Brother-in-law wants to buy a Car please help?

My brother in law wants to buy a car to fix up its an automatic 1971 Ford Maverick for $1600 with faded paint needs to have the seats reupholstered, he thinks it has a small block V8 with big rear wheel tires that decent condition... I think the guy is trying to take his money please help I went to Wikipedia.com but didn't really find anything about this specific car.