First photos of Maverick

[Dirtman]

Shock towers? You mean the inner fender? Lol.

 

[Roert42]

Shock towers? You mean the inner fender? Lol.

LOL,

Unibody sux amiright?

 

[Dirtman]

It's the worst thing ever! Dammit the 1969 boss 429 was the biggest piece of crap in history!!! Unibody garbage!!!! I can't believe ford ever even made that mess. It destroyed every car known to man at the time but unibody sucks hard. Why wasn't it heavier with a real frame!? Heavy stiff frames make cars faster and safer.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Even going around curves empty at speed... it just feels more planted.

Told ya!

 

[MikeG]

Rusty, I have to ask - have you ever taken a physics class?????

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

.....also, I'm with Rusty on the frame thing.

I dont do body work.

Unibody and I do not mix.

Give me a frame, that way I can weld crap to it when the salt destroys it.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Rusty, I have to ask - have you ever taken a physics class?????

No....i havent.

I get what the articles, and yall are saying. But it doesnt make sense in practice.

Also...i feel like you guys think im talking about shit from the 50s here...im not. Im talking like...70s here. Collapseable steering columns, padded dashes, stiff chassis, 3 pt seat belts, and good thick sheet metal, not to mention massively long hoods and just an really well built structure overall.

Stuff from roughly the mid 60s back...yes i agree were deathtraps. But i truely belive the big 70s land yachts were the safest cars ever built for vehicle on vehicle collisions.

 

[snoranger]

Give me a frame, that way I can weld crap to it when the salt destroys it.

Stuff from roughly the mid 60s back...yes i agree were deathtraps. But i truely belive the big 70s land yachts were the safest cars ever built for vehicle on vehicle collisions.

Sticking with the same theme here:
Do you believe in Santa Claus too? Just because you believe in something, no matter how hard you believe, it’s not always true.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

If you were to get off the pavement and hit something rigid, or hit something bigger, you'd be much worse off in something old without crush zone. It only helps you if you are the biggest.

Ive stated exactly that in my previous posts.

My mustang is unibody with front and rear sway bars. I should probably junk it...

I didnt say unibody doesnt have a place...but its not "better" then a full frame.

 

[sgtsandman]

@rusty ol ranger, @sgtsandman

Youre telling me you wouldn't drive the **** out of this thing??

It has a freakin' LSA in it! How can you resist?!

I have no desire to own a car. Once I went cross over SUV and truck, I would never go back to a car. If I ever get another SUV, I want it to be a body on frame design.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Fake news. you'd be with Eric and I, losing our licenses.

 

[sgtsandman]

Fake news. you'd be with Eric and I, losing our licenses.

 

[8thTon]

I like having a truck so I'm free to drive a small car for the commute.

 

[Saddle Tramp]

I like the idea of driving the sports car for curiosity.

For everyday driving, I'd rather have a truck.

 

[MikeG]

Land yachts from the 70's still had shitty handling, piss-poor brakes, and often no headrest or not adjustable. Numb steering. Lap belts only in the back seat. No airbags. No ABS. No rear sway bar, front was a toss-up. Small tire footprint compared to today, and far worse tires even if they were radials. Minimum weight of two tons, and did I mention they had shitty brakes?????

Safer? Sure, probably 0% fatality rate in collisions..... if you kept them under 30 mph. Maybe 40. Over that, hit something solid enough, snap your neck.

Stay in the right lane, slow, with one or the other blinkers on... or both.... you'll fit right in, in south Florida in the winter, Rusty.....

Love my Ranger (well B4000) but I have to remember, it seems to have twice the braking distance as my Mazda 3, and far worse handling. But the Ranger handles like a DREAM compared to a Ford Granada that I had to drive to high school. That was a real POS......