ot marauder s55
 

has anybody ever see one of these ? what size is the motor in this thing and is the car rare ? i am not up on the f@#d thing so i dont know if i sould crush it or try to sale it like it is ? :crazy:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/f4d18932.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...b/f4d1892c.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...a/f4d18934.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...8/f4d1892d.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/f4d18930.jpg

I Have A Buddy Who Might Be Interested, I'll Get Back To Ya ;)

cool any ideal what year it is ? i dont have the title to it the old man that owned it has been gone for about 20 years and his grandson has no clue where the title is :confused:

i'd say with the bucket seat console interior it would be pretty unusual if not rare. they came with 352,390,410 &the most sought after 427 and sell your mother for ,427 with dual quads
cale yarbourgh used to drive them

looks to be a 1963. I would say try to sell it instead of crushing it. i'm sure you'd get interest, even on ebay. there is an appraisal guide in there as well. That looks to be 1 of 2317.

http://www.mercurymarauder.org/

hey thanks for all the info everybody !!!!!!! and i thought cale yarbourgh use to drive sumthing like it !!!!!!!!!! thats back when racin was racin !!! :metal:

Whoa, big fella!!!!! Don't crush any old iron! Even Ford iron. I don't know how rare an S55 is, but it ain't real common. I'm sure some ford fanatic would drool over it. Titles aren't that hard to get with the old stuff, at least not in AZ. I'm sure you've got some money comin' on that thing, and I don't mean by the pound from the Chinese!

thanks for the web site !!! i will go look around in there

i wont crush it yet :rolleyes: thats why i posted it to see whats out there !!!! and i know not to crush old iron till i see if its worth anything or not and i am sure sum f#%d dude would want it !!!! but like i said i aint into f@$ds at all i am chevy all the way !!!!!!!! but i like to make money off the ford guys and put in the chevys i own hehehehehe :metal:

how can i tell what motor is in there ?

heres pics of the motor

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/f4d1892e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...c/f4d18937.jpg

You got the right attitude, tnblazerK5!
I don't know what engine it is, cuz I'm not in to Fords, but that ain't no 427. You'll make some goodmoney on that thing though.

looks to be a FE series. i'll check a couple books i have for casting numbers.

i hope to make sum bucks on it i need sum chevy stuff lol :metal: and thanks on the attitude thing :cool:

anybody got a clue to what motor it is ?

whats a FE series ? and where are the casting no#s on a f#%d motor at ?

Thats a fe 312? thunderbird V8?? If i am right?

fe...332,352,390,406,427,428
yeah and the casting numbers are easier to find than chevy. by the exhaust manifolds, center of the head should be a series of numbers. they should start with a C2xx-x or C3xx-x. the x's would be letters. i'm looking for the location of block casting number now.

according the sales brochure in the link above, they came with 390's or 427's (not a side oiler by year).

i'm betting it's a 430. here is a pic of the engine in my sold 65 connie.

http://www.nloc.net/gallery/images/f...7-534-1492.jpg

http://www.nloc.net/gallery/images/f...7-534-1491.jpg

sorry they are not better quality.

and if it is a m.e.l. block, which it looks to be, the pass. side exhaust manifold if it is not cracked is worth big bucks. they go for around 4 or 5 hundred repro...

whats a m.e.l. block ?

mercury, edsel, lincoln. from the mid fifties to the mid-late sixties.

heres what i got off the head

C7AE-A

at least i think thats what it said its getin kinda dark here and the flashlight batterys were goin bye bye on me lol

try looking for a casting number on the block, by the oil filter or above the starter.

I've seen m.e.l. 's in lincolns.

ok thanks !!!!

not likely original heads by code...
that comes up as a hi performance 66-68 390ci with thermactor 67cc-70cc, 2.02 intake, 1.55 exhaust

or
352/390/410/428 1967 head 71-74cc, 2.02 intake, 1.55 exhaust.

ford 385 series are so much easier to decipher.

i'm not saying that it is. it just looks alot like the 430 in my old lincoln. it seems that a lot of these cars did come with a 390. it just doesn't look like one to me. maybe it's all the old style accesories.

i will look for the block no#s tommarow if we dont get the snow there callin for (5 to 7 inch) its to dark outside now and the flashlight batterys died on me

who knows what it is till i get the block no#s ????? :confused: :lol: but i will find the block no#s then we will know for sure :cool:

I know of an old lincoln sitting in a jy close by. think it's a 66 continental. didn't the m.e.l. have that spider like intake on them?

worse comes to worse, you could always ask these guys...
http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182

actually below is a mel...

nope your wrong the 272-312 was a Y-block and had 2bolts thru the top of the valve covers to hold them on/ FE motors started with 352-390-406-427-428
easiest way for id is to take off the valve cover and look for# should be a 9didget # starting with the letter C

ok i will take the valve cover off and look for the no#s tommarow if it dont snow tonite !!!!!! thanks

yep. looks just like that :) . it's hard to tell from tnblazerk5's pics. thare's alot of crud in there. :lol:

That is too cool...I bet someome on eBay would pay big $$$$ for that badboy..Ford parts sell good..like the old comets....

another thing to look at is the freezeplugs if they're the normal type of pushin ones it's probably a 390, if they are screwin with a hex on them for a socket it's a 427

That number only applies to the heads. There will be a similar number on the block. If it starts with C7, then it is not the original block, cause a C7 was first manu in 67. I'm guessing someone torched the original engine and pulled one out of a 67-68 Galaxie to replace it. If the block has a C2 or C3 casting number on it, it could be a 406, 410,427, 352 or 390. Look at the sides of the block, just above the oil pan. If it has 3or 4 bolts(can't remember which) going into the block horizontally, then it is a 4 bolt main 406 or 427. If so, it is worth BIG BUCKS!!!!! Anyway, it is a rare car which should turn you at least 2K with a good title.

ok i will look there for the bolts and maybe get sum better pics of the motor

I couldn't see a good side profile on that car. Old full size Fords are still my favorite cars. It looks like a 63 to me. Many similarities to the 63 Galaxie's. If that has the fast back roof then you would have the 63-1/2 model. Plenty of great parts in there even if someone didn't want to keep it complete. The biggest problem with restoring Merc's is finding the bright work. The chrome trim just isn't out there and when you do find it you will need to give up both arms, legs and your left nut to buy it.

looks to be pretty complete and straight to me. the brightwork can be polished or rechromed. I think the car is worth some money.

the bright work is all there and in good shape one peice of the side trim is in the car its the only peice not on the car but its there and i didnt get a side pic of it cause there a blazer(with out running gears ) on one side of it and a olds cuttlass (still for sale )on the other side of it :crazy: i was going to get more pics of it today and look at the motor better but it snowed and then melted so its really muddy where the car is sittin

another thing to check on the car would be to see if that 9"rear is a posi or not