Where is this car?

[TiTo35]

We all have seen the pics but what happened to the actual car?




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[RoyLPita]

I see that pic all the time. It is just a small white square with a red x in the middle of it.

[Raudermaster]

:rofl: Yea, nothing's there.

[MarauderMark]

:laugh:

I see that pic all the time. It is just a small white square with a red x in the middle of it.

Good one :rofl:

[Georges93LX]

A collector bought it to put in a museum. I heard that the agreement with Ford was that the car could never be licensed or driven on public streets.

[Blackened300a]

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/698955.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19332EFD823EFD4 1CFD50D6B568DFAFCFB9284831B75F 48EF45

Looks great

[Georges93LX]

If they priced that baby right I would still buy one today.

[arejayesss]

No way, IMHO it just doesn't look right at all:puke:

[TiTo35]

For those who couldnt see it...

[ImpalaSlayer]

some one told me that ugly pos had a 4cyl engine in it and didnt do over 30mph. i hate that thing. hope it was crushed

[Bigdogjim]

Car has no title and can NEVER be driven. I belive a dealer in SC (?) bought it? Money went to a good cause:up:

[PhastPhil]

It seemed that so many potential Marauder owners waited for the convertible to come out, that by the time the realized Mercury wasn't going to build one, they stopped making the MM altogether. I know of a few people who thought that Mercury would wait a couple of years before they built the convert. But unfortunately the MM never made it that far.

[RF Overlord]

some one told me that ugly pos had a 4cyl engine in it and didnt do over 30mph. i hate that thing. hope it was crushedThey were wrong and it wasn't.

[CKMustangCobra]

I believe all concept cars that do not hit production get crushed.

Too much liability rolling around when the dealerships did not build and test to car to safety standards. Also the lack of replacement parts and such.

[RF Overlord]

CKMustangCobra, see reply #5 above^^^

[J D]

Indeed, some dealer, I heard he was from New Hampshire or some other high up New England state though, bought it and has it in his personal museum, and that its a 2 valve modular.

Its a beautiful car, but the more I live with my sedan the more I love having a hard top above my head, and wouldn't have bought it, though a 2 door coupe, now that's another story

[hot-rauder]

I believe all concept cars that do not hit production get crushed.

Too much liability rolling around when the dealerships did not build and test to car to safety standards. Also the lack of replacement parts and such.


correct. the salvage yard i work at had to crusha prototype land rover. they would even give us the keys to move it. too much liability.

[Aren Jay]

We could make one with a Crown Vic.

Coupe or Convertable.

Anybody good with making a steel body, or perhaps a fiberglass body, and or later on have a carbon fibre body made up.

A carbon Fibre Marauder Coupe would likely really move.

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

The words Marauder or CrownVic should not even be together in the same sentence as convertible. :puke:

[ts-pa]

Here (http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16100&highlight=convertable+prototyp e) is an old thread about the car.

[Aren Jay]

I suppose if you really want a convertible though you should just get a T-bird.

[Black_Noise]

+1 it ugly as sin

[EbonyMarauder03]

I used to work for the owner of the dealership that bought it. They spent a lot of time finishing the electrics and all to make the windows and other stuff work. Then he had someone make a top for it. It was here outside the Philly area for a little while, but I think he ended up selling it. I know he now sports around in a Shelby GT500. He has or used to have a few rare Ford products.

[dreydin]

i dont see any pictures... what are we talking about?

[Aren Jay]

2 door Marauder from the 2005 MY.

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

Wasnt this one supposedly supercharged or something allowing it at least 330hp?

[stanchfi]

press release said supercharged 335hp, though i remember the ebay auction saying it was limited to 15mph.....what a waste

-james

[ctrlraven]

I'd rock it if it had TooManyFord's blower sticking out the hood, lowered and had the real MM wheels on it, Trilogy bodykit would also help.

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

Guess it makes sense if it was the 2valve.

[SC Cheesehead]

They were wrong and it wasn't.

Okay


Here (http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16100&highlight=convertable+prototyp e) is an old thread about the car.

Interesting


I used to work for the owner of the dealership that bought it. They spent a lot of time finishing the electrics and all to make the windows and other stuff work. Then he had someone make a top for it. It was here outside the Philly area for a little while, but I think he ended up selling it. I know he now sports around in a Shelby GT500. He has or used to have a few rare Ford products.

So, what's the final word? Anyone know where it is now?:confused:

SCCH

[Eric-Blk2004]

Not for me in my opinion - it would be like the seabring a sorry excuse for a convertiable. The Marauder is not a sports car and neither is the seabring.

I consider the Marauder a sedan with some pep in her step. But sports car? No way.

[Georges93LX]

We could make one with a Crown Vic.

Coupe or Convertable.

Anybody good with making a steel body, or perhaps a fiberglass body, and or later on have a carbon fibre body made up.

A carbon Fibre Marauder Coupe would likely really move.
http://www.crownvic.net/raptor9458/Oglesby002.JPG

[offroadkarter]

http://www.crownvic.net/raptor9458/Oglesby002.JPG


:eek:




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[SC Cheesehead]

http://www.crownvic.net/raptor9458/Oglesby002.JPG
Uh, that's different.:shake:

SCCH

[CKMustangCobra]

I still think they all get crushed.

To all the people saying someone bought it.... either BS or post up some proof.

[CRUZTAKER]

I still think they all get crushed.

To all the people saying someone bought it.... either BS or post up some proof.


Feel free to believe whatever your 25 year old heart desires.;)

However, feeling the need to question the membership as to what we know as fact is pretty much a waste of time and likely no one here will have the desire to "prove" anything further.

Most of us hated this car anyway.
It was funny to see it on eBay back in the day.

Sorry you missed it.

[arejayesss]

This is my favorite version of the marauder:

12500

[davidholland]

I would be running to a dealer if they made a full size v8 convertible. I'm sure it would quickly outsell chryslers in Florida for the geritol gang!

[Georges93LX]

This is my favorite version of the marauder:

12500

:eek:Now that's one BIIIIIG grocery getter.:eek:

[TiTo35]

This is my favorite version of the marauder:

12500

WOW Id drive that!!!

[MarauderMark]

WOW Id drive that!!!

Amazing supercharging it!:burn:
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12 500&d=1207091805

[kirk]

I still think they all get crushed.

To all the people saying someone bought it.... either BS or post up some proof.

Here's your proof http://media.ford.com/newsroom/release_display.cfm?release=16 022

[larryo340]

Here's your proof http://media.ford.com/newsroom/release_display.cfm?release=16 022
Wow, I wonder what it sold for?

[kirk]

Wow, I wonder what it sold for?

$37,655 http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4113&highlight=marauder+convertible +ebay&page=3

[larryo340]

$37,655 http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4113&highlight=marauder+convertible +ebay&page=3
In the long run I'll bet he make a nice profit

[Vortex]

It will show up on Barrett-Jackson one day Ill bet.

[O's Fan Rich]

I still think they all get crushed.

To all the people saying someone bought it.... either BS or post up some proof.

I think there was some crushing..... Rook.

Oh, and I'd love to have one of those C-verts.... wish Mercury would have made them.

[ImpalaSlayer]

oh god the wagon is worse. :puke:

[arejayesss]

oh god the wagon is worse. :puke:

HEY NOW!!!!! BE NICE!! Maybe it's just my fondness for my two previous Grand Marquis Wagons that still lives on inside of me:rolleyes:

[CaifanSC]

love the wagon! Reminds me of the Dodge Magnum...I love the magnum.

I'm partial on the convertible though.

And one more example that ford doesn't always crush the prototypes....the Super Coupe Club of America (SCCoA....tbird club) owns, as a club, a prototype of a 1989 all wheel drive tbird sc. It has Porsche parts, BMW parts...whole bunch of one-off stuff. The club acquired it from a company and the deal was (as stated before) that the car was NEVER to be driven on a street. Good deal if you ask me in order to preserve a piece of history.

[MarauderMark]

love the wagon! Reminds me of the Dodge Magnum...I love the magnum.


Thats what was used to photoshope it.:)

[chrish]

this months Hemmings motor news has the new owner of the cars E-mail & actual phone #. He want's info on the car . He states the car is his & in Pa.?

[TiTo35]

Thats what was used to photoshope it.:)


Hold on...so you saying the wagon never existed?!?!

[J D]

this months Hemmings motor news has the new owner of the cars E-mail & actual phone #. He want's info on the car . He states the car is his & in Pa.?

Someone call/email him to make him flatbed it to Carlise!


Hold on...so you saying the wagon never existed?!?!

Nope never even made it to ink and paper. Just from a brilliant and imaginative mine of an MM owner.

[RF Overlord]

Hold on...so you saying the wagon never existed?!?!Correct. The only "concept" Marauder that is real is the convertible.

[ts-pa]

[quote=J D;614144]Someone call/email him to make him flatbed it to Carlise![quote]

Now there is a cool idea!

[RocsMerc]

[quote=J D;614144]Someone call/email him to make him flatbed it to Carlise![quote]

Now there is a cool idea!
+1 I would love to see it. I like the way it looks, regardless of how many people call it ugly.