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1969 Mercury Marauder

Owner:	Ed zukusky
From:	Bradenton, FL, U.S.A. (Other registries in FL)
Year, Make, & Model:	1969 Mercury Marauder (Other Mercury Marauders)
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Nickname:	The Widow
Mileage:	50
Engine:	429 CID, 360 HP
Drivetrain:	C6 tranny, 9" rear, 2.8:1 gears
Notes:	Bucket seats, console with horseshoe floor shift. Factory A/C and AM / 8 Track Tape. The 1969/70 Marauders have been called "The last of the Full Size Muscle Cars" The Marauder X100 is 219 inches long and weighs 4,300 lbs. Yet it will do the 1/4 mile in less then 16 seconds. Mercury only built 5,635 of these in 1969 and there are only 169 left. This is a recent restoration that consisted primarily of clean and repaint in base coat clear coat. This is a 50k miles car that is clean and original to it's build sheet. I wanted to keep the car original, but more then that I wanted to make it �my� car. I did this by making �period upgrades�. In other words I did to the car what I might have done to it if I had the car in the 60�s. I removed chrome trim from the front wheel wells and the fender skirts and removed the Marauder emblem from the front above the grill to give the car a very mild �custom look�. I kept all of the chrome trim and the emblem so I could go back to pure original if I wanted. I did the same in the interior adding 1960�s style gauges on the steering column and replacing the rim blow steering wheel with a 60�s style wheel, again retaining all of the original parts. The engine compartment was the same, adding chrome and saving the original. I now have an original car with 1960�s period upgrades and had I owned the Marauder in 1969, it quite possibly could have looked just like it looks now.
Last Updated:	12/29/2008
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