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Title: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder GT Mk II VW-based Chevron B16-style kit car - 1973
Post by: Carnut on March 14, 2013, 06:51:18 AM: What's this and from when does it date, for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 2553
Post by: Carnut on March 21, 2013, 05:35:34 AM: Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 2553
Post by: moltogatto on March 21, 2013, 05:38:53 AM: Chevron B16 replica by Marauder from USA?
Title: Re: NEH 2553
Post by: Carnut on March 21, 2013, 06:17:20 AM: Quote from: moltogatto on March 21, 2013, 05:38:53 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!
Title: Re: NEH 2553
Post by: moltogatto 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 :)
Title: Re: NEH 2553
Post by: Carnut on March 21, 2013, 03:21:14 PM: Quote from: moltogatto 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 :)

It's not from 1972, but I'll keep it locked for you to have another go.
The answer is out there and it's not hard to find..
Title: Re: NEH 2553
Post by: moltogatto on March 21, 2013, 03:33:56 PM: last attempt: 1973 :)
Title: Re: NEH 2553
Post by: Carnut 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.
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car
Post by: dzima1985 on March 22, 2013, 07:29:00 AM: You have only little images? I have one large.
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car
Post by: woodinsight 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.....
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
Post by: moltogatto 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)
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
Post by: woodinsight on March 23, 2013, 06:47:38 AM: Moltogatto, I stand corrected - my source is clearly wrong! :(
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
Post by: moltogatto on March 23, 2013, 09:14:44 AM: Quote from: woodinsight on March 23, 2013, 06:47:38 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 :)
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
Post by: D-type 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
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder VW-based Chevron B16 kit car - 1973
Post by: Carnut on March 25, 2013, 11:44:30 AM: Quote from: D-type 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

Maybe I'll change it, though everyone knows what is meant. The Chevron B16 was neither VW-based nor a kit-car..
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 2553: Marauder GT Mk 2 VW-based Chevron B16-style kit car - 1973
Post by: Carnut on April 12, 2013, 05:41:22 AM: A Marauder ad showing this car too: