Fabrux Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 A little while back I picked up about six kits in various stages of completion from a local thrift shop. The build quality on these kits is really quite good, with the ones furthest along having the engines plumbed and heater hoses added and what not. One of them is this 1964 Mercury Marauder. It is a 1995 reissue of the original customizing kit and the body is quite far along with customization. The "suspension" is lowered and it looks pretty neat. The quandry I'm having is: do I scrap it all and start fresh with my own ideas or finish what the original builder had intended? The blending of the front and rear panels is quite good but I can see a little bit of the body work evident. Also, the hood has some orange peel but overall the paint is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 look goof so far.. the paint looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I say finish it. Its looks like it has a good paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Goschke Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 This kit is common enough that it would probably be easier to start fresh with a new one if you want to build it to suit your taste than to undo what's been done to this one. Might be kind of cool to finish it as is. Just polish out out the paint and foil it up. The back isn't bad if you can live with the fact that it looks like he filled in the decklid panel line. The front's a little crazy with that "lantern jaw" lower pan. Maybe something other than the '53 Ford pickup grill/headlight combo would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbike-shaun Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 HI kat, I would say get rid of the front and rear treatments( bumpers, hdlites.tailites) and sustitutute your own. MY 2 Cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroguy Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 strip it and go nascar,maybe Parnelli Jones #15,Joe Weatherly #8 or Johnny Rutherford #01...just sayin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Change the grill to something other then the ford truck and finish it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 very cool start, truck grille not cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Change the grill to something other then the ford truck and finish it... Ditto, I think I could live with the back ,,,but Not a fan of the grille,,,but otherwise I say finish it as is . I think it looks pretty cool,especially in the side shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I would find a grill that fits the style of the rear. The front grill from the Predicta might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrux Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 I actually kinda like the truck grille... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Mike Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I say finish it as it is Chris. It's an easy to get kit, so it's not like you'll never be able to get you hands on another one. I think it's pretty cool, even if it's something I wouldn't have done, I like seeing other people's custom work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 look goof so far.. the paint looks great The grille looks "goof", but the rest looks pretty nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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