The Marauder Got Here Despite Lackluster Market Performance

Performance naturally depended on gear. Regardless of a loping 2.80:1 rear axle, the X-100 was able to about eight seconds 0-60 mph, standing quarter-miles of slightly below 16 seconds at 86-88 mph, and Hydraulic Control Valve upwards of 125 mph flat out. Mileage was predictably piggish -- Motor Pattern's X-one hundred returned solely 10.8 mpg -- making the large 24-gallon gasoline tank extra necessity than luxury.

Ford has produced some iconic motor cars over time other than the Mannequin T. Think of their F-Series pickup trucks ... going strong since the 1940s. And what about the GT40, a automobile that broke Ferrari's domination of the endurance races at Le Mans? And there are so many extra.

Packard owners cherished their Twin Sixes, sometimes to extremes. An oil-rich Osage Indian chief purchased a customized-bodied 3-35, smashed it an hour after taking supply, and telephoned the vendor for an immediate alternative. Czar Nicholas II of Russia owned a Twin Six with the entrance wheels replaced by skis for winter work.