Mercury Marauder Project Updates

This is my wife's car but I do the work and own the motor It's a 63 1/2 S55 vert with ow a hopped up 390 with 6pack and iron cast headers. Should be ready next spring. I will check out my stash as I know I miss an emblem but not which one.

 

This is the official project that I'm working on over the winter.This will be the one I'll keep updated as I go.I'ts a 1964 mercury marauder" montclair trim level".Polar white with red interior.this particular model is a bench seat four speed model.They only made 6459 of these and of these only .9% were ordered with the four speed.The plans for this one is a frame up resto with a nostalgic A/fx drag look to it.Teardrop hood some sort of 427 ford engine and old school pie crust slicks on steelies with some dog dish hub caps.This is how I bought it mostly a project given up on long ago.The funny thing is for three years I looked for a four speed marauder all over the country and this one was less than a mile away.

 

Heres a shot of my 390 4V 63 Marauder. I got this car whilst on holiday in the US in 2004. Its in a amazing condition with not one spec of rust anywhere and a super straight body.

 

Good hamb stuff right here. I learned more about Marauders here in a few minutes reading than all other sources combined.

 

Thats going to be a nice car.I also have a 63 s-55 convertible and thats how I was going to do that one also Tripower and those shorty cast iron headers.I think thats the best looking package.You will have to keep me updated on that one as you go.I'll look for some pics of it today and put it on. There a pretty rare car they only made 1,379 of the s-55 convertibles.You will have to keep me updated on your progress.

 

Thats a nice looking marauder.You dont see many that color.Most seem to be white with blue interior or tan with tan.Those torq thrust D's look great on there.

 

This is one of my favorite threads....Awesome stuff....

 

Started on the frame first.Looks bad but its all just surface.Stripped it down and did some cleanup.Welded in ta strength gusset for the caltrac bars I'll be using.

 

Geez Ken,

How do you find the time and $$ to build such cool cars?

 

Well There is plenty of time in the winter,a warm garage,beer,nostagic drag videos on the garage tv and there you go.The problem is i am always flat broke.Its a good thing Fast Eddie pays me to be his friend.

 

Some vintage marauder shots for the day

 

The car will need restored.It has a 390 4 bbl,auto,ps,pb.Has 3.50 open rear.Its suppose to have a white vinyl top but has been taken off years ago.Interior is white with a darker blue dash.Has a power driver seat,remote mirror,and power windows.It dosent have A/c or AM/FM radio.
I paid 3500 for it hoping to get that back out of it. kgbigload@msn.com if you want me to send more pics.

 

Strange. I grew up in Arvada, and two brothers that I went to school with had a car that looked just like this. I wonder if it's the same car? At that time, I think they lived west of Arvada HS (can't remember the exact street).

 

Dang, would love to join but my '69 Marauder X-100 isn't HAMB friendly. At least I can drool on my keyboard.

 

How much is Eddie paying you?? I think I need to give him my pay pal address, so I can collectet friendship dues, too!

 

Love the stance and those 5spokes looks great on it. I think I'll go with original rims and dogdish, but if I want to update the brakes (probably) I'll get those rims. I will keep you updated but it's kinda slow right now, work will start in january. Here's some more shots. Previous owner wanted to have it in gasser style but I think it too big a car for gasser looks.

 

Love this marauder,Anyone have any other pics of it?

 

This was built a few years ago by Jack O'Brian, one of my fellow Ford/Mercury gearhead buddies in Madison, IN

 

This is what I'm talking about when I get done with mine it will look like this one but with the pie crust slicks, a little higher stance, all in polar sleeper white. AWESOME

 

Ive seen that car on you tube and some pics in an older ford mag.Never could track down the owner.Once I heard in was in florida,and now it seems to be in california.Do you know if its an original R or Q code car?

 

Where do you get the teardrop hoods for the Marauders? Does Crites make one or is it a make your own?

 

The hood is the crites 63-64 galaxie hood and instead of the chrome strip the galaxie has you put the backwards nose metal piece from your marauder hood on it with some bracing behind it for strength.Wish crites made fiberglass parts specific to the marauder but they dont.

 

Just practicing this big picture style.My 63 colony park crusing the streets of golden