Vintage Maverick Badge

[robbyrob]

I want the yellow Maverick LOL

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[Ford Motor Company]

I don't remember if I shared this before. My dad's first car over 50 years ago was a Maverick. He totaled that car in his exuberant youth, and held on to the grille badge to tell the story ever since.

He gifted me the badge for my maverick, with the instructions to be more careful with mine...

Today I got it installed; a mod decades in the making.

Awesome badge, Vince! Thank you for sharing the story of it us and for being part of the Ford family!

 

[robbyrob]

can find plenty of badges but with the back plate is difficult Is it possible and how to attach the emblem without the back plate? ty

 

[Taxman100]

One big reason I picked "Area 51" as the paint is due to it being the closest to the color of our 1976 four-door Maverick that my Father bought. It was the car myself and many of my siblings learned to drive in our high school years.

Dad was a product of his times - the only options he added was automatic transmission, and AM radio. A generation that left the country in far better shape than the one into which he was born.

Actually, might have been the last generation that has achieved that.

 

[vinnymac]

I don't remember if I shared this before. My dad's first car over 50 years ago was a Maverick. He totaled that car in his exuberant youth, and held on to the grille badge to tell the story ever since.

He gifted me the badge for my maverick, with the instructions to be more careful with mine...

Today I got it installed; a mod decades in the making.

I like it I wonder if there still available thru ford

 

[Your_Cousin_Vinny]

can find plenty of badges but with the back plate is difficult Is it possible and how to attach the emblem without the back plate? ty

The back plate would be really easy to replicate, I think you'd be fine without it as long as you have some (very) mild fabrication skills. Its just a thin piece of hardened steel with a couple holes in it for the posts to go through.

 

[Your_Cousin_Vinny]

My first car was also a Maverick (Black & Silver 1976 Maverick Stallion). I currently own another '76 Maverick (that one is yellow) and I now own a 2023 Maverick pickup as well. Normally I'm not thrilled with using the "classic" Maverick logo on these new trucks, however... I love the story behind yours... and the badge actually looks nice on your grill!

I'm pretty sure my dad's looked just like your yellow car

 

[Guardian]

how did you do the install?

I have 3 of these how did you do the install!!!

 

[RivrMav]

An original -- with a family connection -- and pristine. Fantastic!

 

[Pee Dee]

Nice blast from the past! Funny story for you here...my Mom's friend Theresa needed her Maverick sedan painted (blue ironically) back in the early 80s. Mom hooked her up with my Uncle Raymond and he said he'd do it for $100. He did...but painted it with a paintbrush! Theresa was fit to be tied but the damage was done! Lmao

Whats wrong with a brush-on paint job? I’ve painted several vehicles like that over the years—‘48 Willy’s Jeep; ‘66 Jeep p/u; ‘67 El Camino; ‘42 Ford farm tractor… all you need is a can of Rustoleum, a paintbrush and a lot of beer. They all looked great from 50 ft away.

I remember the old Ford Mavericks (and the Mercury Comets). That grille badge is a great addition that new Maverick truck!

 

[Guardian]

Just got off of ebay and got the screws and back plate with the Maverick logo all original!!! Man did I get lucky!!! By the way "Vinny" I'm in Geauga County!!!

 

[Derwood]

Whats wrong with a brush-on paint job? I’ve painted several vehicles like that over the years—‘48 Willy’s Jeep; ‘66 Jeep p/u; ‘67 El Camino; ‘42 Ford farm tractor… all you need is a can of Rustoleum, a paintbrush and a lot of beer. They all looked great from 50 ft away.

I remember the old Ford Mavericks (and the Mercury Comets). That grille badge is a great addition that new Maverick truck!

Let's just say that the brush strokes were visible from a lot further than fifty feet away. Lol

 

[Your_Cousin_Vinny]

Just got off of ebay and got the screws and back plate with the Maverick logo all original!!! Man did I get lucky!!! By the way "Vinny" I'm in Geauga County!!!

Were practically neighbors. I'm in Lake county

 

[Your_Cousin_Vinny]

thank you for the upcoming close up pics

As promised, about as good of a picture as I can get of the whole thing. The two ends of the badge sit on the high points on either side of the oval in the grille design. Posts go through the middle of the oval and through the back plate behind. The nuts cinch it down to pull it tight. Couldn't get an angle that you can see the nuts on the back side of the plate, but they're back there...

 

[Guardian]

As promised, about as good of a picture as I can get of the whole thing. The two ends of the badge sit on the high points on either side of the oval in the grille design. Posts go through the middle of the oval and through the back plate behind. The nuts cinch it down to pull it tight. Couldn't get an angle that you can see the nuts on the back side of the plate, but they're back there...

Thanks for the pic. I can't wait to put my grill badge on!!!

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