Mercury Marauder Project Updates

we could work something out. I'd really like to own a '63.....

 

Here's a 64 Park Lane Breezeway at Desert Valley Auto Parts in Arizona with a hitch.
http://dvap.com/survivors/display/5060

I thought about inquiring about the hitch, but to have it removed from the breezeway and shipped to me in Virginia it would probably cost a fortune. I could really use measurements too, I want to put a class 3 hitch on my Park Lane convertible to pull my Shasta camper.





http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w107/Nitcat/Park Lane/image033.png

 

Heres a couple updates on the progress of the montclair marauder.Got the frame back after being powder coated.Started putting it together.Going for that nostalgic 63-64 A/FX style.The car will eventually have a 427 power train,Big spline top loader four speed,and a beefed up nine inch with 4:11 gears.Going with paint matching steelies with dog dish hubcaps and old style pie crust slicks.

 

Anyone see this one out there?First time I've seen it.Different than the barry white one.Nice street version.

 

Heres the Barry White Parnelli Jones tribute car.

 

Here's one of the real deals. Restored Darrel Dierenger Marauder.

 

Ken, are yoi sure those are not the pics of my Galaxie frame, with different wheels/caps? Looks pretty close to mine!

 

A little bit of photo shop and a mercury dog dish cap and its possible hahaha.

eric did you see andy put his 64 colony park on e bay.Whats the story?

 

I didn't see about Andrew's wagon, I will ask him.

Frame looks great, and it reminds me I need to scrape more under coating!

 

Nice example of a 64 in montclair trim

 

Havent seen too many pics of this one.

 

A really nice 63 out of california. You just can't beat the black with red interior combo

 

Nice, nice, and nice!

 

Is that an aftermarket outer rearview mirror or original? Mine doesn't have lights. Looks strange to me

 

there is a guy running a 64 427/425 marauder clone in pure stock,he runs 13.0's

he also races a 58 430 3 duece Mercury 3 on the tree

 

Actually that was a factory option for the full size mercurys.Very cool and really hard to find.almost had a set last summer.

 

I know who you are talking about, I think his name is brian stepani.The R code merc was on that muscle car review episode and the 58 merc was in a mag shoot.I havent had a chance to talk to him but he has some damn nice stuff and takes it out to the track.I'll track down some photos and put them on.

 

Heres some of the other outside mirrors you could of ordered with your brand new bitchin Marauder.







This last one I had on my red 63,I thought they were common but havent seen another one since.

 

Finally got the front end together,Was a bitch getting those springs in without the help of the weight of the car on it.Used the mock up engine to help.Long branch headers fit well.






Love the merc dog dish hubcaps




Heres a pic with the Crites FE headers,Fits Perfect,auto or manual,power steering or not. 2" tubes into a 3.5" collector




Nice to be able to roll around the frame again.








Close up of the extra boxing for the cal tracs.


Getting closer,ready to start working on the body.

 

Ken, your killing me, with the frame that far along. Look like a contest is in the near future.....

 

Thank's for the info, you certainly knows your stuff, What's your opinion on the Pops performance repop short iron cast headers. Have a set on it's way but not 100 % convinced. Like the long Crites and they look like a perfect fit.

 

I havent seen any of the repop shorty headers,so Im not sure how they are.I prefer the shorty style,I just think they look better,you see each runner,they are lighter and they work with some rack systems.Easier to get to stuff also.

 

Here's another mercury made into a ranchero style ride.Looks like a lot of work to me.

 

I honestly did not know there were that many of these out there.Pretty wild.

 

This is the coolest pic.I wish I had one of these rigs.Looks like those marauders barely fit in there.

 

That Ranchero and that wild purple thing are photoshops done by my younger brother. The purple car is actually my old Bittersweet car I posted earlier in the thread.

 

He did this one too along time ago.

 

I actually started the Ranchero and my brother finished it. Here are the original shots. This car is actually in Scandanavia somewhere. Notice the "double people" in the first PS edit, The final shot has the blue car way in the background. It is actually the orange car in the background used to fill a gap in the picture, flipped recoloured and shrunk

 

I was wondering.That 64 does look cool with the grill all the way across

 

Custom sedan delivery perhaps?