In or about 1992 I purchased (with my parents money) a 1972 Ford Maverick "Sprint" for $1200. I purchased it from a neighbor with about 60,000 miles on it and as I understand it had been driven by "a little old lady" who lived in California. It was great when I got it since it pretty much drove much like it probably did in 1972. However it wasn't long since I wore out much of the more giving components. Like anything rubber.

I've done several things to it over the years but it has mostly remained stock. Since I lived in Arizona at the time I had a expensive aluminum racing radiator installed. The original wasn't in great shape and it was almost as expensive to find a replacement that matched original specs.

In 1996 I moved to New Mexico and that spelled trouble for this car. Seeing as how the weather here is much more cooler, especially during the winter. On more than one occasion it couldn't even start because it couldn't get get to temperature. I remember on my first day of work (I had been here 1 day) it snowed. There was a slight hill in front of my apartment. I proceeded to drive like I normally would expect I couldn't get the darned thing started. Finally did get it started but as soon as I came to a stop it would die again. Then trying to drive down that hill was a mistake. Since all the weight of the car is on the front end I had no traction. I had to ditch it on a side street, walk back to my apartment and call my Cousin to come and get me.

After that I had nothing but problems. I think a lot of it was getting the carburetor tuned to the higher altitude. In 1997 I bought a Ford Ranger pick up since I needed something reliable. Since that time its been setting in my Garage in pieces.

This year I plan to get some work done on it. Specifically paint and body and the addition of a Mustang II front end with rack and pinion.