I happen to also own one of the Cammer engines used by Dyno Don in the 70s bought by my Father to drag race in his 67 Fairlane in Southern California. Very special motor indeed
That was beyond words to describe. Such an iconic car and it sounds like it would still lay down a respectable time too. Those cammers sounded and ran better than anything in their day.
@@BobbyTucker Pink retarded the right bank 6 degrees and the left 12, after chain stretch they were equal. Sneaky Pete made his own gear drive, with an extra gear in the left bank to reverse its direction of rotation allowing the use of 2 right bank cams. I ran a blown alchy Cammer from 1986 to 1993 built from dad's parts from his days as a local dealer sponsored Ford racer. I learned A LOT from the old guys I was more than happy to listen to, including dad.
@@BobbyTucker Pink set the right bank 6 degrees retarded and the left 12, after the chain stretched in they were equal. Sneaky Pete made his own gear drive setup, with an extra small gear in the left bank side that reversed it direction of rotation allowing the use of two right bank cams to cut down on parts supply needed. I ran a blown alchy Cammer from 1986 to 1993 built from dad's leftover parts stock from his days dealer sponsored and a scrounged side oiler block. I learned a lot by listening to the old guys that offered advice, including dad.
@@coolruehle , You have a point but in today's race cars it seems the LS engines are very popular in Mustangs and the smaller Ford bodies, the cash invested is much less with the LS engines for the same power.
@@BobbyTucker Up to a point, you're undoubtedly right about cheaper Chevy engines. I have to disagree about the "same power" end of it, though. If you want the same power out of an LS as an equally well part matched and put together Cleveland headed Ford, I'd bet the LS will end up costing considerably more to be competitive on power levels. Any time a really good builder used a Cleveland headed Ford in that EMC thing, they won, not LS entries. For the person who wants to run an engine straight out of the junkyard and have a durable engine with decent power, the LS doesn't have a whole lot of competition.
Dyno raced this car at my home track and I saw it run . In 1970, Dyno won the summernationals and was the only non mopar in the 16 car field !! In fact , for most of the year if there was a non mopar qualifier in the standard 16 car field at all the national events it was this car !!!!!! Don was a great tuner and driver and really never got the credit he deserves . Don's greatest achievement was his mustang 2 when he won the national championship. Thank you for preserving this piece of history for everyone to enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a thrilling surprise to see this Gentleman owns a beautiful piece of Drag Race History. Thank you for featuring this Drag car once driven by the famous Don Nicholson.
For me Evan this mans Ford collection is the best ever. ! Him actually firing up these legendary Ford's , along with their originality, just takes it over the top. Great work Evan on keeping this important Ford history alive AND readily accessible. You are the man brother !!
I have a limited edition wall mounted likeness of this "Dyno Don" Maverick that I've had since I was a kid. Also, my mom bought a 1971 Maverick Grabber from her friend and NHRA racer, Ed Terry (who worked at the Ford dealership) out of Oakland, California. I was brought home from the Hospital in that Maverick in 1977 after being born. It became my first car at the age of 12 and now at 47, I still own it. 64K original miles.
What an amazing car, that spark advance/retard lever is really unique and old school. My buddy had a 73 Maverick, we junked the straight 6 and slid in a HO302 w/ a 5-speed from an old, wrecked fox body. That car was an absolute blast with just basic bolt on's for the time- Edelbrock intake manifold, Flowmaster 40 series mufflers, MSD Ignition ect... one time it was myself, my buddy and another guy, we went to the gas station and the other guy grabbed a 6 pack. My buddy asked him not to open any until we got back home. I was in the back mind you. He aptly said "No" and cracked one and proceeded to start chugging. My buddy slams the car into 1st and floors it through the parking lot, squealing tires and slides out into the road grabbing 2nd. The car slides off the road and we nearly hit a telephone pole. At the same time the guy in the passenger seat proceeded to dump his beer all down his face and shirt, while screaming WTF! My buddy was laughing so hard I thought he was going to need oxygen! The other guy didn't find it so humorous at all and left when we got back, and never came back over. Ah the good old days!😁
Good times, if one survived them. I imagine you used the rear axle from the fox body also. We found a nodular from a '57 wagon would bolt in to a '65 Mustang.
Thank you for these two episodes-especially this one!!! What a wonderful collection of special cars, and to have this one as the flagship too. I was a 14 year old FoMoCo fan when Dyno Don put this on the track. Lived in a small rural community, wasn't much coverage available for some motorsports back then, but I got my hands on everything I could about this Maverick. I even remember watching the Saturday afternoon presentations of edited races and recording this cammer runs on a small reel to reel tape machine to play back over and over through the home entertainment system at volume.
The car has definitely found the right "custodian" in Doug to keep it original for future generations to admire and enjoy, the fact he shows it and starts it up for others to enjoy is admirable.
When I was a 12 my old man gave me his old maverick as my first car. We didn’t have any special model mavericks to look up to, but Dyno Don and Roush with his Taxi were kind of it. I idolized those and modeled my car after them.
In Mexico and Brazil they actually did got special models in their mavericks, they get a GT option that actually came with performance parts unlike the faux grabber models we got. They had 4 barrels and dual exhaust, which we never got in the states. They also got Dana 44s as an option. We only got the 8”, but honestly those are great if you’re not making an excess of 500HP.
thank goodness there are people wise enough to keep history alive and accurate for our later generations to see and marvel over. Bless yoy for doing this.
When i was a kid, it was my dream to have this engine with Ingles stacks in a Wimbledon white 67 XL fairlane with 389"s and a lenco. With plates and insurance 🤤
You have great taste my friend. I appreciate all the muscle cars from the 60s and very early 70s, but I'm a Ford guy to the core. I've always felt that Ford's performance engines were just a cut above the rest, their R&D department just did such an incredible job back then, and ever today they're still doing it. Even though, I'm a die hard Ford loyalist, GM built some sweet ones back then as well. A good example is a 69/70 Nova with a 396, or a 70 Chevelle, two gorgeous cars that could certainly hold their own.
I love Ford Maverick content. It is the car at the top of my list for my next car project. I owned a 1972 Maverick Sprint back in the '90s and I didn't know what I had until a few years ago 😮
Such a beautiful piece of machinery and engineering! Unfortunately, I read where Don Prudhomme (shown at 2:24) couldn't keep the blocks together with nitromethane, which is why he had to go back to the chrysler hemi-rhoids. Ford could have resolved this with a little more effort, which would have been a big game-changer for chrysler. Guess Ford didn't think it was worth the $.
Absolutely awesome car. That 427 SOHC was a monster, but it was very misunderstood by so many people. However, with the right hands wrenching on it, it was damn near unbeatable.
Man, those cammers have absolutely, positively the idle of any engine I've ever heard. I would LOVE to have a modern one, like a Kaase. Whew, a jewel of an engine.
Great video as always love the Ford history awesome car Ford power forever baby keep on pulling the knot out of them boties and the horns off them mopars l love it Chevy killer forever baby and all the rest the best never rest they just keep getting better
Awesome to see those original fenton wheels man. My pop helped him back in the late 60's early 70's with the first spun aluminum wheels. What a sweet piece
I really liked the 70 & 71 small bumper Mavericks. They look great in hot rod trim. This car is amazing! What history. What an engine to fit in that little engine bay. I just love old race cars! Great video as always Evan!
Hello Evan and Mr. Kenny! All I can say is WOW. What an Iconic piece of History. I grew up with the likes of Dyno Don, Arnie Beswick, etc etc etc. What a great time to be alive! If these historic cars don't get your blood flowing, you might be dead. lol Thanks for an Epic video Evan!! Much love and blessings from Motown/Dearborn, Home of Detroit Muscle!
At Atco in Sept. 1970 Nicholson set the Pro Stock record at 9.60 We were waiting at the scale to get weighed because we set the record in our class, H/S. The Maverick got preference and was pushed on the scales ahead of the waiting other racers.
Man I remember those days even though I was just a kid and seeing that giant Mr. Gasket sticker on the door with the rest, that paint scheme, and that body stance with those tires is like having a flashback. Everybody on the street was putting big tires on the back of their hot-rods, (sporting Pioneer Super Tuner 8-tracks with 6x9s) and either jacking the asses up with spring shackles or Gabriel High-jackers or both. Traction bars were the icing on the cake. It wasn't just a different time, it was a F-ing different world ! LOL
Seeing and hearing Dons Maverick again brings back so many wonderful memories of the best era in Drag Racing history. I also noticed one of Phil Bonners Thunderbolt Fairlanes in the collection. My oldest brother Gene Wilson, was Phil’s engine builder and he also drove a Bonner Thunderbolt during the 1964 season. Great video Evan 🏁.
I remember Dyno Don driving that car back at Dragway 42 in Ohio back in the 70s. Those were the best days of ProStock before they started handicapping the Hemis and Fords.
Been a die-hard Pontiac fan for the past 50 yrs, but this car is absolutely fantastic. The cammer in a Maverick, (not a muscrat), the V-gate, and surprized to see the Dana 60, and not a 9". It's history, and the preference to retain its originality, and not a concourse restoration. Well done, and thanks for sharing. Love this car, just the way it is.
I just gave it a like. Music to my ears. As a owner of a ‘70 Maverick, this is the epitome to any Maverick or Ford lover in general. Thanks Evan for the fine videos you have been listing. You are the Man!
The paint job is different than the color picture of Dyno Don’s Maverick on back cover of Drag Sport Illustrators pictorial of 1970 ProStock season. This car has white striping around orange side panel with white hood scoop while the pictured one from the book has gold background behind a red side panel with black hood scoop. The pictures in book of the initial ProStock season of 1970 seem to show this different paint scheme (the hood is a good telltale for paint scheme in b&w photos). Has to be same car but it must have been repainted at some point. …I did a little interweb searching after posting message above. The paint as seen now looks to be the 1971 paint scheme so car must have been repainted between 1970 and 1971 seasons. Doesn’t take anything away from car, just adds to the understanding of its history. What a gem.
The Cammer was outlawed for use in the 66 Fairlane....it wasn't outlawed for the Galaxie. The Galaxie's extra weight negated the advantage ,so the Fairlane was run with the High Riser, then Tunnel Port engines.
I recall the Ken Dondero with the Kendig. My friend and I were at Toronto International. Two things that I do remember. We joined Ken and his wife and sat on the lawn chairs, on top of the ramp truck. The big thing and intro at the drags were the Kending Carbs that were not installed on the car even though a lot of fans were asking what the carbs looked like.
It would be so cool if he would let you drive that Maverick down the quarter mile one time Evan!! You would do Dyno Don pround with your driving ability!!
Thank you for the great memories. I saw that car run at my local strip, I bought a 1971 Maverick with the 302 put L60s on the back trying to get the Dyno Don look. it was a blast to drive. I still have not found a video of this car running in a race from back in the day.
It would be cool to see a cammer in a late model mustang or even one of these new f150s 4x4 just the sound is amazing. Sounds like its ready to kill you.
Back in the late 70's a hit in Birmingham, AL a guy named Larry Marshall raced a Maverick with a 300 6cyl and was quite successful. I remember him having a problem bending push rods. He ended up using 2 pushrods per valve with a "floating" lifter located in the head. We did all of his own machine work. Would love to see a story on him.
When I was in high school, Don Nicholson was my favorite driver. Especially before then when I was in junior high because he had his Comment funny car. That was just so cool. Wish I could've met the man.
Thanks Even for sharing another exilent video with all of us i was 15 in 1970 and i lived in North Hollywood california built models of these cars you bring back memories of yesterday that I have forgotten
That was great. He looks like a good caretaker of that historic car. He's done a good job of putting it back to correct. There are a couple small details that could still be changed. The valve cover breathers and plug wires and I will check my pix but I think the Dominators were the early ones with taller choke tubes. It also used Firestone Drag 500's. As far as I was told the car was brought back to California by Dondero and I saw it displayed in Bakersfield at the Hot Rod Reunion as it was when found.
Thise Dominator carbs with the tall booster venturis were the Individual Runner (IR) carbs, like those Ford used on the BOSS 302 Trans Am cars. Those booster were designed to reduce reversion caused by the individual, isolated runners between the carb base and the intake ports/valves.
I saw Don win the Summernationals at Englishtown on July 18, 1971. It was a VERY hot day. A generation-older first cousin's husband took their son and me to our first drag races that day. After the races were over, we got stuck in completely stopped traffic directly behind Dyno Don. We were all out of our cars, and Don talked to us and gave us 8x10 glossy photos of the car, signed. For a couple of years after that, we both subscribed to Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazine, largely to follow what Don was up to. I had my family's old '66 Fury VIP to myself in high school, but in college my first car, bought in 1976, was a 'red 70 Maverick with 3 speed manual on the tree and the middle of the three available straight 6 engines, the 200ci. Talk about a car with zero traction in winter, there was basically no weight in the rear. A cousin had a 302 '73 Maverick she bought new, lime green with white vinyl roof. The view of the hood out the windshield of the Maverick was like that of a sports car.
❤😂😢😮😅😊 that’s a good name Doug that’s what my name is. I like that Maverick and I like to see some of your other car collection and I hope they’re Ford because I’m a Ford freak Ford lover and I always been driving for I had a Chevy it was a piece of junk and I had a 1977 Maverick that I miss it and I wish I still had it. Keep up the good work in your collection. Have a good day and good week.
Was able to meet Don at his trailer when he was racing at Cordova, IL, can't remember the year, maybe the early 90's, but he was racing his 409 Bel Air. We were standing back, watching him working on the car when he turned around and saw us. He came over to say hi and asked if the boys would like to stand with him for a picture. Just a very nice guy who was so thoughtful of his fans. So nice he would take time away from his wrenching between rounds to do that.
Ah, the sound of high compression engines. Maybe 14:1? Street raced in the mid 70's when high octane fuel was available. When Friday and Saturday nights were coming,I would go down in the afternoon put a half tank of Aviation fuel in, bump the timing to just a little ping, back off and go hunting. Oh forgot, little dry ice in the Moroso cool can
I have Super 8 film of this car at Dallas drag strip in 1971 running a match race. Also there were 4 funny cars. Jungle Jim, Blue Max, Arnie the Farmer Beswick and one other that I can’t remember at the moment.
I happen to also own one of the Cammer engines used by Dyno Don in the 70s bought by my Father to drag race in his 67 Fairlane in Southern California. Very special motor indeed
That's incredible.
Wow!!! Great show Evan .
What kind of times was Dyno Dan running in his maverick?
I believe the engine you own was stored in my garage when your dad (my good friend). I sure do miss him.
@@rodger2499 yes ! Hi Rodger ! It’s almost back in a Fairlane and running again. I miss him every day too
That was beyond words to describe. Such an iconic car and it sounds like it would still lay down a respectable time too. Those cammers sounded and ran better than anything in their day.
So much so they got killed off by the rules makers.
@adcoxrobert3786 Ed Pink and Sneaky Pete had their own ways around that issue.
@@BloodRaven1969,
They set up a series of gears, that problem was solved.
@@BobbyTucker Pink retarded the right bank 6 degrees and the left 12, after chain stretch they were equal. Sneaky Pete made his own gear drive, with an extra gear in the left bank to reverse its direction of rotation allowing the use of 2 right bank cams. I ran a blown alchy Cammer from 1986 to 1993 built from dad's parts from his days as a local dealer sponsored Ford racer. I learned A LOT from the old guys I was more than happy to listen to, including dad.
@@BobbyTucker Pink set the right bank 6 degrees retarded and the left 12, after the chain stretched in they were equal. Sneaky Pete made his own gear drive setup, with an extra small gear in the left bank side that reversed it direction of rotation allowing the use of two right bank cams to cut down on parts supply needed. I ran a blown alchy Cammer from 1986 to 1993 built from dad's leftover parts stock from his days dealer sponsored and a scrounged side oiler block. I learned a lot by listening to the old guys that offered advice, including dad.
The power to weight ratio on that Maverick has to be insane.
Thanks for sharing this piece of FORD history.
You're welcome!
@@revanevanwhat did it make horsepower wise 700
@@Jeffroson78 ,
I heard it was 870 H/P.
Really respect people that use ford power in fords
Nothing worse than a SBC or LS in a Ford. 🙄
@@coolruehle ,
You have a point but in today's race cars it seems the LS engines are very popular in Mustangs and the smaller Ford bodies, the cash invested is much less with the LS engines for the same power.
@@BobbyTucker Up to a point, you're undoubtedly right about cheaper Chevy engines. I have to disagree about the "same power" end of it, though. If you want the same power out of an LS as an equally well part matched and put together Cleveland headed Ford, I'd bet the LS will end up costing considerably more to be competitive on power levels. Any time a really good builder used a Cleveland headed Ford in that EMC thing, they won, not LS entries.
For the person who wants to run an engine straight out of the junkyard and have a durable engine with decent power, the LS doesn't have a whole lot of competition.
I agree
@@BobbyTucker I don't want a Cheaper Ls Ford copy Gm engine in my Ford. .I stick with my Cleveland Canted valve engine .
Dyno raced this car at my home track and I saw it run . In 1970, Dyno won the summernationals and was the only non mopar in the 16 car field !! In fact , for most of the year if there was a non mopar qualifier in the standard 16 car field at all the national events it was this car !!!!!! Don was a great tuner and driver and really never got the credit he deserves . Don's greatest achievement was his mustang 2 when he won the national championship. Thank you for preserving this piece of history for everyone to enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who needs a car stereo when the only music needed is coming from that engine bay? Damn that’s sweet!
That's what I always said
@@jimtiller3567 ,
Same here.
What a thrilling surprise to see this Gentleman owns a beautiful piece of Drag Race History. Thank you for featuring this Drag car once driven by the famous Don Nicholson.
For me Evan this mans Ford collection is the best ever. ! Him actually firing up these legendary Ford's , along with their originality, just takes it over the top. Great work Evan on keeping this important Ford history alive AND readily accessible. You are the man brother !!
Thank you Bob.
Bless the fine gent for showing his cars.
This episode gave me the feels as Evan puts it. Actually got goose bumps thinking about my old Mavericks. ❤
I have a limited edition wall mounted likeness of this "Dyno Don" Maverick that I've had since I was a kid. Also, my mom bought a 1971 Maverick Grabber from her friend and NHRA racer, Ed Terry (who worked at the Ford dealership) out of Oakland, California. I was brought home from the Hospital in that Maverick in 1977 after being born. It became my first car at the age of 12 and now at 47, I still own it. 64K original miles.
Doug's collection is insanely nice with this being the star! I built this scale model as a kid.
What an amazing car, that spark advance/retard lever is really unique and old school.
My buddy had a 73 Maverick, we junked the straight 6 and slid in a HO302 w/ a 5-speed from an old, wrecked fox body.
That car was an absolute blast with just basic bolt on's for the time- Edelbrock intake manifold, Flowmaster 40 series mufflers, MSD Ignition ect...
one time it was myself, my buddy and another guy, we went to the gas station and the other guy grabbed a 6 pack.
My buddy asked him not to open any until we got back home.
I was in the back mind you.
He aptly said "No" and cracked one and proceeded to start chugging.
My buddy slams the car into 1st and floors it through the parking lot, squealing tires and slides out into the road grabbing 2nd.
The car slides off the road and we nearly hit a telephone pole.
At the same time the guy in the passenger seat proceeded to dump his beer all down his face and shirt, while screaming WTF!
My buddy was laughing so hard I thought he was going to need oxygen!
The other guy didn't find it so humorous at all and left when we got back, and never came back over.
Ah the good old days!😁
Good times, if one survived them. I imagine you used the rear axle from the fox body also. We found a nodular from a '57 wagon would bolt in to a '65 Mustang.
Thank you for these two episodes-especially this one!!! What a wonderful collection of special cars, and to have this one as the flagship too. I was a 14 year old FoMoCo fan when Dyno Don put this on the track. Lived in a small rural community, wasn't much coverage available for some motorsports back then, but I got my hands on everything I could about this Maverick. I even remember watching the Saturday afternoon presentations of edited races and recording this cammer runs on a small reel to reel tape machine to play back over and over through the home entertainment system at volume.
The car has definitely found the right "custodian" in Doug to keep it original for future generations to admire and enjoy, the fact he shows it and starts it up for others to enjoy is admirable.
Yeah I'm geeking out.. talk about a Piece of Ford History! That Cammer sounds Rowdy...
Great Job Evan
Thanks for having me on your show.
Amazing piece of history
Awsome job evan, love seeing old ford drag cars!
His collection is right out of Hot Rod Magazine . Cool 😎. Thanks Evan , bringing back memories.
These cars have crazy good pedigree and historical importance. Ty for posting this
When I was a 12 my old man gave me his old maverick as my first car. We didn’t have any special model mavericks to look up to, but Dyno Don and Roush with his Taxi were kind of it. I idolized those and modeled my car after them.
In Mexico and Brazil they actually did got special models in their mavericks, they get a GT option that actually came with performance parts unlike the faux grabber models we got. They had 4 barrels and dual exhaust, which we never got in the states. They also got Dana 44s as an option. We only got the 8”, but honestly those are great if you’re not making an excess of 500HP.
A bit of history there. This was one of the cars that got my interest in drag racing. The first ten years of pro stock were my favourites.
Wow amazing car! Dyno Don one of the greatest! Love seeing these Ford's!
thank goodness there are people wise enough to keep history alive and accurate for our later generations to see and marvel over. Bless yoy for doing this.
When i was a kid, it was my dream to have this engine with Ingles stacks in a Wimbledon white 67 XL fairlane with 389"s and a lenco. With plates and insurance 🤤
You have great taste my friend. I appreciate all the muscle cars from the 60s and very early 70s, but I'm a Ford guy to the core. I've always felt that Ford's performance engines were just a cut above the rest, their R&D department just did such an incredible job back then, and ever today they're still doing it. Even though, I'm a die hard Ford loyalist, GM built some sweet ones back then as well. A good example is a 69/70 Nova with a 396, or a 70 Chevelle, two gorgeous cars that could certainly hold their own.
The Holy Grail of Mavericks. I’ve always admired that car, someday I’d like to see it in person. I’d like to see what’s been done to it.
I love Ford Maverick content. It is the car at the top of my list for my next car project. I owned a 1972 Maverick Sprint back in the '90s and I didn't know what I had until a few years ago 😮
Such a beautiful piece of machinery and engineering! Unfortunately, I read where Don Prudhomme (shown at 2:24) couldn't keep the blocks together with nitromethane, which is why he had to go back to the chrysler hemi-rhoids. Ford could have resolved this with a little more effort, which would have been a big game-changer for chrysler. Guess Ford didn't think it was worth the $.
Absolutely awesome car. That 427 SOHC was a monster, but it was very misunderstood by so many people. However, with the right hands wrenching on it, it was damn near unbeatable.
Man, those cammers have absolutely, positively the idle of any engine I've ever heard.
I would LOVE to have a modern one, like a Kaase. Whew, a jewel of an engine.
Great video as always love the Ford history awesome car Ford power forever baby keep on pulling the knot out of them boties and the horns off them mopars l love it Chevy killer forever baby and all the rest the best never rest they just keep getting better
Awesome to see those original fenton wheels man. My pop helped him back in the late 60's early 70's with the first spun aluminum wheels.
What a sweet piece
Thanks to Doug for showing this and thanks for sharing.
What a beast.
I really liked the 70 & 71 small bumper Mavericks. They look great in hot rod trim. This car is amazing! What history. What an engine to fit in that little engine bay. I just love old race cars! Great video as always Evan!
Hello Evan and Mr. Kenny! All I can say is WOW. What an Iconic piece of History. I grew up with the likes of Dyno Don, Arnie Beswick, etc etc etc. What a great time to be alive! If these historic cars don't get your blood flowing, you might be dead. lol Thanks for an Epic video Evan!! Much love and blessings from Motown/Dearborn, Home of Detroit Muscle!
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At Atco in Sept. 1970 Nicholson set the Pro Stock record at 9.60 We were waiting at the scale to get weighed because we set the record in our class, H/S. The Maverick got preference and was pushed on the scales ahead of the waiting other racers.
Thanks, such a cool story.
OMG- what a car. Can't believe it runs too. Tahnks for the consistently great content
TRULY ICONIC... Thank you for such a worthwhile trip down memory lane my friend!
Respectfully, Seth
Man I remember those days even though I was just a kid and seeing that giant Mr. Gasket sticker on the door with the rest, that paint scheme, and that body stance with those tires is like having a flashback. Everybody on the street was putting big tires on the back of their hot-rods, (sporting Pioneer Super Tuner 8-tracks with 6x9s) and either jacking the asses up with spring shackles or Gabriel High-jackers or both. Traction bars were the icing on the cake. It wasn't just a different time, it was a F-ing different world ! LOL
Yes it was a completely different world
It sure was
Seeing and hearing Dons Maverick again brings back so many wonderful memories of the best era in Drag Racing history. I also noticed one of Phil Bonners Thunderbolt Fairlanes in the collection. My oldest brother Gene Wilson, was Phil’s engine builder and he also drove a Bonner Thunderbolt during the 1964 season. Great video Evan 🏁.
I remember Dyno Don driving that car back at Dragway 42 in Ohio back in the 70s. Those were the best days of ProStock before they started handicapping the Hemis and Fords.
Been a die-hard Pontiac fan for the past 50 yrs, but this car is absolutely fantastic. The cammer in a Maverick, (not a muscrat), the V-gate, and surprized to see the Dana 60, and not a 9". It's history, and the preference to retain its originality, and not a concourse restoration. Well done, and thanks for sharing. Love this car, just the way it is.
Love the channel man! im 25 and building my first drag car and its a 70 maverick, awesome seeing one with a cammer ive only ever read about them!
That is awesome!
Thunderbolt, racing Galaxie….my dream garage this place is.😍👍 I’m starting to like your channel! He was running a DANA 60?
I just gave it a like. Music to my ears. As a owner of a ‘70 Maverick, this is the epitome to any Maverick or Ford lover in general. Thanks Evan for the fine videos you have been listing. You are the Man!
Thank you
I saw this car race back in the day at US 131 (Mich) Dragway!
The paint job is different than the color picture of Dyno Don’s Maverick on back cover of Drag Sport Illustrators pictorial of 1970 ProStock season. This car has white striping around orange side panel with white hood scoop while the pictured one from the book has gold background behind a red side panel with black hood scoop. The pictures in book of the initial ProStock season of 1970 seem to show this different paint scheme (the hood is a good telltale for paint scheme in b&w photos). Has to be same car but it must have been repainted at some point.
…I did a little interweb searching after posting message above. The paint as seen now looks to be the 1971 paint scheme so car must have been repainted between 1970 and 1971 seasons. Doesn’t take anything away from car, just adds to the understanding of its history. What a gem.
Amazing how smooth the engines runs. No vibrations.
Wonderful piece of history.
Another great interview and one cool Maverick!
Him and Bob were the best ford boys around and the best heads up to ford boys in blue rip Ford boys
The Cammer was outlawed for use in the 66 Fairlane....it wasn't outlawed for the Galaxie. The Galaxie's extra weight negated the advantage ,so the Fairlane was run with the High Riser, then Tunnel Port engines.
I'm in love with this car!!!
Thanks for sharing, Dyno Don was one of my heroes. I loved that Maverick...
🏁 Great vid, really enjoyed!!! 🏁🤜🤛
That is the original original right there, awesome share...
Wow!!!
Unbelievable!!!
As a ford guy, this is amazing!!
Great video as always from REVan Evan!!!
Incredible Ford!!!
Wow!!
Dyno Don Nicholson 👍
I’m in love 🤘😎🤘Ford Baby!!!
I recall the Ken Dondero with the Kendig. My friend and I were at Toronto International. Two things that I do remember. We joined Ken and his wife and sat on the lawn chairs, on top of the ramp truck. The big thing and intro at the drags were the Kending Carbs that were not installed on the car even though a lot of fans were asking what the carbs looked like.
That’s one special car.
Cool video. Thanks Evan!
Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Powered by Ford!
It would be so cool if he would let you drive that Maverick down the quarter mile one time Evan!! You would do Dyno Don pround with your driving ability!!
Love the 62 Ford in the background.
That car was my all time favorite Ford pro stocker.
Thank you. That car was a childhood memory of mine.
I really appreciated this video. That car and its story was one of the coolest things I've seen for a while
I dream about that Sohc 427 badasstedness I love those old FORD
DRAG cars kicking ass since 64 and still Rockin. ,
Thank you for the great memories. I saw that car run at my local strip, I bought a 1971 Maverick with the 302 put L60s on the back trying to get the Dyno Don look. it was a blast to drive. I still have not found a video of this car running in a race from back in the day.
Wow, what a great, beautiful car, with so much racing history! That 427 SOHC engine sounds amazing!
That car belongs in a museum !!
Dyno Don, my all time favorite drag racer. Saw him many times at York US 30. I have some autographed pictures of his cougar funny cars.
Great days .The memories will last forever
It would be cool to see a cammer in a late model mustang or even one of these new f150s 4x4 just the sound is amazing. Sounds like its ready to kill you.
Awesome car, owner, and engine, thanks Evan!
Back in the late 70's a hit in Birmingham, AL a guy named Larry Marshall raced a Maverick with a 300 6cyl and was quite successful. I remember him having a problem bending push rods. He ended up using 2 pushrods per valve with a "floating" lifter located in the head. We did all of his own machine work. Would love to see a story on him.
Absolutely awesome car
I was lucky enough to see this car at a 4 car match race Dyno Don, Bill Jenkins, Mike Fons, & Sox & Martin, at Lancaster NY.
When I was in high school, Don Nicholson was my favorite driver.
Especially before then when I was in junior high because he had his Comment funny car. That was just so cool. Wish I could've met the man.
Awesome machine! Love the white T-bolt in the background, too!!👍👍😄
Complete Badassery right there !
Sounds ANGRY ❤
Thanks Even for sharing another exilent video with all of us i was 15 in 1970 and i lived in North Hollywood california built models of these cars you bring back memories of yesterday that I have forgotten
Man, that motor sounds amazing! Legendary status right there!
That was great. He looks like a good caretaker of that historic car. He's done a good job of putting it back to correct. There are a couple small details that could still be changed. The valve cover breathers and plug wires and I will check my pix but I think the Dominators were the early ones with taller choke tubes. It also used Firestone Drag 500's. As far as I was told the car was brought back to California by Dondero and I saw it displayed in Bakersfield at the Hot Rod Reunion as it was when found.
Thise Dominator carbs with the tall booster venturis were the Individual Runner (IR) carbs, like those Ford used on the BOSS 302 Trans Am cars. Those booster were designed to reduce reversion caused by the individual, isolated runners between the carb base and the intake ports/valves.
@@johnjohnsn7633 Nope, all the early non IR ones were like that, they deleted the choke housing later. i.postimg.cc/4N4nR1zf/69Dom.jpg
I saw Don win the Summernationals at Englishtown on July 18, 1971. It was a VERY hot day. A generation-older first cousin's husband took their son and me to our first drag races that day. After the races were over, we got stuck in completely stopped traffic directly behind Dyno Don. We were all out of our cars, and Don talked to us and gave us 8x10 glossy photos of the car, signed. For a couple of years after that, we both subscribed to Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazine, largely to follow what Don was up to.
I had my family's old '66 Fury VIP to myself in high school, but in college my first car, bought in 1976, was a 'red 70 Maverick with 3 speed manual on the tree and the middle of the three available straight 6 engines, the 200ci. Talk about a car with zero traction in winter, there was basically no weight in the rear. A cousin had a 302 '73 Maverick she bought new, lime green with white vinyl roof. The view of the hood out the windshield of the Maverick was like that of a sports car.
❤😂😢😮😅😊 that’s a good name Doug that’s what my name is. I like that Maverick and I like to see some of your other car collection and I hope they’re Ford because I’m a Ford freak Ford lover and I always been driving for I had a Chevy it was a piece of junk and I had a 1977 Maverick that I miss it and I wish I still had it. Keep up the good work in your collection. Have a good day and good week.
1:44 - The intake runners look restrictive - but Don knows what he's doing! Great video!
I saw the victories at york and Englishtown and Pete Robinson top fuel victory at york in 1970
Was able to meet Don at his trailer when he was racing at Cordova, IL, can't remember the year, maybe the early 90's, but he was racing his 409 Bel Air. We were standing back, watching him working on the car when he turned around and saw us. He came over to say hi and asked if the boys would like to stand with him for a picture. Just a very nice guy who was so thoughtful of his fans. So nice he would take time away from his wrenching between rounds to do that.
Such an awesome piece of drag racing history.
Awesome car.thanks for the video REVan
Man that thing sounds good!
My first time commenting. Love the S.O.H.C. Maverick.
I would love to see you do the same kind of video on the Tasca 494 Can-Am Super Boss!
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Very cool car
Awesome Ford History Evan!
Very Cool !!! Dana 60 , surprised not a 9 inch.
Ah, the sound of high compression engines. Maybe 14:1?
Street raced in the mid 70's when high octane fuel was available.
When Friday and Saturday nights were coming,I would go down in the afternoon put a half tank of Aviation fuel in, bump the timing to just a little ping, back off and go hunting. Oh forgot, little dry ice in the Moroso cool can
Super nice 👍🏾 sounds like a monster
I have Super 8 film of this car at Dallas drag strip in 1971 running a match race. Also there were 4 funny cars. Jungle Jim, Blue Max, Arnie the Farmer Beswick and one other that I can’t remember at the moment.
Digitize that footage, we'd love to see it