A little Marauder history to start 2010 - 1958

When I wrote this someone, can't remember who, suggested I should write a book, so I did, and then let it sit on the computer for a couple of years. I recently had occasion to show it to someone who's been in the business for a long time. Short story is he liked it, but the realistic financial issues involved mean it's very unlikely it will ever get published. The demand just isn't there to bring it in at a reasonable cost and I'm not interested in publishing it myself on a small scale.

My loss is your gain. Seems a shame to waste it and there might be more people here than I can count on my hands who would actually want it, so I'm offering it here in pdf as a freebee (30 pages). Timing is good as this month is the 15 year anniversary of the 2003 Marauder's first sales.

I can't post it here for download because it's 11.6 MB, but I'll be happy to email it to you. Send me a PM.
 
PM sent.

Thanks, Kirk, that was awesome. I haven't read it in detail yet, but I skimmed it and I bet you have better info than Ford does!
 
kirk said:
While the Marauder engine was now gone, 1969 saw the return of the Mercury Marauder car as a 2-door only with a unique tunneled rear window. Two models were available, the base Marauder with a 390 2V (280 hp) and 3-speed manual transmission standard, and the Marauder X-100 with standard 429 4V (360 hp) and automatic transmission. The 429 was optional in the Marauder and was not available with a manual transmission. A 4-speed manual transmission was not available behind the 390.
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Recalling a co-worker who bought an immaculate X-100 for a song during the mid '70s. Still remember it well to this day.
 
kirk said:
Mercury introduces yet one more Marauder concept car, the Marauder S55. Based on the production sedan, the Marauder S55 uses many unique trim accents, but most importantly has a 345 horsepower supercharged “Super Marauder” engine under the hood. It is the first time Mercury uses the Marauder S55 name since the Marauder's initial introduction in 1963. This was the last Mercury “Marauder” engine built.
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Completely interesting - unaware of this factoid.
 
Bondfreak13 said:
I don't know If anyone is familiar with Pure Stock Drags, But I found this Video of a 58 Super Marauder Equipped Monterey vs a 70 SS 396 Chevelle. I read the Rules. If the car was capable of those numbers back in 58, there wasn't Much that could touch it unless it was a custom hot rod.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJtxpvSR1iw
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I know the guy that built that '58. He also built a '64 427 Marauder that ran low 13s.

This '58 is artificially quick because I don't think you could actually get a manual trans with the Super Marauder and I don't think the gears he's using were available either. That being said, the '58 Super Marauder was still one of the quickest cars of it's day.
 
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