3Z68G516447

VIN: 3Z68G516447 St. Louis, MO assembly

Car: 1963 Mercury Marauder S-55

Engine: 406 Super Marauder 406 6V - 405 Horsepower

Codes: Body - 63C 2-Dr. "S-55" Fastback Hardtop

Color - B Peacock Turquoise

Trim - 57 Turquoise

Date - 12A 12 January, 1963

DSO - blank

Axle - 5 3.50:1

Trans - 5 Standard (4-Speed)

Options: AM/FM radio, seat belts (owner added power windows and remote side mirror)

Photos: 1981 to 2021

Articles on this car

This is an engineering car with a scheduled build date earlier than any other Marauder known. No build sheet exists with an actual build date.

1/12/1963 Scheduled build for this car

1/21/1963 Start Marauder pre-production

1/28/1963 Marauder Job #1

2/14/1963 Marauder and Marauder S-55, Marauder 427 and Super Marauder 427 public announcement

There are 3 Marauder S-55, 390 4V, automatic, known to exist with a 17A date (perhaps an actual 1/21 build date?)

This car was sold (in the condition seen in the first 3 photos) by Ridgeway Motors in Aiea, HI for $325 on Aug. 14, 1981. The odometer registered 72,497.3 miles at the time but did not work. The engine ran, but the car was undriveable due to carburetion issues and the fact that the transmission was completely out of oil.

Over the following 3 months some repairs were made and temporary measures taken to prepare for a long drive.

In December 1981, before any restoration, it was shipped to California and then driven to Michigan where it remains today.

Mileage is now over 143,000.