Wow, I come on here at least once a week to check in, but didn't realize until just now that I had not updated this thread since last June. Doesn't seem right to me, could have sworn I did, but I guess not.
So lots to update. Last year can only be described as an amazing year for me and the little blue homebuilt Maverick. As a reminder, I didn't build this car to be a "show car", but just a nice little driver. I will admit to getting carried away as most of us do, but I will still call it a driver and not a Show car.
Having said that, I was shocked at the response it got everywhere I took it. As a quick reminder, my first ever outing with the car was at the 2018 Boston World of wheels ISCA indoor show. I was on rounds of Prednisone and dealing with pneumonia and frankly should not have been there. But with the best friends ever and the most supportive wife in the world, I got there and was able to show the car. Heather positively pushed me to get the last details done knowing how hard I wad worked towards the goal of showing it there first. She knew the disappointment of missing that would have been huge for me. Three friends all took a day off from their own lives, loaded my car in the trailer and my display, drove me to Boston (90 miles away) and set up the display and car for me. I then had another friend show up Sunday afternoon to help break it all down. When the dust settled that weekend the car was awarded five, yes five separate awards!
1st in class, Semi Hardtop
Outstanding Custom
Outstanding Undercarriage
Outstanding Display
And the most coveted, the
Master Builder Award. This is given to the best vehicle in the show that is largely home built.
Once the weather broke here in the northeast I was able to start driving it and getting the first few miles on it. Incredibly it has run very well with only a couple small things to go back and take care of!
The next big show was the Goodguys Northeast event in Rhinebeck, NY. The car was selected for the
Ford in a Ford pick as well as a
Builders Choice Top Ten!
A few weeks later I went to the Syracuse Nationals (9000 vehicles) and was selected as a Designer Dozen nomination (not winner) but did get selected as a
Tucci Top 5 Builders Choice! Mind blown!
Went to the NSRA Nats in Burlington, VT in September and was selected by Wings Callahan for his
Wing's Award.
Then in October I went down to Charlotte, NC for the Goodguys show at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That show was super fun, and I am bummed to hear it is no more. On Friday of the event I was selected for the
Full Curve pick which came with a full photo shoot and a feature on their web site and a full one page in this months Goodguys Gazette.
https://www.fuelcurve.com/1972-ford-maverick/
Then on Saturday the car was selected by Kyle Tucker from Detroit Speed for one of his
Builder's Choice Top 10's!. This was then followed by a very cool 3 lap cruise around the track, that was fun!
With winter upon us I parked the car and concentrated on other things. In February I got back to it doing some detailing in preparation for a bucket list event for me, the Detroit Autorama! I had an amazing time and was absolutely blown away again by the response the car received as well as the parking spot they gave me up among all the Great 8 and Ridler contenders! After a long weekend I won both a
1st in class as well as an Outstanding Paint award! One of only 4 given out among the 800 plus vehicles in the show.
And then since the car was already "show prepped" I displayed at the Piston Powered Cleveland Autorama as well. This indoor show is like no other. Much more laid back, but very cool with a very wide array of vehicles. Still very high end, but just doesn't have the prominence of say the Detroit Autorama or the AMBR show in Cali. But it was big with just over 1000 vehicles of all types entered. Here I took a
second in class to an AMAZING 56 Ford Vicky. I bow to them, a beautiful car for sure. The floors and frame were sanded and buffed, I can't compete against that at all. But I once again walked out with another
Outstanding Paint award, again one of only 4 out of all the vehicles there.
So now that all that has been done and the dust has settled, time to start driving the crap out of this thing. Thanks to all of you that have followed along on my journey during this build, it has been fun for sure. This year I am going to Raleigh, NC for the Goodguys show in April as well as Columbus in July. If you see me or the car please stop and introduce yourself to me. I love making friends and connections with fellow gear heads!!!
Glenn
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
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