1976 · Ford · United States
Grabber Out, Stallion In
The Grabber was dropped and a Stallion paint-and-trim package took its place; no Stallion count was found.
United States · researched through 2026-09-23
For 1976 Ford dropped the Grabber and introduced a Stallion package of special paint and trim in its place, per Wikipedia. Classic Industries counts 60,611 two-door and 79,076 four-door Mavericks built for the year, context rows for the whole model line rather than a Stallion-specific count; no source consulted gives a factory-published Stallion production figure.1,2
Factory prices for 1976 ran $3,117 (six) and $3,265 (V-8) for the two-door sedan, and $3,189 (six) and $3,337 (V-8) for the four-door sedan, each $148 apart between engines and each roughly $70 to $75 higher on the four-door than the corresponding two-door engine. A separate catalogue entry lists a $329 figure that this record reads as the Stallion dress-up package's price, by analogy with a parallel Pinto entry priced at $283 in the same source; the catalogue's own sentence structure ends with the price directly after naming a "competition" suspension option, so the record flags that a reviewer should confirm the $329 belongs to the Stallion package as a whole rather than to that suspension option alone. No price breakdown by engine was found for the Stallion package itself, so it is not known whether the $329 figure applies equally on top of either the six or the V-8 base price.3
The Stallion Group, sold under sales number 91 on the two-door, bundled a blacked-out grille, front end, windshield and backlite moldings, and wiper arms with dual black mirrors, Stallion fender decals, paint-and-tape treatment across the hood, roof, deck lid, and lower body, styled wheels, and DR70x14 raised-white-letter radial tires, DR78x14 in California. A heavy-duty suspension was bundled into the group as well. The same source notes the Stallion Group could not be combined with the Exterior or Luxury Decor groups, rocker moldings, an accent stripe, color-keyed mirrors, styled steel wheels, or trim rings, making it a self-contained alternative to those other dress-up options rather than something layered on top of them.4
Five Stallion colors were charted: Silver, Red, Yellow, White, and Silver Blue, though no source states whether these five exhaust the full 1976 Stallion palette or whether the plain Maverick line carried additional colors of its own not captured in this record. Curb weight for the plain two-door sedan ran to 2,929 lb; no separate Stallion curb weight was found, so whatever weight the package's paint, tape, wheels, and heavy-duty suspension added over the plain two-door is not recorded here.4
One further claim was found but not incorporated as fact: a page on the Ford Maverick Page site states "Only 5529 Made!" for the 1976 Stallion, a figure this record carries only as an unpublished lead because it rests on a single source that names no underlying document and cannot be checked against a factory tally or a second reference book. No engine ratings, transmission choices, performance figures, or identification codes survive in the sources consulted for 1976, leaving the two body-style production counts, the four sedan prices, the Stallion package's price and equipment list, its five color names, and the one curb weight figure as the whole of what this record can document for the Grabber's replacement.4
Fact sheet · 1976 · United States
The numbers
1976 Ford Maverick (Stallion) — The Grabber was dropped and a Stallion paint-and-trim package took its place; no Stallion count was found.
Coverage: Partial — researched sections are shown; missing ones are not yet sourced. Researched through 2026-09-23.
Every figure is labeled with how sure we are. Reported means a manufacturer, registry, or reference figure we cite but have not reconciled against factory records ourselves. Disputed means credible sources disagree and both are shown. Rows are separately scoped; don't add them together unless the note says they make up a total.
Production
| What was counted | Count | Basis | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| All 1976 Mavericks (conceptcarz total)5 as published A total stated by the page. It equals the sum of the body rows below (79,076 + 60,611), which repeat the Classic Industries rows, so it is the same lineage with a stated whole-year figure, not an independent count. | 139,687 | built, model-year | Reported |
| What was counted | Count | Basis | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-door sedan (all trims)2 Maverick · 2-door sedan · as published | 60,611 | built, model-year | Reported |
| 4-door sedan2 Maverick · 4-door sedan · as published | 79,076 | built, model-year | Reported |
Context rows; no Stallion production figure was found. conceptcarz states a 1976 whole-year total (139,687) equal to the sum of the two rows (same lineage, not an independent count).
Searched 2026-09-29: conceptcarz (series modelID 543), Wikipedia, the Classic Industries and Standard Catalog lineages already cited.
Prices when new
| Model | Price | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Factory price, Maverick two-door sedan (six)3 | $3,117 | factory price, base car before options, 1976 model year |
| Factory price, Maverick two-door sedan (V-8)3 | $3,265 | factory price, base car before options, 1976 model year |
| Factory price, Maverick four-door sedan (six)3 | $3,189 | factory price, base car before options, 1976 model year |
| Factory price, Maverick four-door sedan (V-8)3 | $3,337 | factory price, base car before options, 1976 model year |
| Stallion dress-up package3 | $329 | option price as listed in the catalogue, 1976 model year |
Prices are the nominal dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation.
Options and packages
| Code | Option | Price | Installed |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stallion (special paint and trim)1 | — | Not yet sourced |
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Stallion Group (2-door, sales number 91): blacked-out grille, front end, windshield and backlite moldings, wiper arms; dual black mirrors; Stallion fender decals; paint/tape on hood, roof, deck lid and lower body; styled wheels; DR70x14 raised-white-letter radials (DR78x14 in California); heavy-duty suspension4 | — | Not yet sourced |
Paint
| Code | Color | Built |
|---|---|---|
|
Stallion: Silver4 | Not yet sourced |
|
Stallion: Red4 | Not yet sourced |
|
Stallion: Yellow4 | Not yet sourced |
|
Stallion: White4 | Not yet sourced |
|
Stallion: Silver Blue4 | Not yet sourced |
Color names are the factory's. We don't show color swatches, because a screen color is no guide for a restoration.
Specifications
| Measure | Value | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Curb weight, 2-door4 | 2,929 lb | 2-door |
Identification
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Also in 1976
- AMC AMX No AMX was sold in the United States for 1976. The Javelin ended after 1974, and the badge returned on the 1977 Hornet.
- AMC Gremlin X and Spirit AMX The last year of the V8 Gremlin. The 304 was cancelled at midyear after 826 installations, and the X package moved to Custom models only.
- Buick Riviera The GS name gave way to an S/R package, fitted to 1,619 of 20,082 Rivieras.
- Chevrolet Chevelle and Malibu SS The final Laguna Type S-3 year; the 454 no longer appears on the compiled engine list.
- Chevrolet Chevy II and Nova Last Nova SS year in the source production table. Enthusiast-compiled production: 334,728 cars; Super Sport 7,416.
- Chevrolet El Camino SS Colonnade-era El Camino; Chevrolet's 1976 data pages define the RPO Z15 SS option for the El Camino Classic. Team Chevelle's production totals give 44,890 El Caminos built, 5,163 of them with SS equipment.
- Dodge Dart GTS, Swinger and Demon The final year of the approved Dart chronology; MuscleCarClub reports 13,642 Dart Sports of all engines, and Flory says the Dart Sport 360 was dropped.
- Ford Ranchero GT The Ranchero GT continued on the 1972-76 Ranchero; 4,942 GTs were built, per reference-site counts in the Standard Catalog lineage.
- Ford Thunderbird Sixth-generation personal-luxury Thunderbird; the record holds the production total and the luxury-group option prices only.
- Ford Torino The last Torino year: 193,096 built with no Sport model left, and Ford's 1,000 white-striped red 'Starsky and Hutch' Gran Torino replicas were the only performance-styled edition.
- Mercury Cougar Outside the muscle focus: 83,765 Cougars for 1976 per Wikipedia's table.
- Oldsmobile Cutlass, 4-4-2 and Hurst/Olds An appearance and handling option in this period; no Hurst/Olds was offered and no production figure was found.
- Plymouth Duster 340 and 360 The Duster's last year offered the 360 only with TorqueFlite and not in California, beside the new Feather Duster economy and Silver Duster decor packages; reference books disagree on production (26,688 or 34,681).
- Plymouth Road Runner The Road Runner became a Volare option package.
- Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am The first black-and-gold Trans Am, the last Trans Am 455, and a Firebird line past 110,000.
- Pontiac Grand Prix Quad headlamps and a 50th-anniversary year for Pontiac; the last Grand Prix 455.
- Pontiac Tempest and LeMans The 455 returns to the LeMans options list, a 260 V8 with a five-speed arrives for the Sport Coupe, and a Rally RTS Handling Package replaces the GT.