My next car...

[OxmanWI]

Will be a Ford powered product, but I can't decide what to get so I narrowed my decisions down to three cars which are a 97-98 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC, 03-04 Ford Mustang Mach 1, and a 03-04 Mercury Marauder. If you happen to own one of these vehicles or have any positive impute it would be greatly appreciated. Vote for your favorite and tell me why!

Thank you!

Josh




97-98 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC

2-door coupe
Modular 4.6 DOHC V8
4-speed automatic

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h72/oxman64/Mark1.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h72/oxman64/Mark2.jpg

03-04 Ford Mustang Mach 1

2-door coupe
Modular 4.6 DOHC V8
4-speed automatic / 5-speed manual

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h72/oxman64/M.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h72/oxman64/m2.jpg

03-04 Mercury Marauder

4-door sedan
Modular 4.6 DOHC V8
4-speed automatic

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h72/oxman64/Mad.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h72/oxman64/mad2.jpg

[BOSS LX]

Marauder for sure.

[xxtremeteam]

why no f150 lightning option? out of the 3 choices Id go with the mach 1 in white

[MoCkiN U]

Marauder for sure.

final answer.

[03CVLX]

Come to the darkside. Marauder !!!! The prices are becoming extremely reasonable and there are some nice ones around for not a lot of money. I actually know of an extremely babied Dark Toreador Red one with mileage I think in the 30k range for 15-16 grand.

[WilliamZ]

Marauder for sure! The Mark VIII's are piles of crap.

[MoCkiN U]

try putting a car seat in the mach or a child in that seat once its there and you'll wish you had the marauder. The marauder and the mach have the exact same motor. Not just 4.6 DOHC as in cobras but the exact marauder motor was used in the machs

[wrath]

Marauder or Lightning.

[nismodave]

Mach. A true performance car VS other 2.

[-stew-]

Mark SEVEN or a first gen Lightening.

[STANMAN]

Marauder. Some some very nice ones done up at Woodward, they can be pretty fast!!!

[1320PNY]

Marauder. Buy an 03 in Blue if you can find one! I love the car and it's super easy to build up. The Mark VIII is impossible to find parts and they aren't cheap. My Dad had both. He STILL has the Marauder.

[4I Notch]

Marauder for sure.

Agreed!!!
Marauders are straight badass!
Mustangs are cool and all but everyone has one.
Marauder gets my vote.

[william schlosser]

try to find a marauder. i bought my 2003 300a new and i still love the car. i also had a 1995 mark v111 lsc and the marauder is a better car. bill

[0TransAm0]

i agree with marauder.. very nice cars.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

those lincolns are garbage.

[animal]

I've wanted a marauder for a long time, but it depends what you want one of these cars for. The mach even in stock form is a nice little package (and you can get up to 30mpg hwy despite the actual ratings), but it sucks if you have 4 people or even 3 big dudes to take somewhere.

[Windsors 03 Cobra]

I love the gen 2 Mark 8 and I'm not going to even vote in the poll but keep in mind for power adding that all automatic 4.6 DOHC vehicles are cast crank equipped. :thumbsup

[fordmerc]

A MARAUDER!!!
If you want info on them I am willing to help. I know them well!
Ryan

[Stangman98]

Might help if we knew what you were using it for. Daily driver? Street Strip? Year round driving?

[MoCkiN U]

highest MPG I got in mine on highway was 24. Damned opened up V8 getting 24 MPG. Yeah, thats something to be excited about

[OxmanWI]

why no f150 lightning option? out of the 3 choices Id go with the mach 1 in white

You know I'm not much of a truck guy, if I get a truck it's going to be year round 4x4 for snow. Lightings are tooo nice to be in the snow!


Might help if we knew what you were using it for. Daily driver? Street Strip? Year round driving?

Right now I have a Chevy Cobalt, it takes the daily driving all year around duties. I'm looking for a weekend summer-sunny day driver to take to car shows and open it up at the drag strip every once and a while.

[tbirddriver92]

Usually I would say the Mach 1 being the Mustang fanatic that I am, but I think you should go with the Marauder on this. It's a decent-sized car, good motor in it, and they just look bad ass...end of story:shades

[Deggy]

I vote for the Marauder. Those cars are badass, but have fun trying to find a blue one.

[Prince Valiant]

Well, if going to the track was within the realm of possibility, I'm not sure that I'd go with either the Marauder or Lincoln...you'd need to spend decent money on either (1,500 or so?) to get it to maybe run what the Mach1 runs stock.

Also, as a car to take on a weekend jaunt, the Mach1 seems the more unique...the Marauder would seem a little plainjane by comparison. I like the Marauder, but as a special use car, the Mach1 seems the better investment.

[03CVLX]

I was putzing around on MercuryMarauder.net and happened to see an add that looked interesting. I do not know the seller, have never seen the car, its only an example of whats out there. This is probably one of the more expensive Marauders advertised right now at 26 grand but it is in my opinion turnkey and done. DTR is Dark Toreador Red


2004 DTR, blown
Considering selling my 2004 DTR MM. Specs are as follows..
19K miles
2MHHM79V14X691479
Production sequence number is 3156 of 3213.
Color sequence number 970 of 983.
MM with moonroof, #358 of 365. This is out of 1213 made in all 3 colors.
Charcoal interior
Heated seats
Trunk organizer
Rear spoiler
Full size spare on non-polished wheel

Parts that have been changed out/added….
Trilogy Lysholm Twin Screw supercharger 9psi 472 RWHP
Xcal II with 3 tunes fully un-locked
Stainless works long tube headers and high flow cats
Flowmaster mufflers
Delete tips (Stainless Specialties)
Heinous Motorsports rear control arms upper/lower
Addco sway bars, front/rear
Wilwood brakes front/rear
T/A performance differential cover
Nitto 555 tires front/rear 235/50/18 & 265/50/18
Carbon fiber radiator cover
JLT air tube
Pro M MAF
Tinted windows 38% - Formula One Ultimate
Pioneer FT700 BT nav system w/updated software
Infinity speakers front/rear REF6802CF 6X8 Speakers
Front/rear godshead badges from Colex Customs
Godshead steering wheel center overlay from A3GR
SRP pedals, door sills, heel guard
Front mats have custom covers and have -0- wear
BigCarsForever dead pedal
Real Autometer gauges
OEM Ford chrome shifter trim bezel – button & collar.
Custom gods head emblems on grille and trunk
Martyo fender emblems
Fuel bib
OEM Locking Ford gas cap
OEM Ford door edge guards, not generic, molded & coated, specific to MM/CV/GM
Proguard & custom bracket (no rear bumper sag)
Silverstar bulbs in front


The car is over serviced, all fluids were changed this year, oil, trans, differential, brake fluid. AC was sucked down and serviced, battery kept on a battery tender (not included).

This car came out of Florida and has never seen winter, it only sees the rain if it gets caught in it, if the previous owner pops in here, he too will tell you what a clean car this is. I would really like to keep this within the Marauder “community”, I don’t think it would look good purple and yellow with 26” wheels doing doughnuts in the middle of a road somewhere.

The car has 2 small dings, 1 by the sunroof and 1 on a right side door, so un-noticeable, I can’t tell you what door as I forgot. There was some paintwork done on the left rear quarter by the previous owner, as there was a small ding, he had it fixed, it is un-noticeable( I have the receipt, less than a $600 repair). Otherwise, some small chips and such from driving the car is it, it’s not perfect, but close to it, this car has never been smoked in, had food eaten in it and is always garaged and covered (cover not included). Asking/selling price is 26k, I can remove the Lysholm, and put it back N/A and get it retuned, 22K will be the price N/A, either price is not really negotiable, I don’t need to sell this bad enough to give it away.

I found a SB and I am going to need to free up some room, therefore, no trades, just cash/cashiers check/money transfer etc.

Some pics, my digital camera is MIA, I will have to buy a new one to take more, or I can just use a cell phone.....Ughhhh.

[Rocket Power]

I voted Marauder but then again 03CVLX says I have a problem:rolf