My old Hooker headers catalog "claims" that the multi piece FE Mustang/Fairlane "race" headers also fit a Maverick with a FE swap, but I really can not believe that they would, at least without major surgery. Before I bought my current 78 Fairmont in 1986, I had bought a 71 Maverick that a buddy had built that I planned on swapping my FE into. He had ran in with a 351C ad 4 speed,,a local chassis shop had eliminated the Mavericks shock towers. What they did was to remove all the inner fenders and shock towers, leaving the stock frame rails, firewall, & radiator support. He then shortened the lower control arms 3" per side, and moved the inner pivot box outboard by the same amount. He made 1 3/4" tubing braces that ran from the front of the frame rails to the firewall, and to those, he made tabs for fabricated tubular upper control arms, and the upper mounts for the Koni coil overs. He also narrowed a Pinto steering rack, and swapped the spindles side for side, so the steering arms pointed straight ahead. He mounted the 351C with a motor plate, used a rear sump oil pan from a 351 1978 Bronco, and mde up a custom set of headers. I bought the Maverick less engine and trans, but once I had my Fairmont, I sold the Maverick to a couple of local racers who ran it with a 351 C and C4. They sold the car about 10 or 15 years ago, have not seen it since. But I have always thought that Mavericks make great looking drag cars.
