Must be early 1975?
Cool shot of the ‘Color Me Gone’ funny in the background as well.
I had to lighten the image up a little bit to bring out some the detail.
Must be early 1975?
Cool shot of the ‘Color Me Gone’ funny in the background as well.
I had to lighten the image up a little bit to bring out some the detail.
I really like this car. It’s the last Boss 429 ride. The red paint job with the striping looks great. It’s got a clean look to it and though you can’t see it in this picture it has an amazing paint job on the trunk lid. To see that go here and scroll down to the Red Maverick.
A couple of notes about this picture:
Here’s a promotional flyer put together by Edelbrock.
Well. Not really. Here’s an old ad for the first Mav.
I’ll take 2.
The ad is as it appears. The creator stretched the ‘Taxi’ to get the effect.
The Gapp related highlights of the ad are the following:
Sanair – GrandNational Molson event
Pro Stock Winner – Wayne Gapp
New Pro Stock ET Record – Wayne Gapp
Popular Hot Rod meet at US-131
Pro Stock Winner – Wayne Gapp
Pro Stock Top Qualifier – Wayne Gapp
From Hot Rod, November 1975
“They all laughed when Gapp & Roush first fielded this 4-door Maverick, but not anymore. Wayne Gapp drove it to his third straight NHRA Pro Stock title of the season after qualifying with a 8.85 for third sport, beating Lamar Walden, Reid Whisnant, Lee Edwards, Low Qualifier Wally Booth and Richie Zul’s fantastic big-block Camaro on the final, 8.83 to 8.95.”
Drag racers, by nature, are very dedicated people. They work endless hours in pursuit of extra horsepower and tuning tricks. Wayne Gapp is a young man who was able to utilize his hobby (drag racing) to improve his craft (engine builder). Wayne has put in countless developmental hours in Ford’s dynamometer laboratory, testing and improving the “breed” to provide Ford car owners with quality engineering. Many of the tips Wayne picked up on the job have also been applied to more than a dozen Wayne Gapp owned/driven vehicles during the past decade. Prior to joining the professional ranks, Gapp campaigned a fuel funny car in the midwest which dominated the action wherever and whenever it appeared.
Leaving Ford in favor of his own engine building business, Wayne built a Pro/Stock Maverick with Boss 429 power. After spending three years working on the development of Ford’s mystery motor – 429, Wayne’s low qualifying times at major events were only a surprise to his competitors and the spectators.
In addition, to Gapp’s immaculate Maverick, watch for a new Pinto from the Gapp-Roush stables in ’72. You can bet it will be double tough.
Found this posted over at the Dover race track site. Some interesting history on the Maverick post Gapp & Roush ownership.
Talks about the guys that bought the Maverick. You can see a few changes in the vehicle like the hood scoop and some basic change to the paint.
One of the posts noted, again, that vehicle was destroyed in a pit accident in Englishtown.
NOTE: Update. Here’s the original link.
I wouldn’t mind ordering a couple of these. Too bad they couldn’t spell Roush’s name right.