I bought my first Marauder in December of 2014 and it was great because I always wanted one! As time went by and I spent more time working on it I realized that I may have jumped too soon on one and was never too happy with the condition of the car despite how much I loved having a Marauder. It was mechanically fine but needed a lot of cosmetic work and I could not justify painting the car with the amount of money it costs to do it right. I was also in the middle of doing a big home renovation project and money was getting tight to finish. I made the decision to sell my Marauder last spring and I instantly missed the car. I actually never even posted that I sold it because I was so bummed out when it left. After that I got caught up in more home renovations and working on some old Pontiacs with my dad. Every day I checked EBay and CL to see what was out there for Marauders and finally decided a few months ago to find another.
Originally I was thinking I wanted a low miles silver birch but the more I looked at them I just felt like a Marauder was supposed to be black, that was when I pictured when I was a kid anyways. I looked at almost every Marauder locally for sale and passed on all of them. I was being picky this time and did not want another car with bad paint and rust underneath. The last one I looked at had a very short Ad and a few cloudy pictures. I only went to look at it to cross it off my list as another car I looked at to do my due diligence. Once I saw it I was instantly impressed. The paint has a beautiful shine, no typical roof rust spots, no clear coat fading, just a ding or two that’s to be expected. The interior was mint, no rips in the seats, back seat looks like it was never used, armrest is mint, you could tell the car was taken care off. It’s 100% bone stock and is the perfect blank slate I was looking for. Most importantly, the car is virtually rust free, which was my number one priority, a tough thing to find in the northeast.
I bought the car from the second owner, first owners were an older couple who drove the car to Florida every winter, which is why it’s so clean. It has 166k miles from all of the driving they did but you would think it had 60k based on the condition. Also, the car had the transmission rebuilt a month ago at a cost of $2300. I have the receipt and the shop owner agreed the 50k mile warranty will be honored even with the change in ownership which is great. I paid $5k for the car, which considering the condition I think is more than fair. I don’t plan on ever selling this one and I hope that never changes!
It’s dirty, but here are a few pics after I towed it home.
Plans for now are new tires, big brakes, and a full tune up. Much more in the future hopefully!
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