Back seat is now done. I love these pictures, but have to say this all looks sooooo much better in person. IN the car, in the shop it just doesn't photograph that well.

Only thing left now is the kick panels and center console. Then onto the trunk.......

In an effort to make the back seat look as if it belonged in the car to begin with, the side panels were recontoured to match the side of the rear seat. The side panel normally go straight up top to bottom. That matched the factory rear bench. But because my new seat has a tapered contour, my upholstery guy built up the side panels to match the seat. Making it look as though it came that way from factory. The first picture illustrates where he added to the side panels.

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This second picture shows it now upholstered and how it flows as though originally made this way from Ford.
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And here is the back seat 100% completed. By using a second set of front bucket seat foams he was able to make the rear bench look exactly as the fronts with all the bolsters and contours. Even the knee bolster is in place just like the front seats!

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Those seats and door panels turned out well Glenn. :)

I truly hope this car makes it to Sema next year as it belongs there.

Great work and I hope to see it in person one day.

Thanks!!

Wow!! That is a huge compliment. Suggesting it enough to be at SEMA is humbling. I didn't built this to be a Ridler winner or anything like that. But we all know that there are certain things, that if we achieve are monumental to us car guys. SEMA would be one of them for me. No question. I would have zero idea how to get connected with anyone to get that done, other than PPG of course. But they usually have "pro" builders cars in their booth, not employees.


Thanks again, you made my day!

Look through the parts list on your build and figure out all of the vendors and then "WE" go to work to get you a vendor that will sponsor you and get you and your car to Sema.

That would be incredible. I'll have to sit down and make a list of possible vendors.

Been working on the interior more, now the trunk......

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The finishing touches are turning out nicely, Glenn. Great job!

Thank you very much. The interior should be done by Saturday. Can't wait to get it outside and look at the finished product in good lighting!!

Stop Stop your killing me... like all I need is more idea's.

Trunk looks great and I like the carpet on the floor.

So my plan is working, trying to drive people nuts with this car!!! Lol......


Trunk is now done! Here is the closeout panel that hides the battery. We added some houndstooth here as well, and it has the same staggered design as what is on the doors. Only thing left to do is bolt in the front bucket seats and she is all done. I am picking the car up Friday morning! Can't wait to get it outside and be able to get some pictures in better lighting.

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Okay so I am now looking forward to the homecoming pictures

I picked up the car from the interior shop today. I am so happy with the final outcome, it looks exactly as I had envisioned. I love how much the back seat matches the front.


Pictured aren't great as the sun was going down and it was in the shade.
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Glenn your guy did a great job.

Now you seriously need to find yourself a Sema Sponsor so we all can see it next year.

I just read through your maverick build. WOW, that car is amazing.You have some bad-ass skills. I remember these cars from back when I was growing up, a few friends had them. For sure, you, your skills and your car belong at sema.
The only thing I see empty is the passenger side dash is bare, do you have any plans for that? maybe you reserved that space for all the awards???:king:

I have made a list of vendors used. I will post them up and would be curious to see which ones you might think would be worth approaching. Thanks for all the continued love of the project!!


Thanks for reading it all. Its been a long road, but very fulfilling. The early Mavericks never had a glove box, so that smooth out area is factory like that. As of right now I have no plans of adding anything to the area.

Since you suggested I figure out the list of companies used, I started putting it all down and it isn't as big as most of you use.

There are likely a few more I am missing, but this is the majority of it off the top of my head. Not really a lot there to choose from to get me to SEMA in my eyes.

But, here goes:


Fesler, driving lights
Ring Brothers, door handles
E-Stopp, electric E brake
BFG, tires
Advanced Plating, chrome work
Engineered Components Inc, disc brakes
Dynacorn, rear tail pan and tail lights
Maverickman Carbon Fiber Products, hood and trunk
Lokar, shifter, throttle cables, trans cables
Billet Specialties, rims, valve covers, air cleaner
Gotta Show Products, trans, power steering and heater lines
Champion, radiator
Ford Motorsport, headers, driveshaft
Edelbrock, intake, carb
Spoilers by Randy, front spoiler
March Performance, Serpentine set up
Compu-Tronix, distributor-less ignition
Hagen Hot Rod, flush side lights
Aeromotive, fuel pressure regulator
Juliano's Hot Rods, Steering wheel
New Vintage, Gauges and gear indicator panel
PPG, paint
3M, sand paper and seam sealers
Evercoat, body fillers
Vision Concepts, outside door mirrors
TMI, replacement seat foams
Ididit, steering column
Rod & Custom Motorsports, Front suspension

These are the one's that i would consider. Most likely one of them would Sponsor and outside spot and may even give you some money to get it there.

With how well this car is built, you should have no issue getting it into a booth at SEMA. We hope everything works out so we can see it up close in person next year!

It really looks good all finished. She's a lucky girl.

A friend just shared with me that there is an article written and posted on Hotrod Hotline about my car. I was pretty shocked to hear that as I had not been contacted by anyone about writing such an article. All the info and pictures were taken from either here on PT.com or Lat-g.com. So the guy, Tommy Parry, is on one of the two sites.

While I do appreciate the article and notoriety it brings, I am disturbed by the last paragraph and where the "writer" decided to take liberty and say that the build put my "marriage on the rocks'. This could not be further from the truth in any regard, my wife loves my cars and what I do with them. She is wholly supportive in what I do and how I do it. Never once a debate on the amount of time or money invested. Largely because the money does not come from our "house" money. My paycheck goes to everything house/family related. My car money comes from doing side work. Thats why it took seven years to build this car.

So whoever you are Tommy Parry, I didn't appreciate your added drama into the article on my car.

https://www.hotrodhotline.com/node/19535#.WkZwSjvfPBI

Glenn, I've been in a similar situation in the past. I hope the author meant no harm but in my opinion it is pretty sleazy to submit an article for publication without even speaking with the source. Especially when the author completely fabricates at least one part of the story to add drama. I wonder if you can email their site and have the article rewritten or at least the last paragraph removed for accuracy's sake.

I did see an email address ([email protected]) on the site that may be a good start.

Best of luck.

I have already emailed them and await a response. I don't wish for it the entire article to be removed, just the one line.

What sucks is that no one ever even reached out to me to ask if I was cool with it. I can tell he just stole all the content from one of the two forums as he only has be listed as Glenn, no last name in the article or the photo credits. Just Glenn.

I agree with everything above. I read it as the author was trying to be funny, regardless he should have contacted you before doing it and sent you the article first for any revisions needed before printing it.

Okay I say the Author is a jerk. No way should he had ever said anything like that. I mean was it really need... NO! so he should have never said it.

Other then that the article is really nice.

Thank you, how I feel completely.

Sorry to hear about this, Glenn. That's a completely unnecessary shot at your private life, joke or not. I'm not clicking on the link. That's how websites like that survive. I hope you get more legitimate coverage of the car and your work as time passes. It's very deserving of a magazine spread.

Thank you! I hope so too, I have been fortunate enough to get magazine features on past cars. But never one I have put this much heart and soul into. So for that reason especially, I hope a real magazine deems it worthy.

I have been incredibly sick for several months now and haven't had the energy or will to work on the car since coming home from the upholstery shop. Now starting to feel human again, although still not 100%, I ventured out to the garage today to play a little.

I want to make a close out panel for the font grill/rad support area. Today I made up a template in posterboard. I don't have a large enough piece of metal on hand, but just enough to make up one half. I am going to remake it out of one large pice, but wanted to go ahead and make the half just to test out how it will mount and how it will fit. So far I am very happy with its results.

Here the beginning of the part. Hope to get the full one pice made this week. Then I will trim and fit it, then paint ithttps://i.hmjimg.com/images/2018/01/27/IMG_4518.md.jpg
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Glenn,

Glad you're feeling better. I like where you're going with the close out panels, but it seems more practical to actually have it be two pieces.

Andrew

Agreed, two would be easier. That was my original plan, but then thought I would try and see if I could make it in one. Luckily, if I do it in two, the split would be all of a half inch right in front of that latch support.

That will be nice!

I am curious how you will do such a large radius bend?

Thanks, Joe

Good question, I asked myself the same thing at first. On that test panel I bent it around a pipe. Worked ok, only thing I would do different on the final piece would be to clamp it down with a bar or something so that it bends uniformly.

Sorry you haven't been feeling well and I am glad you feel well enough to go out in the garage. That is usually a sign that you are on the mend.

oh ya it's looks nice and what color are you going to paint it ?

Thank you! The panels will be the same color as the car with matte clear to match the engine compartment.


A couple hours today in the garage. Definite therapy session! I remade the left side, then made the right one. Tomorrow I am running to a friends with a bead roller and put a couple lines in it for help strengthen it and for looks. Then I will detail the edges and get it ready for paint. Very happy with the end results.


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It looks great Glenn, nice work.

Man your making us all look bad.

Heck all I did today was swap some tires on my fat bike and go for a cold (37 degree) wet muddy ride.

oh and I saw a really strange movie at the Theater. Really strange.

I haven't had much time to work on the car lately. I have been plugging away with the closeout panels. The first set instead of doing a bead roll it was decided to do a tapered size dimple die holes. Well, with some miscommunication between me and my friend with the DD, he stamped them the wrong way, from bottom up! Lol.....

So I ended up having to make another set, I now have them in primer and as you see here they being final test fit before painting. I ended up deciding against any holes or bead rolls and letting them just be simple and clean.
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And lastly, as I prepare for the first ever showing of the car next month, I had this sign made for it. I will be showing it at the Boston World of Wheels show in March. Can't wait to finally be able to display the car all done.



SEMA...... I have been asked, and even urged by some of you to try and get the car to SEMA. I got a call last week from a vendor whose products I use. I know the area rep very well. Apparently my car has been talked about/shown to their marketing department and I am on a short list of vehicles being considered to be used in their booth. I'm not sure how likely it will be to actually happen, but I am honored and happy to be in the running with my little ol Maverick!

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Outstanding !