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Great Car! Looks like the back seat is big enough to sleep in! That way you don't have to put it to bed, you can dream in it instead of about it! Welcome to the club!

Pat

Don, the tire brand and sizes are......

Dunlop SP Sport 8000

Rear-- P245/50ZR15

Front-- 195/55ZR14

Hope this helps.

Youther,

Thanks for checking the tires! I am trying to get it right the first time and I wondered when the wheel guy recommended only 28-29 psi in the rear with a "70" sidewall, it sounds like he was saying I would have to deflate the tires to keep from rubbing under the inside of the rear fenders. Anyway your sizes are close to what I was told, but now I may try a "60" or "65" side wall and it's good to know that a "245" width is possible. I recently installed coil springs on the rear and mounted the shocks in the highest hole because I like the "downhill" look and I want to start out with good clearance for the rear tires vertically but I am surprised you have the 245 width, that's even better for traction!
It was interesting that the wheel guy asked me three times if I really have a Maverick 8" rear as if he didn't believe me either because I am on the East Coast (the wheel company is in Calif.) or because they are rare? Anyway I found three of them easily here in Central Virginia and bought the one with only 64,000 on the odometer from a '74 Maverick with a 302. According to you maybe I should have bought the whole drive line, but I am hoping I can get more torque with a SBC 350 for the Maverick 2.79:1 rear. I guess I will hear it from the Ford fans, but maybe I should alert you to the long water pump on the Ford small block, although I guess nowadays there are marine or other short water pumps? I got away with the short Corvette pump on the SBC 350, so before you make the change to a Ford engine you better measure the firewall-to-radiator distance and maybe have to move the motor mounts. Hey it's not all that bad having a Chevord, that way you can talk to both Chevy and Ford fans!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder