I'm doing this one under Blacksheep's Dragster GB and figured I'd bring 'er out in the open.
I haven't done a race car in I don't know how long but I've had this Jo-Han Maverick in my stash for a couple of years and wanted to build it but didn't know what theme I was going with until I saw Don Nicholson's ride. I knew right away that I HAD to build it....and so.....along with my re-intro here I'll give this my best shot.
The kit (I bought this kit a couple of years back for $50......you don't EVEN want to know what it goes for these days....WOW!!)
The Subject:
Jo-Han Dyno Don Maverick-More Engine Detail-12/17
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Re: Jo-Han 1971 Maverick-Dyno Dan's Ride
Cool! The Mavericks and Pintos were so much better looking that the Chevy offerings of this type. Had a 74 Pinto and survived a rear end collision!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Re: Jo-Han 1971 Maverick-Dyno Dan's Ride
Thanks Lyle. I've always liked the look of the Mavericks as well. My brother is a REAL Maverick fanatic. I always regarded the Pinto as a fairly decent looking ride as well.
The chassis has undergone extensive modification in the last couple of weeks. Initially I was headed in a direction with the rear suspension that just wasn't looking right but have since made some changes. First off the front subframe area was shortened by 5/16 of an inch which looked ok but I had to acquire another Mustang kit in order to cut the rear frame rails from it to use in bringing both frame rails further inside to allow those rear slicks to further UNDER the car like the reference shot.
Before:
and after repositioning the rear frame rails inwards towards the center of the chassis:
Before the chassis mods the rear tires were just hanging out there waaaay too far as in this photo:
This will be alot better. Gotta get the ride height correct for the rear as well as in the front but that shouldn't be much of a problem. I've also got some better wheels inbound which should help this build out ALOT.
The chassis has undergone extensive modification in the last couple of weeks. Initially I was headed in a direction with the rear suspension that just wasn't looking right but have since made some changes. First off the front subframe area was shortened by 5/16 of an inch which looked ok but I had to acquire another Mustang kit in order to cut the rear frame rails from it to use in bringing both frame rails further inside to allow those rear slicks to further UNDER the car like the reference shot.
Before:
and after repositioning the rear frame rails inwards towards the center of the chassis:
Before the chassis mods the rear tires were just hanging out there waaaay too far as in this photo:
This will be alot better. Gotta get the ride height correct for the rear as well as in the front but that shouldn't be much of a problem. I've also got some better wheels inbound which should help this build out ALOT.
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Re: Jo-Han 1971 Maverick-Dyno Dan's Ride
The local road we used to hang out for the gearhead days had a guy who had a Pinto with a 460 in it. The Chevy guy had a Monza with a 454
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Re: Jo-Han 1971 Maverick-Dyno Dan's Ride
Nice! Good job on relacing the rear frame!
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Re: Jo-Han 1971 Maverick-Dyno Dan's Ride
Those would both be insane cars to see!!!tempestjohnny wrote:The local road we used to hang out for the gearhead days had a guy who had a Pinto with a 460 in it. The Chevy guy had a Monza with a 454
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Re: Jo-Han 1971 Maverick-Dyno Dan's Ride
Thanks Thomas! That....was a ton of work!!Thomas_M wrote:Nice! Good job on relacing the rear frame!
I didn't like the interior much on this kit. For one....I cannot STAND molded in foot pedals and I don't care for the ejector pin marks in all four corners of the flooring either. And they are like in painfully obvious and highly visible places. It's not "correct" but I had to modify the rear of the interior to move those slicks further inboard so they don't protrude outside of the rear fenders all crazy looking. I also had to modify the rear of the chassis alot (which I am still working on) for the same reason. Secondly, this kit is severely lacking in detail so I'm hoping to improve on that as time goes along here.
A shot showing the OOB molded in pedals and flooring.
another shot showing the interior mods a little clearer:(as well as those nasty ejector pin marks):
We start the mod process by sawing off the toe board/ lower firewall area of the interior:
and then after the new Evergreen floor and lower firewall area were cut to fit and moved into place. There....much better.
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Re: Jo-Han 1971 Dyno Don Maverick-Interior Mods
Nice. With all that’s going on, I wonder if you’re going to tackle the interior of the doors, sir? Those look quite sincerely much too fancy pockets in their stock trim, although I wonder if your prototype even had those pieces, or if these were stripped clean and the interior handles flossed? Just checking!
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Re: Jo-Han 1971 Dyno Don Maverick-Interior Mods
Thanks Bruce! Yeah I'm going to take care of those door armrests, handles and window cranks. The real car actually had all that stuff except for the window crank handle. Whole OOB interior is practically void of ANY detail. I think the dash might actually be alright but that's about it.
Check the interior shot here:
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0112-12125 ... -maverick/
Check the interior shot here:
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0112-12125 ... -maverick/
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Re: Jo-Han 1971 Dyno Don Maverick-Interior Mods
Thanks, Joe—the auction shots are the same as some shots I saw taken of this car in the seventies; someone did a fantastic job maintaining the car. The shots I saw were probably not running shots, or during the race—but everything basically looked stripped. I noticed the door handles were kept, which is cool. My Dad just had this thing about removing those and adding solenoids and whatnot to ‘em. Or just welding ‘em shut.
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