In 1963 FoMoCo divisions offered the semi-fastback (scat back) roof lines as an option. For Mercury, it was the S33 Marauder. I liked the shape of the Galaxies and and Mercs but didn't care for the front end styling. The restyled 1964s gave me noses I could love. The Marauder (actually, the Super Marauder) was hot stuff, with the 427 equipped models winning at NASCAR and the strip, even winning the Pikes Peak event that year. I was rather obsessed with the styling, constantly drawing the car in my school notebooks. I loved the trim on the top of the line 'Park Lane". A few years later, I was looking for a replacement for my tired '56 Merc and there, in a used car lot, was a beautiful metallic green Park Lane Marauder. I was sooo ready to buy that beauty, but my father, whom I needed to cosign for the loan, for reasons he never explained, nixed the sale. I did ultimately score a '65 383 4 speed Satellite CV, but I've always thought about that Merc to this day. Well, I finally got my '64 Park Lane Marauder... in 1/18 scale.
 It's a Road Signature that certainly isn't going to blow anybody away with "furious detail", but it's got good bones and worth some detailing. I only wish it was finished in a period metallic rather than white. I blackwashed the grill, rear fascia, side spears,and wheel covers (adding the red circle). I BMF'd little trim pieces, wheel well trim, door sills and door and trunk lock escutcheons. I wish I could photoetch the scripts and badging, but, such is life.
I'm of the opposite view Rich; I much prefer the nose/grilles of the '63 Ford and Mercury (and in fact tail lights) to that of the '64. Each to his own I guess...lol.
Yes indeed Rich, a decent model with great bones! Your enhancements really help; I like them very much.  As you recall, I adjusted the whitewalls and opened the trunk on mine, but didn't do much else....(yet).
I have always liked the breezeway window on the Merurys and Lincolns. A friend recently sold his 1963 Mercury two door hardtop breezeway to another friend of mine so the car will stay in our local Antique Vehicle Club.
Yes indeed Rich, a decent model with great bones! Your enhancements really help; I like them very much.  As you recall, I adjusted the whitewalls and opened the trunk on mine, but didn't do much else....(yet).
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Nice work Chris. Were the hinges there already or did you have to fabricate them ?
In 1963 FoMoCo divisions offered the semi-fastback (scat back) roof lines as an option. For Mercury, it was the S33 Marauder. I liked the shape of the Galaxies and and Mercs but didn't care for the front end styling. The restyled 1964s gave me noses I could love. The Marauder (actually, the Super Marauder) was hot stuff, with the 427 equipped models winning at NASCAR and the strip, even winning the Pikes Peak event that year. I was rather obsessed with the styling, constantly drawing the car in my school notebooks. I loved the trim on the top of the line 'Park Lane". A few years later, I was looking for a replacement for my tired '56 Merc and there, in a used car lot, was a beautiful metallic green Park Lane Marauder. I was sooo ready to buy that beauty, but my father, whom I needed to cosign for the loan, for reasons he never explained, nixed the sale. I did ultimately score a '65 383 4 speed Satellite CV, but I've always thought about that Merc to this day. Well, I finally got my '64 Park Lane Marauder... in 1/18 scale.
 It's a Road Signature that certainly isn't going to blow anybody away with "furious detail", but it's got good bones and worth some detailing. I only wish it was finished in a period metallic rather than white. I blackwashed the grill, rear fascia, side spears,and wheel covers (adding the red circle). I BMF'd little trim pieces, wheel well trim, door sills and door and trunk lock escutcheons. I wish I could photoetch the scripts and badging, but, such is life.
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Rich,Â
I remember seeing pics of the enhancements you made to this model, well, I think a few years ago. Actually it may have been two decades ago if my mind is working correctly. Does that sound about right ? No matter, it's good to see those pics again as you did some excellent work.Â
I have always liked the breezeway window on the Merurys and Lincolns. A friend recently sold his 1963 Mercury two door hardtop breezeway to another friend of mine so the car will stay in our local Antique Vehicle Club.
Bob;Â thanks for reminding me that you could get a 2dr. Breezeway .....I had forgotten that.
Chris. Were the hinges there already or did you have to fabricate them ?
Steve, the trunk was sealed, I cut it out and added "stupid" hinges I pirated from a junker 1/18. All this was kind of a rush job; had I taken time and done it "right," I would've placed those hinges much further apart to better replicate the 1:1.
A friend recently sold his 1963 Mercury two door hardtop breezeway to another friend of mine so the car will stay in our local Antique Vehicle Club.
Bob;Â thanks for reminding me that you could get a 2dr. Breezeway .....I had forgotten that.
Bob, Jack.... I guess I kind of forgot that too. Seems to me, I used to know a guy who had a mist-green one (???)....  but that was "two lifetimes ago!"  I never had one but did own a 1966 Parklane convertible with a monster 410 V8. That car effortlessly floated down the highway. 😎 😎 😎Â
@chris I still can't believe you did that. If I was going to go all out, I would have rebuilt the interior and repainted the exterior The trunk would have been the last thing on the list as by then, other projects would have demanded priority.
