Author Topic: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder GT Mk II VW-based Chevron B16-style kit car - 1973  (Read 893 times)

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What's this and from when does it date, for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 2553
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2013, 05:35:34 AM »
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Re: NEH 2553
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2013, 05:38:53 AM »
Chevron B16 replica by Marauder from USA?

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Re: NEH 2553
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2013, 06:17:20 AM »
Chevron B16 replica by Marauder from USA?

That's it, yes.
Locked for you to tell me when it dates from so I can award you your point!
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Re: NEH 2553
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2013, 01:33:41 PM »
the only reference I have is a company classified from Road&Track marketplace, may 1973 issue, that I found recently on the magazine, so it'd do for it or, eventually, 1972 :) ready to accept defeat, though :)
 

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Re: NEH 2553
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2013, 03:21:14 PM »
the only reference I have is a company classified from Road&Track marketplace, may 1973 issue, that I found recently on the magazine, so it'd do for it or, eventually, 1972 :) ready to accept defeat, though :)
 

It's not from 1972, but I'll keep it locked for you to have another go.
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Re: NEH 2553
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2013, 03:33:56 PM »
last attempt: 1973 :)

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Re: NEH 2553
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2013, 06:25:35 AM »
Actually I had it as 1982 but I can't find where I got that from so maybe it isn't right and you are!
I'll call it solved as you've got the right car.
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Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2013, 07:29:00 AM »
You have only little images? I have one large.

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Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2013, 12:56:09 PM »
Marauder & Co., Potomac IL were in business from 1980 so I think 1982 is more likely than 1972/73.....

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Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2013, 04:25:38 PM »
scanned the entire pace of the advertisement I mentioned, magazine date in the low right corner :) (sorry removed the scan I posted a while ago, too big and cut too much, date missing)

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Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2013, 06:47:38 AM »
Moltogatto, I stand corrected - my source is clearly wrong!  :(

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Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2013, 09:14:44 AM »
Moltogatto, I stand corrected - my source is clearly wrong!  :(

or, maybe, the company was resurrected in 1982, not unlikely for a small cars manufacturer  :)

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Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2013, 10:16:47 AM »
Either way, the thread title is incorrect: the car is not a Chevron B16, it is a copy of a Chevron made by Marauder
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Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2013, 11:44:30 AM »
Either way, the thread title is incorrect: the car is not a Chevron B16, it is a copy of a Chevron made by Marauder

Maybe I'll change it, though everyone knows what is meant. The Chevron B16 was neither VW-based nor a kit-car..
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A Marauder ad showing this car too:

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