Orange Marauder

[bigslim]

I was on my way home form the Autoshow today and spotted this at a Buick dealership. It just so happens I had my trusty camara with my. This is for all the people that thought I was crazy when I said I saw an orange MM before.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01675.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01679.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01676.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01681.jpg
Those are twenty inch wheels on it also. It had no price on it. This car looks pretty ragged on.

[whoskal]

Just my opinion, but that thing is ooogly!:puke:,Very original though.

[Rider90]

I'm not a fan of the wheels, but I kinda like it. Maybe I'm crazy, but that ain't half bad IMHO.

[Petrograde]

wow,... I don't hate it,... but, I can't bring myself to like it either. :o

Good find Slim..

[Todd]

I dont mind the color so much... But the rims HAVE to go in my opinion. But to each his/her own.

[melfunkshun]

I remember seeing that MM when I was visiting the Detroit area in November 04.

[Joe Walsh]

WOW! Like Rider 90 said: The wheels SUCK!...but that paint is kinda cool.
Looks like that copper metallic that Pontiac had on their cars a few years ago.

[Rider90]

WOW! Like Rider 90 said: The wheels SUCK!...but that paint is kinda cool.
Looks like that copper metallic that Pontiac had on their cars a few years ago.
Indeed. Reminds me of the Emberglo on the 60's Mustangs.

[Joe Walsh]

Slim, Could you tell where the Gold God's Head badges came from?
Were they metal or just vinyl cut-outs?

[Tallboy]

I think I could like it with a set of OEM wheels...

[Joe Walsh]

I think I could like it with a set of OEM wheels...

Can you Copper plate the OEM wheels???:D

[Marauder386]

Hmm almost like the Vesuvius Orange on the S/C'd Land Rover....nice color, DONK wheels....Uuuuugh...

:coolman:

[MarauderMark]

Slim you sure get lucky finding these colorful Marauders out there.:up:

[CRUZTAKER]

Slim, Could you tell where the Gold God's Head badges came from?
Were they metal or just vinyl cut-outs?

Ditto...

Hoping this is one of those posts you return to...

[jimlam56]

What would a Marauder look like in burnt orange?
It would look better with oem wheels, but...

[bigslim]

They are stainless steel. They are the same ones on that light grey MM. A place calle De-Tech Collision here in Detroit makes them.

[bigslim]

Slim you sure get lucky finding these colorful Marauders out there.:up:
They are all over the city here.

[Rider90]

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=84 42&d=1137721669
This does not look good...giving something more for the salt to grab on to :shake:

[Marauderman]

I think I could like it with a set of OEM wheels...
Me too--kinda a coppertone like color--it appears to have a black enterior--but yeah--those wheels got to go------------

[wsmylie]

You can almost SMELL that paint from the pictures!!:D

[mr.continental]

I think I've seen that beast before. Probably on one of my drives home up 8 mile from work.

As far as those emblems go, there was a Torid Red Marauder at Bob Maxey's when I bought mine that had the same ones, but the rims didn't look as bad. Still ugly, but not as bad.

[Bradley G]

Not a terrible color, The White Marauder has some sophfistication,:o sorry!

[de minimus]

To each his own I suppose but I like that colour...reminds me of my old Taylor Made Driver. The wheels not so much.......

[ncmm]

Looks like X-Zibit and West Coast got their hands on it

notice the Gods Head alignment?

[texascorvette]

that thing must have belonged to Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder. You gotta be blind to handle that color.

[Hotrauder]

When I read the title I was prepared to :puke: . But, after sitting here looking at it for 5 minutes wondering what the hell is wrong with me cause I kind of like it..it dawned on me, I do kind of like it. :D Dennis:beer:

[MarauderMarc]

Hey Charlie Brown, I found the "Great Pumpkin", you really werent lying!!!!!!

[jawz101]

I spose it's alright. I'd keep the godshead chrome though. Too much monochrome.

Looks like X-Zibit and West Coast got their hands on it

Nah. It would have come with tweed interior from 'my man Ish', hydraulics, and a 30" sub sticking out the back. Oh, and TVs

[txkent]

Don't let any of those crazy University of Texas football fans see it. They'd stick a great big longhorn logo on the hood a-la the old Firebird, and cruise all around Austin in it.

[fastblackmerc]

OH OH.... I just threw up in my mouth!

[Rider90]

OH OH.... I just threw up in my mouth!
Oh #@*%*! nice, thanks, I'm eating vegetable soup...

Aww :censor:

EDIT: It's cool it's cool I just added more crackers. I'm done eating it now. Stop the E-mails and the concerned fan mail.

[Dragcity]

Does anyone else think this is a repaired front end collision car? the header and lights look pretty out-of-line.

[jawz101]

http://www.geocities.com/thesoonernation/bevo2.jpg
Here's your longhorn orange :D

[dwasson]

It looks better in the picture than in person.

[spub]

Is it just me, or are every one of these GH badges mis-aligned? BTW, HATE the color. :eek:



They are stainless steel. They are the same ones on that light grey MM. A place calle De-Tech Collision here in Detroit makes them.

[O's Fan Rich]

I was on my way home form the Autoshow today and spotted this at a Buick dealership. It just so happens I had my trusty camara with my. This is for all the people that thought I was crazy when I said I saw an orange MM before.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01675.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01679.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01676.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01681.jpg
Those are twenty inch wheels on it also. It had no price on it. This car looks pretty ragged on.

What? No price?!! You tease us wit pics of that fine, *****in' ride, and don't even give us the 411? Wusssup wid dat? Com on Dawg, hook us up!!!

No, no no no nononononoonnnoonnoooooooooo!! !!!!!!:help:

[Haggis]

HATE the color. :eek:
Finally someone with taste.

..and Slim no need to convince us, we all know your crazy. ;)

[SergntMac]

Looks like a DTR owner used too much bleach in the wash water...

[423REED]

I was on my way home form the Autoshow today and spotted this at a Buick dealership. It just so happens I had my trusty camara with my. This is for all the people that thought I was crazy when I said I saw an orange MM before.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01675.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01679.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01676.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/DSC01681.jpg
Those are twenty inch wheels on it also. It had no price on it. This car looks pretty ragged on.

HEY BIGSLIM!
I do like the color a lot. We can't see the door jambs, but the paint looks very professional and well done. I don't like the choice of wheels at all. I think I would still keep my DTR paint, because the DTR is a true muscle car color, like the black and the silver. Actually, I've always wanted a car that was painted the color of this orange Marauder. But I have never found the right new car that also offers a color like this. There have been new cars with this type color over the years. But just not the right ones for my tastes.
JIM
______________________________ ______
2004 MARAUDER 300A - DTR BORN 04/19/04
1994 FORD TAURUS SHO - GREEN

[hitchhiker]

... Bugly ...

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[STLR FN]

Longhorn logo...nah.... they'll just bolt on a set of real lognhorns.
Don't let any of those crazy University of Texas football fans see it. They'd stick a great big longhorn logo on the hood a-la the old Firebird, and cruise all around Austin in it.

[ckadiddle]

To each his own, but I don't want it in my driveway.

[Bluerauder]

Not my taste either --- but it is "unique". :rolleyes:

[SID210SA]

Imho>>>>fugly!!

[merc6]

I love the color but only as Spicy Orange on a Mazdaspeed Protege or as Blazing copper metalic on a Mazda 6. Now if it were a Lapis Blue Metalic like my current 6 in my sig...ROADTRIP!

[wsmylie]

Back in the early to mid seventies my late father in Cleveland (in his 60's at the time) called me in Florida to say what a great deal he had gotten from a local FoMoCo dealer on the purchase of a new Ford 2dr that was a leftover from the previous model year. He told me it was real "snazzy" looking and had a lot of "pep" in traffic. I happened to visit him a month or so later and got my first look at the "snazzy, pepmoblie", a Ford Maverick coupe with a bit of a fastback roof line. The car was hideous looking. It was orange in color (pretty close to the shade on the Michigan MM) and had a white vinyl top with a texturerd pattern. There were even small matching orange & white accents on the wheel covers too. The external color motif was carried-on into the interior featuring off-white textured vinyl buckets w/orange accents, imitation woodgrain appliques on the dash and doors and finshed off with orange carpeting:puke:... I mean this thing was awful. The "pep" was supplied by a small, in-line six banger. I was stunned... no wonder he got such a great deal on it; the dealership a$$h@#$%s had probably thought they would never be able to move this prize. He was so proud of the car that he had even acquired a light tan sport coat with an orange hue plaid pattern on it to wear when driving. When asked how I liked it, what could I say??? Told him it was a real beauty, had a lot of "pep" and he was lucky to find it at such a great price.:D

[twolow]

The Mercury God is looking to the sky in the front and looking at the gound in the back...

...I think a Gods head logo throwing up in his mouth would be fitting.

[CBT]

Woo WOOOOOOOOO!!

[merc6]

Also thing the gods head is sitting on one of it's 302 hi horsies ;)

[RoyLPita]

Any luck on getting me the VIN??

[Bowman9]

From the title of the post I was expecting a bright "General Lee" orange, but this color is not that bad. It reminds me of the copper colors that Detroit had in the 70's.

[Fastronald]

I could live with the color...........but........... ...... those ugly F#$%^&G wheels would go for a garbage truck ride!

[Petrograde]

Any luck on getting me the VIN??

If you get it,.. please post the digits in the VIN Thread?

..afterall, we already have the VIN for the infamous white Marauder! :P

[bigslim]

Any luck on getting me the VIN??
I can do that.

[rauder775]

Looks like they sprayed right over the grille emblem as well???

[William B]

Orange? way too much for me...but comment is correct..love it hate it? I dont know

[Ryans PI]

Looks almost like the same color used on the CopperHead project on "TRUCKS!".

http://www.staceydavid.com/images/Copperhead%20Images/front-quarter---web.jpg

[Marauder2005]

Looks almost like the same color used on the CopperHead project on "TRUCKS!".

http://www.staceydavid.com/images/Copperhead%20Images/front-quarter---web.jpg

Very close...

[MENINBLK]

This color gives a new meaning to the phrase 'Orange Peel'.

[Rider90]

That coppedhead was badass, I remember watching the test drive...and the burnout :D

[bigslim]

Any luck on getting me the VIN??
PM sent wtih vin number.

[Ryans PI]

That coppedhead was badass, I remember watching the test drive...and the burnout :D

Hell ya! That's my favorit project on that show. One of the sweetest looking trucks I've ever seen and I love the engine he installed. :D And that test drive at the track was awesome.

http://www.staceydavid.com/images/Copperhead%20Images/coppersmoke.jpg

[Petrograde]

PM sent wtih vin number.

would you mind posting it (at least the last 6 digits) in the VIN thread here. http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=14785

[RoyLPita]

PM sent wtih vin number.

When I get back to work, I'll check it out. I've been under the weather for several days.

[bigslim]

would you mind posting it (at least the last 6 digits) in the VIN thread here. http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=14785
It's Done.

[JeffGrice]

I was blown away when I saw a green glitter marauder...not a vic...not a grand mar...but a marauder with big chrome wheels....puke.

At this this, while I don't like orange, looks decent.

[dwasson]

There is a darl green metallic Marauder in Detroit too. We got all the ugly ones.

[RoyLPita]

PM sent with vin number.

You've got a PM.

[Petrograde]

so what color was it originally?

[bigslim]

so what color was it originally?
It was a DTR.

[Petrograde]

ah ha!

Thanks Slim.

[twolow]

Anything interesting come out of the VIN lookup?

[rayjay]

It was a DTR.

:puke: :puke: :puke: way to ruin a MM

[dwasson]

ah ha!

What does a bad Norwegian band have to do with orange Marauders?

[RoyLPita]

Anything interesting come out of the VIN lookup?


one interesting part came out of this- it was never in for any warranty work.

[Vince84]

No thanks. Not an orange one! I prefer a Blue Marauder with light grey leather seats!

[Bluerauder]

I prefer a Blue Marauder with light grey leather seats!
Yeah, me too !!! :D According to Steve at MV III ... that's about the rarest of the rare. Probably 125 or less with that combo.

[Vince84]

That's bad luck for me! The most Marauders I saw where Black clearcoat with black leather. That's also not bad, but very dark inside.

My father has a Mercedes-Benz E-class with light interior and black wood and that's a very nice combination. It look likes a lot of space in the interior.

@ Bluerauder: The Marauder you have is very nice!

[dwasson]

I wanted a black one because they didn't offer a darker color.

[hdirish50]

What type of a-hole takes a beautiful piece of art, like that, and paints it that color?
:bigcry:

[Bluerauder]

What type of a-hole takes a beautiful piece of art, like that, and paints it that color?
:bigcry:
Maybe the guy got a great deal on a puke yellow or lime green Marauder and made an improvement. :rolleyes: I must admit that I like the Coppertone Orange much better than those others :puke: So the glass is half-full !!! :D

[merc6]

That orange is cool but I would prefer that style paint in blue or black. Rims would be factory, If the car was black then the factory spokes would be that color leaving the lip polished.

[the_pack_rat]

It was a DTR.
BLASPHEMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

:cry:

[mr.continental]

Either this thing's for sale again, or some other idiot painted one the same fugly color.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=201360357&dealer_id=55919739&car_year=2004&model=MARAUDER&num_records=&bkms=1151605700107&lang=&isp=y&start_year=1981&mod_bookmark_id=null&certified=&search_type=used&distance=25&make=MERC&min_price=&address=48080&advanced=&end_year=2007&max_price=&cardist=10

[BigGuyBigCar]

It's not the same car, because it still has the watefall badges and the first one had the guy in the fireman's hat

I see that the autotrader description says "Dark orange" but from the picture it could be a stock DTR?

Better that than TWO orange Marauders out there in the world!

[RoyLPita]

It's not the same car, because it still has the watefall badges and the first one had the guy in the fireman's hat

I see that the autotrader description says "Dark orange" but from the picture it could be a stock DTR?

Better that than TWO orange Marauders out there in the world!

What ^^^^he^^^^said!!!!!!