So sorry to hear Steve. Debbie and I send our thoughts and prayers.
So sorry to hear Steve. Debbie and I send our thoughts and prayers.
MARAUDERS get me ****!
Holy jeez guys... I found this forum looking back for some info and how sad! Some great times and great conversations had amongst friends here. Miss you all!
Can member (Blazen71) David Kleist be added to this list as well...i made a separate post when he passed as well.
#1724 of 3214 Built 02/13/2004
2004 Marauder black/moonroof
SCT flip chip, 4:10's, lowered, big brake kit
Kenwood KDC-X790 & 4 Kenwood speakers, 10" Sub
Addco tube sway bars & performance shocks, Metco's
Zex dry nitrous kit, Full SW Exhaust Kit, PI 3000 Stall
5.0L Stroker assembly, Self installed!
E.T. on drag radial tires: 12.270 @ 111.16 & 1.66 60'
One off custom Hood all steel too.
SOON TO BE Vortech supercharged
Ryan Schmuki
2003 Marauder, black with 4.10s n tune (sold)
1968 Fairlane 347 built stroker(fast)![]()
1963 Galaxie 390 auto
2010 Mercury Milan
2019 Taurus Limited
There's a post on Facebook by Mike Heckman's sister that he passed away. He'd been facing severe health issues lately. He was the driving force that started the Louisville meets. I really enjoyed my time getting to know him (as the photo from Louisville 2012 attests).
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Perhaps we can recognize his memory at Carlisle. Thanks to this silly car, I have met some really great people through the Marauder.
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Damn, hate to hear that. I didn't know he was ailing.
~But, it makes it a lot easier when he is manscaped.~ Haggis
~Cool, I can have one of those strangulation orgasms without the strangle.
WIN WIN!~ Zack
~Who needs to stop? I just wanna gooooooooooo~ -Matt-
This makes me sad. I was just thinking of him a week or so ago. I was thinking of calling him. There was a time him and I talked often. Then about 2018 or 19 he fell off the radar. So I let him be. Damn. Wish I had stepped up and called him. I was hoping to get in touch with him during this years Lville event. Gonna miss his humor and laughs. RIP Mike.
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Jerry just told me! Mike was an awesome man and good friend!
I knew Mike (MM2004) was going through it for a while, but he was very private about his health issues. He had beaten one tumor and was clear for a while but it came back worse than before. His car has been at my place for almost a couple years while I was trying to get it back on the road. His car will be for sale soon.
Rest in peace man, I'll see you again one day.
03 Marauder- 300B, non heated seats, T/C, no CD changer
03 Marauder- 300A, Eaton Swapped, SOLD
03 Marauder- 300A, 5544 of 7839 in 03, Trilogy #24, SOLD
04 Marauder- 300B, SB with LF interior, 208k miles and still ticking SOLD
Dale Daily (Daily03) has passed. He was an original member from Ohio, proud owner of both a Marauder and an Impala SS. He attended many Woodward events over the years and helped me into the local car scene when I first moved to Columbus many years ago. RIP Dale.
https://www.shaw-davis.com/obituaries/dale-daily
Best,
Rick
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2004 Silver Birch w/Light Flint Interior
10.44 @ 131.66 MPH | 604 RWHP & 562 RWTQ
- Trilogy Supercharger #79 Twinscrew w/ 14PSI, Alternative Auto Forged 5.3 Stroker, Stage III Cams, JLT CAI, 405lph Return Fuel System, XL Heat Exchanger, 4.10's, Built Transmission, SCT 90MM MAF, Custom Tuned by Lidio.
- Kooks Headers. Magnaflow Cats & 18" Mufflers with 2.5" X-Pipe & Tailpipes. Megs' Res-Delete Tips
- Widened 9.5" Rear Rims w/Nitto NT555G2 Front Tires and NT555Rii Drag Radials.
245/45/ZR18 & 305/45/ZR18. TCE Performance Brakes and SS lines.
- Spoiler, MMX Driveshaft, Metco Loop and Control Arms, ADTR Front and Addco Rear Sway Bars, Art Carr Transmission Pan, Eaton Posi, Stud & Girdle kit, Moser 31 Spline Axles, Marauder Door Sills, SS Inserts, Dynamat, Pioneer AVIC-8201NEX with 6x8" 260w Speakers and 12" 1400w Sub-woofer
Thanks for the update Rick, FastMerc and I just wondered about him probably the weekend before he passed. Wow, 90, but knew he had to sell his cars.
One of my last memories of him was at a car gathering he held at a park near Polaris/ IKEA area with the SS and MM group. I came out of the building and heard a racket, it was HUGE acorns, about the size of ping pong balls, dropping from very tall oak trees. The SS guys were outside and got their cars out of the line of fire, but didn't bother to say anything to me. Needless to say, my car looked like Alarmguy Bob's after his SB got pelted by hail near the Columbus airport.I left it parked till the next summer, when my house roof got hail damage and needed to be replaced. Somehow my MM "got" damaged in that storm "while parked in the garage"!
A good DingMan worked his magic, even sent it across the street to be detailed, so it would show any missed damage.
RIP Dale aka ZipMM (I remember his changing his handle, was it "Daily?")
MARAUDERS get me ****!
I ain't Dead yet.
1/4 Mile Time 11.542 @ 121.19 MPH
195,000 Miles & 275+ Runs Down the 1,320’
541.57 RWHP & 476.64 RWTQ on DynoJet
Tuned by Aric at Injected Engineering
Vortech Super Charger V-2 “T” Trim, 19 PSI
8 Rib Belt, Innovators West 10% Overdrive Dampner
Air to Air Intercooler, Mini-race Bypass
Ford Cobra Remanufactured Long Block
Snow Performance Water-Methanol Injection
Kooks Headers & X Pipe
GT MAF, 60lb injectors, Dash 8, Aero Rails, Twin Ford GT Pumps,
Kinsler Fuel Filter, Kenne Bell Boost-A-Pump
Monroe Sensatrac, Metco Control Arms, Addco Rear Sway Bar
31 Ford Spline Axles & Detroit Truetrac, 4:10 Ford Racing Gears
Dynotech MMC Driveshaft
A-1 Performance Trans, Forced Tailshaft Lube, Carbon Clutches
3,500 RPM Stall Precision Industries Torque Converter
B&M Deep Finned Trans Pan
AeroForce Scan Gauges , Auto Meter Oil, Fuel & Boost Gauges
Kenny Brown Dead Pedal, 35% Tint, Silver Star Head Lights
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