first marauder delivered anywhere?

[lilmarauder]

i was going through my service manual today and inside the front cover someone hand wrote "at time of purchase, of 6-7-2002, at 11:55 AM, 14760 coulon, clinton township michigan, this is the first 2003 mercury marauder delivered anywhere. took delivery at stu evans ford.

i find this rather interesting. although it doesnt really matter to me if i have the first delivered marauder or not, it would still be interesting to find out. when i purchased the car from the original owner he did say he had the first marauder. i thought to myself "yea right". maybe he was right. whats the best way to find this out? go to the dealer?

[Bluerauder]

i was going through my service manual today and inside the front cover someone hand wrote "at time of purchase, of 6-7-2002, at 11:55 AM, 14760 coulon, clinton township michigan, this is the first 2003 mercury marauder delivered anywhere. took delivery at stu evans ford.

i find this rather interesting. although it doesnt really matter to me if i have the first delivered marauder or not, it would still be interesting to find out. when i purchased the car from the original owner he did say he had the first marauder. i thought to myself "yea right". maybe he was right. whats the best way to find this out? go to the dealer?

What is the VIN? Contact FPG and see if they can help you trace it down. Link here >>>> http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=57772

[lilmarauder]

my vin number is 2MEHM75V33X609236
what is fpg?

[Bluerauder]

my vin number is 2MEHM75V33X609236
what is fpg?

You gotta click the links ... :rolleyes:

Ford Performance Group (FPG)

For info or to order, call the Ford Performance Info Center at 800-FORD-788!

You should be pretty close .... X609228 may have beat you to the number one position in the production models for 2003 starting the "609" series. The "600" and "602" were 4PP Pre-Production cars.

Screen Name VIN Build Date Year
cmalo 600045 3/12/02 2003
Johnson, Bob 600560 2003
Zalaoras 602213 2003
609228
Danahy 609244 2003
Hale, G 609249 2003

[loud2004marquis]

FPG is Ford Performance Group. They supply the build certificate you can order by giving them your vin number. http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/878831/fullsize/marauderdecor2.jpg

[NonaDAbove]

my vin number is 2MEHM75V33X609236
what is fpg?

FPG is Ford Performance Group. Contact info is here: http://www.svtoa.com/svtoaforums/showthread.php?13580-Ford-Performance-Group-Certificates-of-Authenticity

You do have an early one. Your VIN is lower than mine, and I'm #541.

[lilmarauder]

Ahh. Thanks guys. Bluerauder, for some reason my phone did not display the link lol. I'm on it now though. I will contact them and report back when I recieved further info.

[WhatsUpDOHC]

i was going through my service manual today and inside the front cover someone hand wrote "at time of purchase, of 6-7-2002, at 11:55 AM, 14760 coulon, clinton township michigan, this is the first 2003 mercury marauder delivered anywhere. took delivery at stu evans ford.

i find this rather interesting. although it doesnt really matter to me if i have the first delivered marauder or not, it would still be interesting to find out. when i purchased the car from the original owner he did say he had the first marauder. i thought to myself "yea right". maybe he was right. whats the best way to find this out? go to the dealer?
Who did you buy it from?

[Mr. Man]

Earlier than mine at 272 and #187. I'd take a guess your MM is in the 130ish range. Post up when you find out then make sure to post your info in A.D.A.M.s MM registry Sticky.

[lilmarauder]

I bought it from a private owner his name is Dave marsack

[WhatsUpDOHC]

I bought it from a private owner his name is Dave marsack

Was he the original owner?

Can you check out the entry/story with him?

[lilmarauder]

I just purchased my authenticity certificate. I guess I have to wait till it shows up to see my build number. I will report back for sure.

[lilmarauder]

He was the original owner and as far as he knew, he had the first marauder that was delivered to any dealership in the country. He was in love with the car. He had news articles and all kinds of literature with it. He didn't have any proof so I took it with a grain of salt, but he swore by his info.

[WhatsUpDOHC]

Looking forward to reading more.

Love a good Marauder story.

Also, let's see some pics! How many miles on the car now?

[TFB]

You'll no doubt find this interesting... Looks like yours is #2 or #3...

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1224304#post1 224304

[kmastl]

CARFAX shows:
06/05/2002 NICB Vehicle manufactured and shipped to original dealer

[lilmarauder]

This is turning out to very fun and fulfilling for me. This has been my dream car since I was 12 years old when it was first released. ( yes I'm 21) I think its super cool that I have such an early car. I bought it with 68,000 in march of 2012. And I put it into storage in October with 77,000. I will post up some pics.

[lilmarauder]

As soon as I get my certificate, I will post up my number.

[SC Cheesehead]

As soon as I get my certificate, I will post up my number.

Good stuff, interested in seeing the info.

[lilmarauder]

According to the other thread I don't have the first sold. It sounds like kirk does. But it seems I have a very early car. I will wait for the facts. It's still fun to find out

[kirk]

According to the other thread I don't have the first sold. It sounds like kirk does. But it seems I have a very early car. I will wait for the facts. It's still fun to find out

You have number 2 or 3 and no way to know which. There were 2 cars sold on 6/7/2002. Mine was sold on 6/6.

[nh muscle]

I know where the last one made is!!

[lilmarauder]

Very cool. Like I said, the important thing to me is just having one in the garage.

[WhatsUpDOHC]

You've got a very early Marauder!! :beer::beer::beer:

[lilmarauder]

I can live with that. :beer:

[CBT]

According to the other thread I don't have the first sold. It sounds like kirk does. But it seems I have a very early car. I will wait for the facts. It's still fun to find out

Are you going to break the news to the original owner?

[lilmarauder]

Haha. No I don't wanna break his heart. I'll let it be. He was in love with it. I Honestly don't know why he sold it. Especially for the price I paid.

[efi4eye]

You know you can call FPG and they'll tell you the number over the phone. You don't have to wait for the cert to find out

[kirk]

Just to throw more at this, there was at least 1 PP4 car delivered on 6/1/2002 through a dealership. So the previous discussion applies only to the regular production cars.

[lilmarauder]

Whats the difference from a pre production and a regular production kirk? I did not know i could call. I thought you had to pay for the certificate to get your info. I thought it was a catch. I'll call them.

[Bluerauder]

Whats the difference from a pre production and a regular production kirk? I did not know i could call. I thought you had to pay for the certificate to get your info. I thought it was a catch. I'll call them.

From post #4 ... Ford Performance Group (FPG)

For info or to order, call the Ford Performance Info Center at 800-FORD-788!

[kirk]

Whats the difference from a pre production and a regular production kirk?

Preproduction cars are the engineering vehicles built to test builds and assembly lines. There are different levels, some are destroyed and some are sold, depends on their development level. Production vehicles are those built during the normal production assembly process that starts on "Job 1" day.

None of the PP cars were included in the sales info I have.

[lilmarauder]

I guess I need to slow down and read more carefully. :bows:

[lilmarauder]

turns out my car does not have a build number as early as it seemed it would.

[kirk]

turns out my car does not have a build number as early as it seemed it would.

That's still pretty darn early.

[Mr. Man]

Earlier than mine at 272 and #187. I'd take a guess your MM is in the 130ish range. Post up when you find out then make sure to post your info in A.D.A.M.s MM registry Sticky.


turns out my car does not have a build number (120)as early as it seemed it would.
I was close. :)

[Mr. Man]

Kirk explain to me again why you 609391 (168) but you have an earlier sequence number than me at 609272 (187).

[kirk]

Kirk explain to me again why you 609391 (168) but you have an earlier sequence number than me at 609272 (187).

Cars do not always go down the line according to the VIN sequence. This has been true for decades. I've seen the same thing many times with the '63 models. I know of a '63 Marauder with a lower VIN than mine that was built 5 days after mine. Both were built in St. Louis. This is even more the case when other assembly plants are involved. '63 Mercs built in Wayne were typically built much later (when comparing VINs) than the cars in St. Louis. I believe that the VIN has much more to do with orders than production, though I can't say for sure.

[a_d_a_m]

turns out my car does not have a build number as early as it seemed it would. I've added #120 to the spreadsheet.

[lilmarauder]

Thank you a d a m

[SC Cheesehead]

Cars do not always go down the line according to the VIN sequence. This has been true for decades. I've seen the same thing many times with the '63 models. I know of a '63 Marauder with a lower VIN than mine that was built 5 days after mine. Both were built in St. Louis. This is even more the case when other assembly plants are involved. '63 Mercs built in Wayne were typically built much later (when comparing VINs) than the cars in St. Louis. I believe that the VIN has much more to do with orders than production, though I can't say for sure.

^^^^ I'm pretty sure that's the case, Kirk. IIRC, VINs are assigned in order sequence, not in order of production.