A neighbor had a Maverick stolen in Oregon. He only trusted it the ten miles to work, and back. Wouldn’t even let his wife drive it, because he was sure it would break down. Cops found it in Florida, years later.
There was a story a few years back of a father and teenaged son who bought a 64 Mustang that was in horrible condition and fully restored it to like new.
When they went to sell it at a auction it was discovered that it was a stolen car from back in the 60’s.
They lost the car and had to give it up.
Moral of the story is:
DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE!
CHECK ENGINE SERIAL NUMBERS!
CHECK VIN DATABASES!
GET A POLICE INSPECTION REPORT!
HAVE YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY CHECK IT OUT!......................
We had a Maverick back in the day. It first belonged to my oldest brother when he graduated from high school, and he used it to go to junior college. As he got married and purchased his own car, my sister then used it, and so on, and so on, through six kids going to high school and such. I was fifth in line. When I went away to college, my younger sister drove it. After I graduated college, I was allowed to use it again, and drove it out to Texas where I’d gotten a better job. I was only there for a few months before the transmission started slipping. Dad sold it to an immigrant family for maybe $200. It had a lot of miles on that thing. It broke down all the time, but it lasted in our family 14 years.
It’s also a ‘fake’ SS.
Somebody put on a SS grill and SS badge on the rear. The steering wheel does not have SS on it.............