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Thread: I Just Saw A 2001 Marauder !!!!

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    I Just Saw A 2001 Marauder !!!!

    Im a cop and last night i was doing a road detail in my 2003 mercury marauder.



    Then this older guy (about 70) in a MM drivng by stopped, and came over and started talking to me. He told me he had one of the six prototype marauders that they were showing in the 2001 car shows. he showed me the registration and sure enough it said 2001. He said he got it because he was friends with jack rousch, and jack sold it to him after it was done in the car shows. He said it the motor has 500 hp STOCK because of a big throttle body, injecters, etc. he said it had a 5 speed double overdrive transmission, 2.60 rear end gears. he said said it does the quarter mile in low 12's - high 11's at 137 miles per hour and he showed me the timeslips. he said he beats vipers and c6's all the time. I guess rousch went way overboard with the prototypes and that may be why MM's have such a bad-ass reputation. He is a retired mass state trooper so i believe what he says.

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    Humph. I guess I didn't know the Prototypes were ever registered a cars, and were street legal.

    If so...pics???

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    Your buddy is so wrong.Roush had nothing to do with the Marauder.I have a pic of a proto type and it`s all Ford with a MFG. plate.

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    Thet did make the Bounderant "Cobra Vic`s" but they wern`t no 500h.p.

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    Your post is so wrong in so many ways.Hmmmm......

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    I didnt take pics cause it pretty much looked identical to mine except for pockets on the front of the front seats, different front seats, a clock in the aluminum trim under the radio, and a different radio, and maybe some other small things i did't notice. the motor looked identical. he said he had a ***** of a time registering it because ford actually denied making them in 2001. he never said how he got it registered, buy apparently he did.

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    Im just telling you what i saw

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    I don`t think Ford had a 5spd. tranny in `01.Im not calling you a liar but things are not adding up.

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    137mph=9 Sec Quarter Mile!

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    OK,I think Roush was a part of the early devlopment but what your buddy says don`t add up.

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    Did you tell him about this website? Did he leave you his name and number? Maybe it's time to plan another Massachusetts meet and invite him along! How about Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline - http://www.mot.org/index_flash.html
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    Pictures....i Believe It........and I Know Santa Is Bring Me A Trilogy This Christmas.
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    Hmmm...in late 2000, Ford had a "Blackhawk Concept" that led the way for project 5Pass, which was the LX sport, IIRC that paved the way for the MM Project....


    Usually Ford is very secretive about project/prototype cars and after they are done with them, they go back and get destroyed. DId it have the 03+ Frame? What about the front and rear fascias? Some early concept MMs I saw had CV noses, weird wheels, and tiny exhaust pipes.
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    Did this guy have really big feet, was hairy, and smelled kinda musty?

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    Was probably one of the Bondurant "Cobra Vics"
    They had a Cobra power plant, and a 5-speed in a 98-02 car
    The Marauder concepts still had an auto (at least most/all the ones
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