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Doug Loving
08-17-2003, 05:22 PM
(I just noticed I am listed as a Junior Member, I have not been a Junior anything in a long time)

I hope you will forgive me all, I do not yet have a Marauder, I will buy one next year, but I do have a much quicker Crown Vic thanks to Dennis.

I decided to visit my friend Dennis on Thursday of last week. We had closed the Pawn shop for the week so that all the employees could take a week off at the same time and I had some free time on my hands.

Dennis had made my Lincoln Mark VIII fly, so I figured he could help the Crown Vic. I left on Thursday morning and drove straight from my home in the Suburbs of Northern Virginia to his town of Orange Park Florida. Basically you get on I 95 south and keep going until you get to Jacksonville, make 2 rights and a left and you are there.

We met at the shop at 8:00, as usual, I brought the egg McMuffins. Artur, Short Guy and new man James were already hard at work with Dennis calling the shots.

We got to work on my car, but had a problem. There was no electricty in Detroit and we needed a program for my ECU and to handle the new Airbox and MAF. Dennis' call for help was answered around 1, just after lunch and I knew I would be able to leave that night to come home witha successful mission.

Around 11:00 as we were discussing optins Dennis asked if I woul drive one of the 3 Marauders he was working on to Circuit City. Well, since it had a Vortech supercharger and everything else that he sells on it, I figured SURE, WHAT THE HELL !! Now I really want one of these cars, this puppy just flies. I was truly impresssed, and I never really got to put my foot in it.

The workmanship under the hood was impressive, the engine was massive and the Vortech fit like it came from Mercury that way. With the cross drilled brakes, stopping was no problem.

I got a laugh from the Cop at the stopsign when 2 Blue 2003 Marauders pulled up side by side. He was facing us and looked like he wanted one too, (stupid crown vic) Dennis' tech James was driving Dennis' car, I had the client's car. I had ridden in Dennis' Mustang with the Vortech, but this was the first time I had driven a Marauder, much less a supercharged one. Oh *****, I guess I know where my money will be going next year.

jgc61sr2002
08-17-2003, 07:47 PM
Doug - Welcome to the MM site. You came to the right place. Good info and nice folks.:D

gonzo50
08-17-2003, 07:55 PM
Glad to have you with us Doug Loving, you will enjoy this site very much with out fail. :beer:

frdwrnch
08-17-2003, 08:09 PM
Become one of The Few, The Proud, The Marauder Owners!

Doug Loving
08-18-2003, 12:40 AM
I am looking forward to the eventual purchase. I have owned some unusual cars in the past. My first, a 1969 Cougar with a 428 SCJ and nitrous in 1974, my most recent strange car, a 1989 Ford Crown Vic Wagon with a 5.0L HO motor from a Mustang GT. I am stagnant at 5 cars now, "What am I thinking!"