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Articles - FiberGlass Front Clip
07.17.97
By Mark Griffith


This is the new FiberGlass Hood. I had to trim the lower front lip and trim the back center of the hood by the cowl.

This is the fender before we cut out the headlight & side marker lamp holes. Also the bolt holes had to be cut out. (If you do this yourself, Take your time! These fenders cost to much to screw up.)

Here the newly painted Fiberglass Fenders & Valance. They are being re-fitted & matched. Besure to fit all new fiberglass parts before having them painted.

Here I had to drill holes for the headlight trim, not as hard as it was trying to get the headlight gear in.

The heavy duty Fiberglass parts used were for 1970 Maverick:

Fiberglass Grabber hood - Part# MCF0001 $249.00

Fiberglass Fenders - Part# MCF0007 $440.00

Fiberglass Front Valance - Part# MCF0016 $149.00

Fiberglass Stone Gaurd - Part# MCF0015

Fiberglass Front Bumper - Parts# MCF0013 $119.00

2 1970 bumper Brackets $65.00

Prices are from 1998.

I converted from 1973 big bumpers to 1970 small bumpers during this swap.

When ordering your fiberglass parts be sure to order well in advance of when you need them. I ordered my fiberglass parts from "The Maverick Connection" Phone# 1-304-372-7825. They did a great job getting the parts to me except the fenders took about a month longer to get than I thought they would.

I had all parts painted before they were attached to the car.

After all the parts were installed, battery put in trunk, and the car was put completely back together, the front end sat up about 2 inches higher. As you can see in the next picture, I removed about three-forths of a ring from the front springs and now the car sits great and rides well.

.......Before cut springs........................After cut springs

This picture shows the 1970 bumper bracket I had to get for bolting the 1970 fiberglass bumper to. I was able to use the1973 front valance braces for the 1970 fiberglass valance. In order to bolt the 70 bumper brackets I prebolted the bumper to the brackets and clamped the brackets to the frame until I was satisfied that the bumper was in the right spot, I had to drill new holes for the bumper brackets.The brackets ended up about 3/8 from the bottom of the frame rail..

 

 


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