
The Marlin’s story doesn’t have quite the legacy that the Torino has. I have only vague memories of the Marlin growing up. At age 9-10, I was just starting to appreciate cars so to me, this fast-back look was the same as the Plymouth Barracuda and the Dodge Charger. And even the Mustang.
So one day when I was out junkyard crawling for some hard-to-find badging for my Torino, I came across this grouping of Marlins.

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Most were parts cars but it got me interested. So I spent the next 8 years looking for a Marlin. The restored cars were more than I wanted to spend and most others were rusted out and would require a lot of body work. So after a time I slowed my search. It was one those slow times in late 2019 that like the Torino search, it took a tv show to re-start my quest. TV and YouTube automotive personality Steve Magnante had a show on MotorTrend TV called JunkYard Gold. I love his tours and history lessons on cars.
So on one episode, he’s crawling through what turned out to be CTC Auto Ranch and there he is talking about the very cars that I had come across years earlier. That got me looking again and I found one for sale only two hours away at Heartland Classics in Effingham IL (they’ve since closed, I think). It was on it’s third paint job, the interior was almost completely trashed and it had a 6cyl and 3-speed on the column. But it ran and drove, and it was a complete car with very little rust. I later learned it spent most of it’s life in New Mexico.

I made a deal and trailered it home. So that’s where these posts start. I’ve got all kinds of grand plans for resto-modding it. We’ll see how that goes.
So is the car finished if so are there some pictures of the car finish it would be neat to see him I have a 66 also restored kind of okie dokie
Sorry Joe, I didn’t get notified of your post until now.
No, it’s not finished. And other than what I’ve posted, it’s hardly started. I simply can not find anyone that is willing to do some of the heavier work like the rear end and four link. I’ve even contacted a number of shops and most don’t even return my call.
The one that I did talk with turned me down.
What’s really funny is that I haven’t talked money or labor rates with anyone yet. I guess everyone is so busy they can be choosy about the work.
I’m considering a different path now that I’ve got the second Marlin for parts. If I can get the v-8 running, I might swap out the six cyl. But I’m just considering it for the moment.
David
By all means, post a picture of your Marlin here.