2004 Mercury Marauder - Luxury Land Missile

[BAD MERC]

Tom is living off the grid. Last time I spoke to him he was in a cabin enjoying the serenity. Little side note: Tom's Marauder was the first one I ever saw. Until then I knew of no such vehicle. I was manager in a high end stereo shop in Fort Myers, Fl and Tom was already one of my customers. I had done work on his Cosworth Focus, His Jeep and a Mustang.

I was the owner of a silver 1995 Taurus SHO that was getting tired and I was looking for something else silver and fast. That was 2004 and I drove a Caddy STS, Altima SE-R, and a Maxima. I didn't want another FWD car.

Then Tom rolls in for an alarm on this silver Marauder. It was huge, loud, menacing, and REAR WHEEL DRIVE. We spoke at length during the install and Tom was a happy customer once again. I could not let him leave without saying "Hey, if you ever sell it, let me know first". It was a hollow intention as I knew I was not in the market for a $36K car.

Carfixer was the service tech/manager at our local Lincoln/Mercury dealer and of course I said the same thing to him, and discovered he was the owner of a DTR. Claude was the real deal. He knows EVERYTHING about everything and he remembered our conversation it would seem.

Eleven months later I get an email from Claude; Still looking for a silver/sunroof Marauder? ***link included***


I went and bought it. That was October 2005 and this community has become my closest friends, family, and even some unfortunate loss.

Thank you Tom. Thank you Claude.

[sailsmen]

Tom came in town for work.

Barry, Tom and I went to dinner.

It was a good time.