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[Smalldogg/03mm]

How many MM total did they make... I no this have been on before.. THX


Antoine

[MM2004]

How many MM total did they make... I no this have been on before.. THX


Antoine

11,052 total built.

Mike.

[bill64]

i think off the top of my head is 11,043.

[Blk04MM]

11,052 total built.

Mike.

^^^correct answer

[fastblackmerc]

i think off the top of my head is 11,043.

Add 9 more to the top of your head. :D

[Smalldogg/03mm]

Thx..... Was in a heated debate about this... Thx again...


Antoine

[Bluerauder]

Thx..... Was in a heated debate about this... Thx again...


Antoine

11,052 Produced.

Mercury Marauder # Built % Built
2003 Black MM 7094 64.2%
2003 Silver MM 417 3.8%
2003 Blue MM 328 3.0%
2004 Black MM 1236 11.2%
2004 Silver MM 997 9.0%
2004 DTR MM 980 8.9%
TOTAL 11052 100.0%

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++

03/04 Black MM 8330 75.4%
03/04 Silver MM 1414 12.8%
04 DTR MM 980 8.9%
03 Blue MM 328 3.0%
TOTAL 11052 100.0%


About half that amount left on the road as of 2013 (approximately 5,213).

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/500/medium/MM_Attrition_Estimate_9_Jan_20 12.jpg



You asked a similar question several months ago ...


Me and friend was talking and I said they made 200 and something, he's think 5000.. I told Him no way....

You can find the full breakout of the 11,052 MM produced (7,838 in 2003 and 3,214 in 2004) here >>>> http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=58208&highlight=options

Black and Silver were produced in both years. Blue was 2003 only. DTR was 2004 only.

BTW -- 328 Blue MMs (all 2003 300B models) --- 215 with Light Flint Interior and 113 with Dark Charcoal Interior.

And the approximate distribution by State (Original and Estimated Remaining in November 2010)

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/500/Marauder_Map_Nov_2010.jpg

coochie (Now I will be able to find this thread again when I need it). :rofl:

[rocky]

11,052 Produced.

Mercury Marauder# Built% Built
2003 Black MM709464.2%
2003 Silver MM4173.8%
2003 Blue MM3283.0%
2004 Black MM123611.2%
2004 Silver MM9979.0%
2004 DTR MM9808.9%
TOTAL11052100.0%

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++

03/04 Black MM833075.4%
03/04 Silver MM141412.8%
04 DTR MM9808.9%
03 Blue MM3283.0%
TOTAL11052100.0%


About half that amount left on the road as of 2013 (approximately 5,213).

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/500/medium/MM_Attrition_Estimate_9_Jan_20 12.jpg



You asked a similar question several months ago ...



You can find the full breakout of the 11,052 MM produced (7,838 in 2003 and 3,214 in 2004) here >>>> http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=58208&highlight=options

Black and Silver were produced in both years. Blue was 2003 only. DTR was 2004 only.

BTW -- 328 Blue MMs (all 2003 300B models) --- 215 with Light Flint Interior and 113 with Dark Charcoal Interior.

Of course they made fewer blue ones because they were slower :p

Awesome numbers!


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[SC Cheesehead]

Of course they made fewer blue ones because they were slower :p

Awesome numbers!


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Hey, watch it, the DTR guys are gonna get pizzed for stealing their line.

;)

[Mr. Man]

Need to find out from Steve if the I think it was 14 SB that went to the crusher(paint issues) were vin-ed or not. Might be only 11,038.

[SC Cheesehead]

Need to find out from Steve if the I think it was 14 SB that went to the crusher(paint issues) were vin-ed or not. Might be only 11,038.



Whaaaa?

That's the first I heard that!

[Bluerauder]

11,052 total built.


i think off the top of my head is 11,043.


Need to find out from Steve if the I think it was 14 SB that went to the crusher(paint issues) were vin-ed or not. Might be only 11,038.

Oh Goody ..... let's throw another number out there to further confuse this simple issue. :rolleyes:

Total Production has been 11,052 since the beginning. FPG totals support this.

[Mr. Man]

Whaaaa?

That's the first I heard that!
Someone posted recently they were talking with Steve Babcock at MV10 and he said the first few Sb's off the assembly line had issues with the color not matching on the plastic pieces and the metal parts. He said Ford crushed them instead of just repainting.

I too believe their are 11,052 but it is a question Steve should clarify.:)

We need an "Ask Steve" page so we can eliminate the :bs: from the truth. How about it Mary, Dan, Mike and Bawb? :beer:

[Bluerauder]

Someone posted recently they were talking with Steve Babcock at MV10 and he said the first few Sb's off the assembly line had issues with the color not matching on the plastic pieces and the metal parts. He said Ford crushed them instead of just repainting.

I too believe their are 11,052 but it is a question Steve should clarify.:)

We need an "Ask Steve" page so we can eliminate the :bs: from the truth. How about it Mary, Dan, Mike and Bawb? :beer:

You must be talking about this post >>>> http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1248637&postcount=10


Only numbers 1 through 10 were Signature Edition cars, but it's important to note that these are not the order in which they were built. For example, my KB is #10, the last number in the "Signature Edition" series, but it was the fourteenth car built. That's because I reserved #10 in February 2003 (while Kenny & Co. were building #7, I think), but it took a while before a silver birch became available for conversion.

I also had a chance to confirm with Steve Babcock at MMX some confusion about the painting of '03s. It was originally thought that the painting process was changed in 2004, because the guys at St. Thomas liked building the car so much but didn't like the way they were painted, and the process was changed for the start of the '04 model year.

What actually happened was that, when silver birch cars were starting production in April 2003, the painting was whacked. Metal didn't match urethane parts, etc., and the first 14 silver cars went to the crusher because of the bad paint (as weird as that sounds, apparently it was cheaper than stripping-and-repainting them). Between April and late May the painting process was refined and installed at St. Thomas in late May for production going forward (and so production of silver birch could resume). Cars painted from late May 2003 going forward all benefitted from the new painting process.

What I don't know (nor does anyone else, it seems), it whether those 14 cars led to a gap in serial number count. By that I mean no one knows whether there are 14 serial numbers assigned to cars that ended up in the crusher. If serial numbers aren't attached until later in the process, maybe not, but no one remembers.

Another piece of Marauder lore for the history books.

I heard that they were saved from the crusher by an MM Rescue organization, painted DTR, and shipped to Kentucky for sale at premium prices. ;) Mike got one. :rofl:

[Mr. Man]

Yes that was it^^^^ Blue. If the SB were assigned numbers I would think they SOLD 14 less than the total claimed built and we think were sold. Can't remember the total for '03 but I think it was like 417 so did they really SELL 403? That's the gist of what I was getting at.:)

[Bluerauder]

Yes that was it^^^^ Blue. If the SB were assigned numbers I would think they SOLD 14 less than the total claimed built and we think were sold. Can't remember the total for '03 but I think it was like 417 so did they really SELL 403? That's the gist of what I was getting at.:)
STAPRap may have the answer to that question if he is still around.

I find it hard to believe that a car would be crushed for a paint job unless they stripped all of the usable MM stuff out of it and just crushed the shell/body worth $5K. Then it kinda makes sense. The parts could then go into another MM shell. No foul. No harm. I also find it somewhat disconcerting that 14 SBs rolled off the line before someone figured out the paint looked like crap (in the words of Mr. Man ;) )

Maybe these "crushed" cars were never counted in the 11,052 number since they never got technically produced and were never assigned a VIN. Who knows? We probably never will. "When the Legend Becomes Fact .... Print the Legend" (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence).

[maineiac]

You must be talking about this post >>>> http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1248637&postcount=10



I heard that they were saved from the crusher by an MM Rescue organization, painted DTR, and shipped to Kentucky for sale at premium prices. ;) Mike got one. :rofl:

They where saved but i think they where painted DTR and parked outback by the dumpsters at the Saint Thomas plant

[kirk]

How many MM total did they make... I no this have been on before.. THX


Antoine

OK, hate to get anal about this, but the correct answer is 149,542.

I know 99% of you are only into the 2003-4, but I'm into ALL of them! :)

[maineiac]

he's got ya there,i agree , without the originals we would just be just Grand marquis sports.

[rocky]

he's got ya there,i agree , without the originals we would just be just Grand marquis sports.

Take out the rquis and what do you have?

GRANDMA SPORTS

yes, much respect to ALL Marauders!


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