An original Marauder!

[Joe Walsh]

Every Sunday morning in Burtonsville, Md. there is an informal cruise-in called the "Holy Donut" Cruise.
(It originally was held in a large shopping center parking lot in front of Dunkin' Donuts.)

I rolled over this morning in my Marauder and ran across a couple of cool Fords and a really cool Marauder.

I love Big 'ole sedans with Big 'ole FE Big Blocks and Toploader 4 speeds!

428 S55 Marauder with 4 speed:
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427 Custom 500 with a 4 speed (and a 'TASCA' Ford emblem):
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[Black_Noise]

Sweetness!!!

[Mike]

Beautiful cars, thanks for sharing :beer:

[LANDY]

thats one heck of a nice ride. im drooling over here

[Mr. Man]

Are those Bricklins I see in the glass reflection Joe Walsh?

[guspech750]

Those are some really great pictures of some really great cars. Thanks for sharing!!

[Pops]

Cool cars Joe! The 64 is my favorite right down to the cast iron headers plus the fact that it is a sedan!:D The Merc is also a rare car.:banana2:

A little side note for you Joe on the T Bolt. She will be gaining some compression and a Genesis block with a 4.125 stroke and a 4.375 bore. Tricked out Blue Thunder heads and a Tunnel wedge from Dove. The new motor will be ready for next spring or this fall if the money gets bettter. Nothing like a 13 to 1 FE at 7,000 RPM!:banana2:

[Joe Walsh]

Are those Bricklins I see in the glass reflection Joe Walsh?

When I was trying to take a picture of the 'TASCA' Custom Ford's interior,
I was mad because the window was up and I could see a bright reflection in the picture.

....turns out it looks pretty cool!

2 nasty Panteras*, the S55 Mercury, a white GTO, and a black SuperPerformance Cobra.

*Both with the inexpensive..:rolleyes:.. Campagnolo mag wheels.

[SC Cheesehead]

SWEET!

I'm a big fan of '60's FE Fords, nice pics.

[Joe Walsh]

Cool cars Joe! The 64 is my favorite right down to the cast iron headers plus the fact that it is a sedan!:D The Merc is also a rare car.:banana2:

A little side note for you Joe on the T Bolt.
She will be gaining some compression and a Genesis block with a 4.125 stroke and a 4.375 bore.
Tricked out Blue Thunder heads and a Tunnel wedge from Dove.
The new motor will be ready for next spring or this fall if the money gets bettter.
Nothing like a 13 to 1 FE at 7,000 RPM!:banana2:

I thought that you used a Genesis block when you built the current engine?

496 Cubic Inches of very nasty Ford FE big block!!!....:bows:
That is one killer engine you are building!

:eek:.....13:1!
That exhaust is going to POP with each cylinder firing!
What fuel are you going to run that beast on?


BTW: What are you planning to do with the engine that you have in the T-Bolt now?

[69marquis conv]

Beautiful vintage Ford muscle!

[Pops]

Don,t know yet Joe. It is a true 427 block but has 3 sleeves in it. It runs great and has had no issues other than to much power for the current ET Streets it has. It needs slicks bad as I can only launch at 2500! I would like to find a Merc or Galaxie with a FE in it and just use it as a driver/sleeper. I do have a kind of a beater 4 door Galaxie right now with a 352. Or if I got a decent offer I might sell it. Nothing will happen till I get the new motor done. I will start a thread later on for the new one when they start the build. I am about 75% thru the money end now. We should drop her into your Cobra to break it in!:D :bows: :bows: :bows: :cool: :eek: :banana2:

[Mr. Man]

Thanks for the ID Joe Walsh. Pantera's would have been my second guess. I haven't seen either kind of car in many years. There's a guy who shows up once and a while at our weekly cruise in in a built DeTomaso. If he shows this year I'll take some pics and post up.

[kirk]

Don't take this the wrong way, I'm just trying to educate folks, but the 1966 Mercury is not a Marauder. It is a 1966 Mercury S-55 with a Super Marauder 428 engine. However, there were only around 2,000 of them built and a 4-speed car is extremely rare. Nice ride! The 1966-7 S-55 was the Mercury version of the 7-Litre Galaxie.

[SC Cheesehead]

Don't take this the wrong way, I'm just trying to educate folks, but the 1966 Mercury is not a Marauder. It is a 1966 Mercury S-55 with a Super Marauder 428 engine. However, there were only around 2,000 of them built and a 4-speed car is extremely rare. Nice ride! The 1966-7 S-55 was the Mercury version of the 7-Litre Galaxie.

Learned something new!

Thanks for posting up, Kirk!

[LeoVampire]

Nice pics thanks for posting always enjoy cruise nights and car shows with the old timmers around!

And look look a gold and chrome Ford engine LOL!!! :banana:

[whd507]

My 66 had a 410, when I make it big I would love to get a 66 like that one. sweet

[stanchfi]

Great photos, thanks for sharing!