Mercury's Rare Big Block Bruiser - The Marauder X-100
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- Опубліковано 17 кві 2024
- In this Rare Cars documentary, we are going over the story of the crazy Mercury Marauder X-100 - this big block-powered luxury cruiser was opulence and brutish powered all rolled into one sinister package.
This 429-powered luxury coupe packed one of the era's torquiest big blocks and the car that it was placed in had the looks to back up all that brunt.
This is the story of the legendary Mercury Marauder X-100
Chapters:
0:53 Intro
3:53 Powerplant
6:35 Interior
8:06 Sales & Impact
*Note, we are not historians. If you see an error in our research then please mention it in the comments!
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So, my dad had one of these beauties. It was lipstick red with white interior. He bought it used and mom, dad and I and my older sister went to Pennsylvania to visit family when I was a kid. My uncle John's son Dale, who was a GM mechanic and dad were outside. Dad was in the car revving it and it was sounding choppy. My cousin Dale said "Hey buddy, go fill up a Pepsi bottle with water and bring it out here". I did and Dale had the air filter unit off. He told my dad to rev it to about 3 grand and no kidding , he started pouring the water down the four barrel carb. The engine misfired about twice, black smoke, white smoke and then clear exhaust. Dale told dad "Okay, should run like a champ now". That water went down in with the fuel, created super heated steam, blew the carbon off the pistons and heads which detonated, then all the other residue burned off (black smoke) and then the white smoke was excess oil and then it was running perfectly. That big car could fly!!! We took it out to California when I was another year older. Mom woke up about 2 a.m. and looked over at my dad (We were in Utah out in the middle of nowhere) and he was asleep at the wheel. She looked at the speedometer, he was doing 110. She gently woke him up while gripping the steering wheel perfectly straight. We immediately stopped at the first motel. LOL.
I love these good old days stories. 😊
I can remember being a punk ass teenager with a father that travelled a lot. When he was out of town I would "borrow" his Marauder X100 and with my buddies we would rip the tires off of it. Those were the days...Thanks for the video and the memories.
That's hilarious. Did he ever notice his tires didn't last long?
@@richceglinski7543 3:01
I’m the happy and proud owner of a 69 X100. I just love the car riding, the 429 really moves the car easily. 😊
I can tell you one thing - if someone pulls up outside my house with a black Marauder I would be scared LOL
@@rarecars3336 agree, 😁
I had a '70 X-100. Loved it and certainly miss it.
Almost unbelievable that mine would get 21 MPG on highway trips.
I had a 1970 Marquis 2 dr Brougham 429 22 mpg highway!
Not surprised. Highway gears with a big motor running slow and easy.
How did you measure what mpg yall were getring back in the day? Asking as a 25 yr old @@MCTeck
A new favorite car to my books
Having driven a 69 X100 I can assure you that the Performance Suspension was a must. It still rode quite well without being harsh, but it was a lot more stable at high speeds than the standard Susp. that rode like a 1940's baby buggy.
Good to know I figured it was kind of pointless but I guess if you were freeway blasting at 90+mph you would want less bounce lol
Makes me miss my 69 Lincoln Continental Mark III even more. In that guise, there was 365 HP, and a startling 500 lbs. Ft of torque, and that first set of tires it had suffered its wrath! I was 18, and surprised quite a few folks with that car., though at well over 5,000 lbs it wasnt truly competitive. My brother had a 71. He was 19, and we remember the cars fondly.
Sir, the 429 can’t weigh 100 pounds less than the Ford 460. They are the same engine, they are both Ford 385 series engines and the 429 and 460 are exactly the same minus bore/stroke differences and they don’t add up to 100 pounds of difference. I believe you might be thinking of the 428 engine which was a Ford FE engine and they were approximately 75 pounds lighter than the Ford 385 series block. Ford FE stood for Ford Edsel, at least according to all books dedicated to the subject I ever read. However, this year I learned that the FE might have stood for something else. Yet, the 385 in the Ford 385 series engines stood for the amount of stroke that the block had. Fixed
Sorry guys it’s been a while since I’ve looked at that specific thing in a long long time, but thank you for all of the kind corrections, the not so kind commenters can go lick glass.
Pinning this because you are 1000% correct that is 100% my miss I should have caught that - 1 cubic inch off really got me.
I had a whole section about the big block fords in this video's engine section that I cut out because I didn't feel it was necessary but in that, I touched on the Boss 429 and some other big blocks so that is where the confusion and mix-up came from.
Thank you for the correction.
Great call.
Correct... maybe he was thinking of Ford 429/460 lighter than a Chrysler 426 Hemi...
@@rarecars3336 Ummm the 1cu was a different engine family. The 428 was a FE V-8 the 429/460 are 385 series V-8's which are about 75 pounds heavier than the older smaller FE.
@@rarecars3336 - FE engines, were 332, 352, 390, 391, 406, 427, 428... maybe some other sizes as well...
I had a 78 bronco with a 429 4v bored 30 over ported heads cam intake and headers it was estimated to have 500 hp I traded it for a 69 camaro with 396 I wish I had both still but 20 yrs ago they were still everywhere
I see Buick Wildcat when I look at the side pose. Great look back in time. Thanks.
Same. A rather GM-looking Ford.
I remember one of these when I was a kid. My old man hauled all seven of us around in a 69LTD wagon, with the 429-4 barrel. Good memories, thanks.
Amazingly I saw one of these vintage X-100 Marauders in Wyandotte Michigan today. It is a very sinister looking ride.
The Chrysler gentleman's muscle car was the 300, not the New Yorker.
I bought a 429 out of an X100 one time at the junk yard. It was a shame really because the car, while hit in the front, wasn't hurt that much. The guy told me it had been there about 20 years and that was in the mid 1990's. Engine was perfect inside.
My dad had a 1965 Marauder, beautiful car!
Thanks for this video. Right after I learned to drive, my Dad (a Ford worker) bought a ‘69 Marauder X-100. I was ecstatic. It was red on red with the matte rear deck. It would smoke those H70-15 Goodyear bias ply tires forever. That 429 engine was the same one used in the T-Bird of the same era. Seems I remember that the Pontiac Grand Prix that year was also a player in the “personal luxury” genre.
Gas Guzzlin Road Hog - but that hood could handle two randy teenagers and never take a dent for the event. Best drive-in car ever
Always loved Marauders they're SuperCool..big power and big luxury.
Thanks for the video. I've always been a fan of both generations of the car.
never even knew these existed. well found.
Thank you - me either I saw it in a book I was flipping through and I was like oh gotta make a video on that!
3:08 did they come from the factory with the dent in the wing 😂 , just joking... I've never seen a marauder before as I'm from Wales UK 🏴 so thanks for the introduction to them and thank you for another interesting video.
LOL - thanks for watching!
When this car was released, I was hanging out with older hotrod guys from the 50's
We just looked and then said: "This is return of the Cool Merc...like 49 to 51....
😂😂😊
Beautiful looking car!!
Cool video and great American iron.
Awesome car very rare to ever see one of these. The back half of the car almost resembles for the first generation Monte Carlo.
Beautiful car !
Just found this channel , great content, especially for myself whom collects 70s Tbirds, and Lincolns. Subscribed Immediately, thank you
A beautiful looking car
Excellent video. That was an amazing car that I didn't know about.
My grandpa had a yellow and black Marauder.. I had a ‘02 Marauder for
a while.. Both of them were cool cars..
What a Beast , and a Great Turnpike Cruiser 100 mph all day long .😎
Hey man I just found this channel and it’s a complete goldmine! Do you think you would ever do a video on Consulier/ Mosler?
That car certainly has style
Fabulous.
Holy Captain And Tennille, Batman, that's one sexy land yacht!! 😍
Had a 69 F250 with a 429 that made guy's very angry blowing their doors off!🤣
Even with the 'heavy duty' suspension option, the Marauder X100 and Ford XL were smooth, comfortable, and quiet cruisers. The stock suspension was mush, and had a tendency to pitch and buck on freeway overpasses that were arched. I had a '70 Ford XL, which had the 'sport tone' on the hood and along the tops of the doors, along with chrome trim to separate the two colors (try finding any of those trim bits today 😂). I didn't appreciate that car as much as I should have, and I would love to find either a nice X100 or XL today. Happy Trails!
having the sway bars as heavy as possible would have been the best option given the choices at the time. it would make the ride better as the spring rate is unloaded allowing lower static spring rate to be used at nominal ride and doesn't limit as much as other alternatives
Had a built 429 in a 72 Gran Torino coupe. What a beast yet comfortable to drive with great power steering and beautiful hood lines.
I LOVE THESE cars I remember them in 69, I think the body line was designed with an awesome look. 😊
Got the 1971 T Bird with the 429 thunder jet and it's got alot of power for long trips .
This has to be one of the coolest “gangster” cars ever. Big, fast comfy with a big trunk.
I got one for highschool graduation in 1969 what a car
That is a great torque number. Good for such a big car.
I loved the Mercury lone of cars, 67 Cougar, 66 Comet Caliente, 68 Cougar XR7, and 67 Cougar XR7/DGS. Only thrbtriple black 68 XR7 is still.on my garage. I would love to find a nice Marquis Sedan for cruising. It must have some comfort items though.
Like the expesive and rare, "Twin Comfort Lounge Chairs" option?
We don't have car parks big enough to fit one of these tanks. Speaking of tanks, our gas stations are probably too far apart to drive one of these around my country. 😅
69 Merc was the most beautiful of all Mercs ever !
the Marauder was so bad arse, and that 428 Marauder was unreal, regularly dynoing it over 500ft lbs
This land yacht is 1500 lb. lighter than the latest version of Cadillac’s Escalade SUV.
I saw a x100 in the flesh in fort Myers Florida the owner was shocked I knew so much about the car but truth be told dad had a 1969 Mercury grand marques colony park.( The tag line sold him Untill Lincoln builds a station wagon ) I loved it
Love that white over navy job at 7:15.
Still think I'd take the 429 optioned Ford XL convertible for about the same price.
There are only a few ford's of this Era I like. This has been added to the list. Hanging g out with 69 mark 3, 69 cougar xr7 and the 72 torino gt
U got that right Joel Mark lll 4 life
@marcomoreno8188 I WILL own one. Real wire wheels, and lowered with much wider tires. Not on the ground but they sit waaay to high.
429 and 460 are both 385 engines. The only one that should be different is the boss 429 because of the different heads
And the cobra jets which were different as well...
Cool car. Shifter looks like the one the 66 Riviera had.
4.6 DOHC V-8 started life in the Lincoln Mk VIII, not the Mustang.
Hello Mr. Rare Car, your video is very correct. With the Mercury Marauder X-100, you received all the benefits of a Ford Galaxie 500 XL 429, and a Lincoln Continental Mark III all in one package. Please reply. Dave...
That's a sexy machine.
My dad had the base 69 marauder, olive green, black vinyl top and vinyl bench seats. 390 two barrel engine. Took it for the prom back in 72, he claimed I broke a motor mount after. But didn't stomp on it nor raced it either.
I saw 2 of these big boat race cars a orange one and a black one ............defiantly rare.....
My brother had a 2nd gen one back in the 70's with a Intercepter engine. Black on black. Just touch the gas would spin the tires!
I had a 70x100 and I had it at the drag strip and around 1575 all day long and I was smoking the tires through first gear it was a great car and I wish I had it back
🛑🛑 My dad had one of these.
It was White Exterior, Red Pin Stripes, Fender Skirts, and a Black Vinyl Roof.
The Interior was Red, Bucket Seats and the Center Console.
I was just a young lad then, but the Interior Dashboard lit up like an 727 aircraft.
Since it was such a sleeper, that my dad made it a point to drag race all the guys with Jacked Up Rear Ends and Traction Bars from Stop Light to Stop Light. 😆
He never lost. 😀👍💯
Crazy a Hellcat weighs more but it's stuffed with more
There was a guy named Leon Witchey in Colorado that raced one at Bandimere and it ran low 14s at that altitude ... I was told he got it into the 13s after I moved away
Was able to catch a ride to high school in one of these cars in '76.
Pretty sure the right rear tire was kind of shy on tread by the end of the day.
Hey Bob! (Baron)
(Barren of gray matter)🤔
I always wished I had gotten a x100 when they were first brought out.
Lee iacocca said the 428 is a boat anchor compared to the 427... When the 427 left so did Lee iacocca
The marauder name began in 1958 as engine names. The 430 marauder with a single 4 barrel and 375 HP and the super marauder 430 with three 2 barrels and 400 HP
McGarrett drove one on Hawaii 5-0
Did not know that but that is a definitely needed fun fact! Thanks for sharing!
No he didn't - even if you've never seen the show a quick google will put that to bed.
@@joeseeking3572 OK who cares but I have been to a party at the Hawaii 5-0 house on Maui & I have owned a Marauder
Original Hawaii Five-0 cars for Steve McGarrett were a 1968 Mercury Park Lane Brougham and then a 1974 Mercury Marquis Brougham till the end of the series.
My first car was a fully loaded light blue 1974 Mercury Marquis Brougham 4 door with the all new Grand Marquis interior in blue cloth, 460 4bl, blue shag carpeting, color match fender skirts, HD Brougham wheel covers. (Exactly like the light blue 74 Marquis in the color sales ad)
Great video thoroughly enjoyed it but I would say it was more of a hardtop than a coupe.
Stump pulling is a very accurate description of one of these cars torque. They’d pull a truck up a hill, no prob.
I bought an X100 from a neighbor of my grandparents back in 1976. Good Lord what a boat. 😅 MPG was More like GPM. Was the worst land yacht I ever owned. Sold it 6 months later.
I remember my father had a 69 and a 71 X-100. Crazy fast.
I had a friend who had a 1968 Plymouth fury 3 coup. 440 super commando 727 trans with sure grip rear end. I wonder what the result of that quarter mile race would be ?
cool car like to have one in my garage with a 69 cougar xr7 convertible
That would be a sweet lineup!
It was hopped up version of the Mercury Grandmarquist
Actually the first Marauder name by Mercury was in 1958, Super Marauder engine option, 430/400 hp
I must correct you Talladega had a 428 Mercury Cyclone had 351 4 bbl. Had both.
How about the "Cyclone"! Wish you had put something in here about it!🤷♂️
My dad bought the Marquis 2 door convertible new in 70. That car being restored in 81 burned with the ford dealer. We found a 69 convertible and restored it for dad, with dad picking up the tab,,, of course. Dad drove it for a while but disappointedly it wasn’t his Merc. We all sat at the lunch counter and dad made a decision he was goin to give driving privileges of this to the youngest,,, me! I could not afford gas for it when I was in college so we sold it! 21 years later my friend ended up with the car in a mechanics lien. He gave me back my first car. It lives in my garage at the same house 50 years later! Sweet dreams baby blue Merc!
Those are very nice looking and very rare cars.
I work at an L&M dealer when I was young . They were forced to accept an X100 . It sat for so long that they finally just gave it to the owners wife .
0:20 uhh.. Dodge charger? Pretty famous one, too..
It’s an odd looking car, but I still like it
I'd love to take a road trip in this car.
The 370,429,and460 were all 385 SERIES ford engines.
How Oldsmobile do you want your ford?
I think the Marauder is closer to a Buick Wildcat than the Riviera and the Toronado is also a different kind of car altogether
Too bad Merc didnt offer the 460 as an option at that time.
Was this a Canadian car? I don't think I've ever seen one before.
Handsome beast ha. I like it without the skirts like 9:43 but also match the car color not that lame black.
They were called the 385 series because the stroke of the engine's was 3.85 inches just the bore was different
the DOHC 4.6 actually came from the Lincoln Mark VIII
The marauder was a nice car yep even nicer motor. Think of everything that was new in 1969 though which car and they were a lot of them was your favorite? Everyone would have a different car. The marauder was a good car yes but it was amongst some of the greatest cars America ever put out.
You never want to wax that black trunk . The flat black paint does not take wax well ........
Steve McGarret on Hawaii 5-0 must have had a 4 door Marquis. I just knew it was a Merc.
Enter the Montego MX
I've only ever seen one of these cars...and it was on a farm...wrecked.
Ford Contour SVT?
Why did you show a 1971 Mercury for comparison of front end and side views? I would have thought that you would have used a 1969-1970 Marquis. By 1971 the Marauder was no longer around.
There are just so many pimps.
it did not have retractable headlights it had hidden headlights