverick

Finally the Mad Scientists’ 1970 Ford Maverick is getting a little dash of primer. The Mad Scientist shot his Maverick with primer from the cowl to the trunk this last weekend. Surprisingly, only a little time was spent in skimming tiny pinholes and dings in the body with filler. On the other hand, the use of an air file made sanding down the Maverick a whole lot easier. Needless to say it was a bit of relief to see the car in a single color for the first time even if it was primer.

If you are into doing body work on cars the Mad Scientist and I would HIGHLY recommend you get yourself an air file. The air file literally took out a huge chunk of time we would have originally spent handing sanding the car. Instead, the air file sanded the car so well that we could have probably hit the car with color and been done with it, but we are trying to go for a specific look. 

B3R Garage: Ford Maverick-Preparing For Primer

Although the 1970 Ford Maverick still requires a little mechanical work, the Mad Scientists and I have decided to simply move on to doing a little body work. Conveniently the Maverick only requires a little body work in order to get prepared for primer and paint.

Currently the paint already on the Maverick already contains a luxurious shine in many places. However, there are yet some areas of the car such as the driver-side door, and rear quarter panels that still require a little skimming of body filler and smoothing before the primer. This weekend the Mad Scientist and I will be busting out the sand paper and foam blocks in order to get the Maverick ready for its first coat of primer. 

B3R Garage: The Mad Scientist's Tranny Troubles

The Mad Scientist has cut, chopped, and welded his 1970 Ford Maverick into submission. We have finally been able to completely drop in the Ford 302 sb into the Maverick using truck mounts. We wired up the starter, and bypassed the transmission lines. However, as easy as cutting into the Maverick was it was about time it cut back!

The Maverick strikes back!