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secretservice
10-06-2010, 04:25 PM
My dad is selling his '69, All the details are in the eBay ad. Just click the link and enjoy! :beer:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercury-1969-Mercury-Marauder-390-Automatic-Great-Driver-/150509784427?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item230b150d6b#ht_2891wt_ 1165
secretservice
10-07-2010, 01:45 PM
Car relisted! :banana2:
secretservice
10-13-2010, 08:10 AM
One day left on the auction! http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz58/Bestia_da_caccia/spartanbump.gif
secretservice
10-14-2010, 10:25 AM
No bids... :( We shall try again.
secretservice
10-22-2010, 09:17 AM
And again... relisted. :(
Pops
10-22-2010, 09:22 AM
The rusted frame is the problem!
MrBluGruv
10-22-2010, 09:29 AM
The rusted frame is the problem!

+1

I can think of at least a few friends of mine that would KILL for an opportunity like this, but the frame rust is a real deal killer...
secretservice
10-22-2010, 09:55 AM
Understandable... It is behind the suspension at least... easily welded... :D
Pops
10-22-2010, 10:09 AM
Spent 40 years in the body shops and it is not an easy repair. The only good fix is to find another frame with no rot. Its a shame as it is a nice car other than the rust!
secretservice
10-22-2010, 10:19 AM
Thank you for that! I know the frame issue sucks, but dad says if nobody wants to pay 4,500 for it he'll just keep it lol. I think he may be married to this car! The stupid thing is that he has a welder and plenty of time. MIG and Arc.
secretservice
10-22-2010, 10:21 AM
It sucks that I'm an honest person sometimes.... I just couldn't live with myself not disclosing this issue in the sale.
Pops
10-22-2010, 10:28 AM
They are not that easy to fix. Plus you will keep on finding more rust as you go. My grand parents had a 65 Galaxie with very few miles on it and the we had to just junk the car. Get a frame from out west and change her over!
secretservice
10-22-2010, 10:41 AM
That sucks... I doubt he'd be down for a frame swap lol. He's been, shall we say... under-motivated in the last few years. I bought him several things for this car over the years, including a 4 barrel setup, a Crane electronic distributor conversion, a pair of '63 MERCURY script valve covers, and some other stuff for various fathers days and birthdays. Never done anything with it all, and I ended up peddling all that stuff away for him on eBay. :shake: I wish I had other plans, I WOULD put another frame under it. There's an X-100 in Ohio that I've had my eyes on, and it has a good frame. But my heart lies with finding myself a nice DBP '03. :D I don't need another heavy old car project, I have my '69 Torino to drain my bank account already. The wife and I have decided that our household operates nice and smoothly with one project car and one dd apiece (total of 4 cars at a time). Minus the occasional cheap car to flip and make a dollar on. :rolleyes:
Pops
10-22-2010, 12:09 PM
You have the right thoughts going on. Good Luck!
secretservice
10-22-2010, 12:38 PM
Thanks! :)
TFB
10-22-2010, 01:48 PM
I swapped the frame on a '70 Galaxie 500, of course I was 30+ years younger and had lots more energy than I do these days... Frame was horrid on that one but body was decent, taught me a lesson about that northern stuff...
69428SCJ
10-22-2010, 04:13 PM
My 65 Galaxie had rust in the EXACT same spot. It's not that hard to fix, you will have to do a frame off though. I think putting new rails on there was the easiest part of the whole ordeal. There's no need for an entirely new frame, that's a ton of wasted money!
TFB
10-22-2010, 07:29 PM
There's no need for an entirely new frame, that's a ton of wasted money!
Not when you have a $100 parts car that had a perfect frame, of course '60-'70s parts cars are getting rare and pricey these days ... Mine was rotted out on the driver side all the way up over the axle, the mount for the control arm was starting to break loose...