I bought a Marauder, that's what!
Hi all. I'm Pete. New to Panthers, but not to Ford Mod Motors. My last one was another 32 valve, a 1995 Lincoln Continental. I loved that car, and I'm already in love with this one, too, even though I've only owned it for about 32 hours.
Also not new to modding. In my spare time I do the Jeep thing. I own a Jeep Cherokee that is built to keep me out of trouble. But back to the Marauder!
I got the car off a used car lot in San Diego. It has a build date of 09/12/2002 (according to Carfax). It has 119K miles on it, but you wouldn't know it. I swear, this thing looks like it just came out of the factory. Pretty sure it's been re-painted, and it seems like everything in the car is brand new. It even has (I swear), brand new Marauder floor mats, still in the factory plastic. The seats look new, the carpet looks new, the trunk carpet looks new, everything looks new. It's amazing. You'd expect a 119K mile car to at least have a worn drivers seat, but that is not the case. The cars runs beautifully. I suspect, but have no way of confirming, that the car was reconditioned at a Ford Dealer.
However, it does have some typical older Ford issues. When I got the car, the blower for the EATC was not working at all. After doing some research, I tracked it down to a bad blower control module. After consulting the almighty Google, I determined that it was possible that the module had bad solder joints. Easy enough to test, and if it worked, I would save $80 buying a new one. So, I took it apart, re-flowed the solder, and bingo, working AC! I love free fixes. There are some other issues, such as the info center in the overhead console not working, and the rear defroster that does not turn on (I don't think). No matter. I'll figure it out.
I've been a car guy my whole life, so it's pretty exciting for me to finally be able to get one of these cars, even with some quirks. I have already found lots of useful information here, and hope to be able to contribute. I don't know the Panther platform all that well, but I do know Ford pretty good. I've owned a Fox Body 5.0, the '95 Conti, an old MK V, an even older Gran Torino Wagon (back when Mod Motor meant an ENTIRELY different thing), and even an old E100 Econoline van. My mom used to work for Ford back in the day, and she has been a Lincoln fanatic for as long as I can remember.
Anyway, hope the picture worked, and if not, I'll figure something else out.
Hi all. I'm Pete. New to Panthers, but not to Ford Mod Motors. My last one was another 32 valve, a 1995 Lincoln Continental. I loved that car, and I'm already in love with this one, too, even though I've only owned it for about 32 hours.
Also not new to modding. In my spare time I do the Jeep thing. I own a Jeep Cherokee that is built to keep me out of trouble. But back to the Marauder!
I got the car off a used car lot in San Diego. It has a build date of 09/12/2002 (according to Carfax). It has 119K miles on it, but you wouldn't know it. I swear, this thing looks like it just came out of the factory. Pretty sure it's been re-painted, and it seems like everything in the car is brand new. It even has (I swear), brand new Marauder floor mats, still in the factory plastic. The seats look new, the carpet looks new, the trunk carpet looks new, everything looks new. It's amazing. You'd expect a 119K mile car to at least have a worn drivers seat, but that is not the case. The cars runs beautifully. I suspect, but have no way of confirming, that the car was reconditioned at a Ford Dealer.
However, it does have some typical older Ford issues. When I got the car, the blower for the EATC was not working at all. After doing some research, I tracked it down to a bad blower control module. After consulting the almighty Google, I determined that it was possible that the module had bad solder joints. Easy enough to test, and if it worked, I would save $80 buying a new one. So, I took it apart, re-flowed the solder, and bingo, working AC! I love free fixes. There are some other issues, such as the info center in the overhead console not working, and the rear defroster that does not turn on (I don't think). No matter. I'll figure it out.
I've been a car guy my whole life, so it's pretty exciting for me to finally be able to get one of these cars, even with some quirks. I have already found lots of useful information here, and hope to be able to contribute. I don't know the Panther platform all that well, but I do know Ford pretty good. I've owned a Fox Body 5.0, the '95 Conti, an old MK V, an even older Gran Torino Wagon (back when Mod Motor meant an ENTIRELY different thing), and even an old E100 Econoline van. My mom used to work for Ford back in the day, and she has been a Lincoln fanatic for as long as I can remember.
Anyway, hope the picture worked, and if not, I'll figure something else out.
