Prototype Wheels

[STLR FN]

Has anyone seen anything that resembles these wheels?http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/uploads/3267/scan.jpg

[MM03MOK]

Interesting..... tips are wrong, "Marauder" on the bumper is in the wrong spot, keyhole on the front passenger door...

[DEFYANT]

That is prolly a mocked up 01 or 02 CV or CVPI. If that is true, these rims will not fit our cars.

[STLR FN]

This was a concept before we got what we got. It came outta Auto Weekly, when it was a bi monthly publication, magazine about 6 years ago. I've had this pic ever since.
Interesting..... tips are wrong, "Marauder" on the bumper is in the wrong spot, keyhole on the front passenger door...

[STLR FN]

Fudge. Fudge .
That is prolly a mocked up 01 or 02 CV or CVPI. If that is true, these rims will not fit our cars.

[JACook]

Interesting..... tips are wrong, "Marauder" on the bumper is in the wrong spot, keyhole on the front passenger door... Godshead badge on the trunk, blown 4.6 under the hood...
Yep, definitely ALL wrong... :(

[CRUZTAKER]

This is an old...old...old...ad.

There is a thread somewhere around here discussing this very picture and the differences between this pre proto picture and what finally came off the assembly line. Sometime between 2/03 and 7/03.

Nice flashback however.

[martyo]

Nice flashback however.

Barry: Aren't they all "nice flashbacks" though? Well, okay, that one with the spiders is a little spooky...Oh wait that's a different type of flash back. Never mind.... :eek:

[MarauderMark]

Everyday when i goto work i pass a wheel shop and one wheel with tire mounted on it allways catches my eye and it sure looks just like that maybe this is tellin me somethin..Bling Bling Baby :D

[seans]

Has anyone seen anything that resembles these wheels?
I haven't but I really like the way those wheels look.

[marauder307]

When I was doing research before getting mine, I saw this ad. What we're looking at is an ersatz Marauder; this was the concept test mule.

It makes me kinda sad actually; I like those wheels but they're more than likely long gone, destroyed along with the rest of the car. Ford---well, all the other carmakers too, actually---doesn't really have a sense of historical preservation. The vehicle pictured is the "missing link" in the Marauder's evolution and ought to have been saved as such. I personally like the placement of the name callout on the rear bumper too...but to each his own. I'm sure other folks don't like it.

Test mules are just that: testbed vehicles whose sole purpose is to determine the physical feasibility of the paper concept. They tend to get used and abused hard; consequently, when the engineers are done with 'em, 9 times out of 10 they end up in the crusher. I have seen a few example of some of the Mopar concept cars from the late '60s/early '70s that were saved/rescued/whatever and restored to better-than-original state, but those are more the exception than the rule.

Sorry to rave...it just bothers me...carry on.

[Racerx88]

Here's a close up of the wheel and a clearer pic of the car.

[djv5150]

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/500/356Ford4.jpg http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/500/marauder_head.jpg
This rear bumper never made the final.

[STLR FN]

Closest I could find:http://www.americanracing.com/dealerline/blackimages/mega/m699.jpg

Don't seem to have our backspacing. :( Unless because they are "dished" that a backspace of 25 might and I use that loosely work

[03whitemach]

Oh they work.