Jamie Schoenly’s 1972 Ford Maverick Grabber was purchased brand new by his late father Randy in 1972 and became an all out drag car in the early 80s. A wonderful tribute, the car is fresh off a 4 year hiatus and blasted its quickest ETs and highest wheelies this past weekend at Cecil County Dragway.
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Bobby, pardon my lack of knowledge in class racing but why run the 289 vs 302?
Nice car and story to go with it, thanks Bobby.
Cool story.
Being a former Maverick racer, I don't miss the shock towers. Used to have swivels, different length extensions to inspect/change plugs. But that's a nice-looking Maverick. # carshow!
Like your car, had a 1974 with a near identical color and stripes. Tan interior, 302 with c4 Trans, and epa power robbing trash. I liked my car, but one night with my bud's ended with a roll over, took it away.
Beautiful Car !!!
When did NHRA reduce the hp on the 210 hp 289?
Out in the shop I stalling my Grabber on my 73 as I watch this!! Hope to be back at the track myself soon.
Neato!! Clearly one of those cars that was never really thought of a "racy" type of car when it came, but drag racers always seem to find a way to make something way cool. I'm new here and trying to finish up my first racer. 85 Camaro 305 IJK/A.. I live in Denver, CO. Everybody here is pretty bummed about losing Bandimere. If anybody cares, I started making calls and asking around about Great Bend. I posted a follow up on that situation on the Tuesday night live show post. It's kind of a screwed up deal and there is a lot going on with that deal, so I tried to trim it down as much as possible but you should be able to understand what's going on if anybody wants to read it.
Dude looks a little like Drew Carey also. Love it.
Stock was a 302 – 2BL yikes, now a ‘64 289 … fun ride ! I ran a ‘66 289 Ranchero … but in AHRA
Love those Mavericks still have my ‘70 with a 351W. Shock towers are pain in the butt. Used small tube blackjacks at first now have custom made ones. Most non- Ford people don’t realize that the 351W are wider & taller than the 289/302 blocks but they can use the same cylinder heads. 8.2” deck motors fit a whole lot of better in these cars if you are staying with the stock shock towers.
I thought I recognized that car. I've been to Maple Grove several times when the division 1 bracket finals were there
Great to see racing Mavericks.
Just a tad bit of pre-load in the right ladder bar and it will go straighter. The 1964.5/1965 “D” code 289/210/203 is less HP than the 289/225 because of less OEM compression. This is a very nice car and great story!
good luck Jamie ! miss you at the races
Didn't 64 have a different bellhouse bolt pattern than 65.
I don't understand how 203 h.p. can co 10:85 super stock 427 Ford galaxie went about 12:00 s
Very humble Man, And Awesome car!