kirk
01-12-2013, 05:51 AM
50 years ago today the oldest surviving Mercury Marauder was built. http://homepages.wmich.edu/~dillery/3Z68G516447.html
We don't know exactly when they started building them, but we know that as of this date they were being built.
I bought this car from Ridgeway Motors (15-20 cars on a dirt lot) in Aiea, HI in 1981 for $325. It ran but I had to tow it off the lot. I knew nothing about Marauders when I bought it and I didn't know it was a preproduction car. I did know it was a factory 406 car (had never seen a 406 before), though the salesman kept telling me it had a 427 in it. I bought it because of the 406. I suspected it was rare. I had no idea how rare it would turn out to be. The things I've learned along the way. WOW!
(Please pardon my self indulgence with today's entry but I love to tell this story. I intend this series to be about the birth of the Marauder, not about me.)
We don't know exactly when they started building them, but we know that as of this date they were being built.
I bought this car from Ridgeway Motors (15-20 cars on a dirt lot) in Aiea, HI in 1981 for $325. It ran but I had to tow it off the lot. I knew nothing about Marauders when I bought it and I didn't know it was a preproduction car. I did know it was a factory 406 car (had never seen a 406 before), though the salesman kept telling me it had a 427 in it. I bought it because of the 406. I suspected it was rare. I had no idea how rare it would turn out to be. The things I've learned along the way. WOW!
(Please pardon my self indulgence with today's entry but I love to tell this story. I intend this series to be about the birth of the Marauder, not about me.)