If This 2003/2004 Mercury Marauder Could Talk - Part Two of the last Mercury Marauder model.
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- In this part two - we cover the last Mercury Marauder, produced in 2003 and 2004 and is the best platform yet (we think) for any modifications you desire. Available in Black, Silver Birch, Deep Blue Pearl, and Dark Toreador Red, only 11,052 cars were ever sold. Enjoy this brief history of this sleeper future collectible! (That sweet photo of the four different colored Marauders by the SF Bridge was taken by the owner of the Dark Toreador Red beauty - John Trogdon).
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Thanks for watching the video If This 2003/2004 Mercury Marauder Could Talk - Part Two
I have an ‘04 with less than 6000 miles on the clock! I ordered it on the very last date possible and it is one of the last off the production line!! My neighbor wants it in the worst way!! 😆😆😆😆
Ok and?
Thank you so much for making this! I own a dark red one very proud of it and now I have a lot more conversation for my conversation piece!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your support and comment. Keep enjoying your MM!
Wish this was published more . Fantastic video
Dark blue pearl is my favorite color on a marauder! But I'm partial because I own one..
We owned one new in 2003 and wow do we miss that beautiful blue car! Thanks for your comment and keep driving that sweet Marauder!
I bought a new one 2003, it's in the garage. Yes it is blue, 94000 miles!
I love my dark red 2004. Nothing would ever make me part with it.
That's awesome! Congrats! I wish I had never sold my blue 03! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@IfThisCarCouldTalkyou are very welcome.
Same here, I have a Red one that I bought New Years week 2004 and it is mint and stock; I would never part with it either
Black on Black IMOP
Best looking MARAUDER
TRilOGY Supercharger is the
Frosting on cake!
I'd have to agree! Thanks for the comment! Hope you are now a subscriber.
An EXCELLENT video!!! Thanks for posting this incredible historical information on an AMAZING vehicle. Love these cars and what Ford Motor Company was willing to accomplish with them. Always have loved the Crown Vic and Mercury Grand Marquis cars. Over engineered in many ways and incredible ride and handling.
Our pleasure! We owned a Marauder and several MGM's so we definitely agree! Thanks and keep watching!
@@IfThisCarCouldTalk Thanks Enjoy all the reports and videos!!!
Great video. I previously owned an ‘04 New and 20yrs later now have an ‘03 with 28kmi. as my daily of 1.9mi. commute to Ford Motor Co.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it and happy cruising in your sweet Marauder!
I HAVE A 2003 MERCURY MARAUDER.... I JUST HAD THE ENGINE REBUILT. I'M ONLY 33 YEARS OLD 🤫.
That's great Eddie! Congrats and thanks for the comment. Hope you have many many miles of cruising fun!
Original owner of Marauder #626 here. Vortech supercharged and still on the road terrorizing Mustangs and Camaros. ;)
Sweet! Keep cruising and stay safe out on the road!
This is one of the best and most accurate videos about the 03 & 04. However, the engines were not from the Cobra. Those have iron blocks and forged internals. To the best of my knowledge, the aluminum 4.6 in these is closer to the Mach1 and Aviator engines. I have had my 2004 for 16 years and just passed 54K miles. Mine is silver with a sunroof and heated seats, rear spoiler and light flint interior. It is 2187 of the 3214 built. I also have in excess of $15k in mods with an Eaton swap coming soon. If anybody has sunroof build number info - I'd like to know. I have heard 1,212 but never confirmed.
Wow... thanks a lot Kenny! We strive for accuracy and appreciate any additional information people share. Thanks for the nice comment and hope you are a subscriber and enjoy many more of our features! Keep cruising in your Silver Marauder and have with all the new mods!
This has also been my understanding of the engine as well, and that was backed up by the parts manager at my local small town dealer who is a Grand Marquis fanatic. He told me about going to some Ford sponsored event in the USA and getting a chance to drive one of the Marauders when they first came out. I live in Canada by the way. In Ontario where the Marauders were built at St. Thomas. Sadly that plant was demolished some years ago, and earlier this spring the entire 165 acre site was sold.
A lot of guys were putting superchargers on these back in the day, and I have heard stories about the engines not holding up well if they were drag racing them a lot. As well, the early model transmissions did not do well handling the torque.
I had wanted one of these since '03 and finally purchased a low mileage (93,000km) '03 Marauder from a small used car dealer in a tiny town near St. Thomas where it was built. Got a good deal on it since nobody was interested during COVID. But this fearless old guy drove around 600 miles one way with a Fusion Ecoboost rental and back home with a Marauder. LOL
By the way that car has the Ford accessory spoiler on the trunk lid. This came from Ford in unpainted fiberglass and had to be painted to match and installed by the dealer.
My Marauder also has the trunk organizer with lid and compartments and the 6 CD changer in the trunk. Mine has features of both the 300A and 300B. So I assume it was a transition manufactured car.
I found that trying to find replacement tires to fit that car is a challenge. The rear are wider than the front, and I it was a search to find that rear size. The car in the video has tires with what appears to be nice treads.
I wish Ford had manufactured the Marauder like the concept car with the tuned supercharger on the engine. I am not sure what engine the concept had.
These are the same exact engines as the cobra!! Started in the 92 Mark viii go check. I've had em all. Just gave away the 96 town car with the same power plant
Great video, I have a 2004 Red Marauder that I got New Years week 2004 and have had for 20 years now. mine is totally stock and like new; I just love the car I also have the jacket too :)
Very cool! We miss the blue 04 we had. One of those we never should have sold! Thanks for watching - keep it up!
@@IfThisCarCouldTalk if it was original Blue it was a 2003
Oh, you're right. I missed typed. It was a 2003 we ordered from the local LM dealer.
@@IfThisCarCouldTalk I Can't believe you were the original owner and actually parted with it; especially a Blue one. I have only seen one Blue one around ever. I love my red one and keep it mint stock; I Have had it 20 years now. ALL the Marauders I see are modified except for one around here and mine, not that there are many; the mods just ruin the car if you ask me
@@carminealiffi9738 Oh well, sometimes life just decides for you and unfortunately, we had to sell it. Turns out it was the rarest color combo with the blue and flint gray. Glad you are keeping yours original and keep safe as you cruise!
Wow guys part two was really great. I am so jealous of Dennis and his Marauder. I have always wanted one of these cars. I like Dennis's color but if I was ordering new it would have been the Toredor Red or dark blue. Plus I would have wanted one with a moonroof as well. I have always been a Mercury fan as I am a Mercury Cougar lover as I have loved them since I was a kid much nicer car than the Mustang was. This was really a great retrospect of the Marauder. I really enjoyed this. Wish I lived closer to have Dennis give me a ride in his beautiful Marauder!!
Thanks so much Steve! We really appreciate your comments and support of our channel! Btw - we owned a dark blue 03 when they first came out and really wish we still had it!
Good looking cars - owned a low mileage example for 2 years. I miss the Marauder, but the car needed the Terminator motor and better brakes to be competitive. Then, the Mercedes engineered, Mopar LX cars came along in 2005. I replaced my Marauder with a 2020 Chrysler 300S 5.7L - a far more modern car. Would love to build a 2003-2004 Marauder 'halo' car.
Video correction: 2003-2004 Cobras came with the Terminator motor, rated at 390 net hp (not rwhp). This is the motor Marauder should have had.
I have a 2003 "A" version marauder with the full size spare...the full size spare is a steel five spoke rim that is painted! back in 2003 i looked at a marauder brand new but didn't want to spend 37k so i looked at crown vics and bought a new one for 21.5k. Still have it, didn't drive it much...has only 6k miles, my marauder i bought used has 66k miles, great cars!
You are very blessed then William! Those sound like great cars and hope you have many many more miles of cruising in them. 6k miles on that Crown! Thanks for the comment and hope you subscribed!
I’m an odd ball new GM buyer in 2003 at age 44. I agonized over Marauder or regular GM. I went with plain GM. The Marauder interior was nicer, but I do mainly long haul interstate driving and the better gas mileage of the 2v has been a big plus. I bought black and would have in the Marauder. If I could only find a set of the Marauder wheels. I ended up being a very happy regular GM owner. The wheels would be a good plus now for my 19 year old to dress it up some.
They do have very cool wheels! We'll bet you can find some out there to dress up your GM. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Online you can find em
Really enjoyed the video. Silver birch is my favorite color seeing as I have a close to mint 04 with 73k. I have a black 03 as well that I got from the original owner that has 448k original miles on the engine and transmission. Still runs and drives though needs a lot of TLC
Wow! Thanks for the nice comment especially from a major Marauder lover! We owned a Dark Blue Pearl that we never should have sold but also love the Silver Birch! Can't believe the mileage on your Black 03! Testament to the fantastic Panther Platform cars! Thanks for subscribing and joining our ITCCT family!
I have a 2003 with 90,000 miles
I wonder if the stock motor would handle a super charged add on
If you check all the cylinder compressions and are careful with the amount of boost, I would think it would be alright but with that many miles I'd be careful and get someone who really knows what they're doing to work on it. Good luck! Thanks for the comment!
I have a 300A model, black, with 67,000 original miles and i added custom rims. (Stock wheels in garage)
Happy cruising!
I like the red the best. Blue was my favorite until they stopped making it for the red
We regret selling our blue one and would love to get another one day. Thanks for watching!
I preferred the 2004 B model in Dark Toreoder Red, and sun/moonroof. Like I have on my 2005 Grand Marquis LS.
We had a 2003 Dark Blue Pearl and wish we still had it but my second choice is the Red!
Just out of curiosity, how did you get the picture of the four marauders at the Golden Gate Bridge??? This is my image. The 2004 DTR Marauder is my car. The others are friends in a Florida Marauder car club.I would really like to know how you acquired my image!!!
Hi John. Your awesome picture is just out there on Google Images. I only use images that are not trademarked but I'm happy to go back and give you photo credit. It's a great pic!
@@IfThisCarCouldTalk My wife just Googled, and did actually find it on ebay. They are selling it as a magnet for $5.25, and have sold 41 so far. I guess the image is also out there as well. If there is a way, I would appreciate photo credit, and will take this issue to ebay. Thank you for the quick response.
@@jtrogdon57 No problem John. As I stated, having no trademark name or watermark on the photo I went ahead and used it in my informational video. I do think it is pretty sketchy to use it for making a product and selling that product on eBay especially if they are claiming photo credit. I will give you photo credit in my description portion of the video. Thanks for contacting us about this and hope you enjoyed the video as well!!
@@IfThisCarCouldTalk Thank you very much. BTW, my 2004 Marauder does have an aluminum 4 valve dohc engine.
I do like your video, and am flattered that you chose my image for it. I will probably just have to chalk this up as a learning experience.
Thanks again,
John
@@jtrogdon57 You are welcome. We had a Dark Blue Pearl one and never should have sold it. As a photographer, I understand your situation as I'm not always careful to watermark all my photos and don't have time to do it to all the ones I use on our videos. Even if you do, it still happens so yep - just a life experience. Thanks for the compliment on the video. You are welcome John.
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I have a 300B
Cool! Hope you have many years of enjoyment and cruising! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Id love to pen a blue 04 eith moonroof
We agree! That would be a very rare and fun car! Thanks for the nice comment!
Marauder? Pfft. I own a 2007 grand marquis Palm Beach edition.
Eat your heart out.
Good for you. Thanks for watching.
Trust me, those are garbage