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New member here. I have been reading and researching for eaton swap. Thanks to all those great write ups here, I got a few more things to get but hope to have it started in a couple months. I'm in the Kansas City area and have a 2003 Black one with 46,000 miles.
 
Kcmo300a said:
New member here. I have been reading and researching for eaton swap. Thanks to all those great write ups here, I got a few more things to get but hope to have it started in a couple months. I'm in the Kansas City area and have a 2003 Black one with 46,000 miles.
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PM me would be happy to help with your swap.
 
I have been lurking in the cars for sale section for 6 months, these cars are beautiful!

8uwith6 is a good friend of mine, I got him hooked on those buicks when he was just a youngster.

I'd be happy finding a low mileage marauder that needs a engine
 
Turbov6Bryan said:
I have been lurking in the cars for sale section for 6 months, these cars are beautiful!

8uwith6 is a good friend of mine, I got him hooked on those buicks when he was just a youngster.

I'd be happy finding a low mileage marauder that needs a engine
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Yes. We need to find you a Marauder!
 
Long Island, NY

Hi everyone. New member from Long Island, NY here. Just picked up my 03 black #2824 of 7838 new baby. Was posted in the for sale section. Thanks MM.net ! Got it from a guy in CT. Came with a brand new Ford crate motor and $6000 worth of receipts in the glove box. Winning !!! Car flies like the wind and rides like new. I can't stop smiling. :banana: looking forward to modding the hell out of it.
 
Stugotz said:
Hi everyone. New member from Long Island, NY here. Just picked up my 03 black #2824 of 7838 new baby. Was posted in the for sale section. Thanks MM.net ! Got it from a guy in CT. Came with a brand new Ford crate motor and $6000 worth of receipts in the glove box. Winning !!! Car flies like the wind and rides like new. I can't stop smiling. :banana: looking forward to modding the hell out of it.
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Welcome to the modness :party:
 
Hello everybody, first post here checking in from Germany Europe. My name is Marvin and some might already know me from the Crownvic.net forums, I have seen a lot of familiar user names already. I will be taking ownership of a 2003 300A with 86k miles next week, it's bone stock apart from an LPG conversion that was carried out upon import to save money on local fuel ($2.50/gal for LPG vs $6.50/gal regular) I am the third owner of the car in Germany, it originally was imported from Ohio in 2009 and it is unknown how many previous American owners it had. I will post a proper thread in the welcome section once I have the car on my driveway next week but for now I will leave this picture here.

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Welcome to the club.

Where's your left exhaust tip, or is it just the angle of the picture?

And what's with the "3.88 gears"?
 
Stugotz said:
Hi everyone. New member from Long Island, NY here. Just picked up my 03 black #2824 of 7838 new baby. Was posted in the for sale section. Thanks MM.net ! Got it from a guy in CT. Came with a brand new Ford crate motor and $6000 worth of receipts in the glove box. Winning !!! Car flies like the wind and rides like new. I can't stop smiling. :banana: looking forward to modding the hell out of it.
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I drove that car and tried to buy it last fall. It drove better than mine, at that time. That engine was so quiet and smooth, and the exhaust sound perfect. It burned the tires from a stand still and cornered / stopped great.
It made me put new front coil springs and brakes on my car right after driving his.
Nice car, enjoy the upgrades - it is addictive!
 
RF Overlord said:
Welcome to the club.

Where's your left exhaust tip, or is it just the angle of the picture?

And what's with the "3.88 gears"?
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Thanks for the welcome!

Don't worry the left exhaust tip is present, I guess it's the angle or maybe the view is blocked by the rear facing fog light that had to be wired in underneath the bumper. This is required by law just like the red reflectors on the bumper but I hate the look of it so I might be trying to rewire it into the left tail or reverse light housings.

The 3.88 rear diff gears were put it by the previous owner, I believe 3.55 is stock if I remember correctly.

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chief455 said:
I drove that car and tried to buy it last fall. It drove better than mine, at that time. That engine was so quiet and smooth, and the exhaust sound perfect. It burned the tires from a stand still and cornered / stopped great.
It made me put new front coil springs and brakes on my car right after driving his.
Nice car, enjoy the upgrades - it is addictive!
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I saw your write up in his for sale post. I thought that it was too good to be true. When I first saw the car I was pleasantly surprised. Then when I test drove it I had a hard time keeping my poker face on. I wanted to smile from ear to ear, which is not good for the negotiating process. Considering what I paid, the car is awesome.
 
Stugotz said:
Then when I test drove it I had a hard time keeping my poker face on. I wanted to smile from ear to ear, which is not good for the negotiating process.
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This was exactly my problem as well, I just couldn't stop myself from smiling when I test drove it so I had no chance of going into any form of negotiation at all. I managed to talk him down by $250 off the asking price but that was it. At $12k I probably overpaid but importing a similar Marauder from the US would have ran me about the same costs, let alone all the hassle that's involved in the importing process.
 
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