Tech specs of late inlines.

[milkdud]

Droll,

Let me know when you find a 1972 1400 short shaft. I still dont think they were around. One reason is: This model had the new dual port exhaust housing in the mid. I dont think they had the NEW short shaft mids tooled up.

They were using the OLD mids to supply short shaft motors in the 1150 motors. Then in 1973 you saw the 1500 produced as a short shaft.

I have a friend that thinks he has a 1972 short shaft 1400. He is going to check the serial numbers, and I bet he finds its not what he thinks it is. If the serial numbers match then Ill let you know and post it here.

Conrad

[milkdud]

My friend out west confirmed he has a 1972 1400 SHORT SHAFT. Powerhead numbers match the mid numbers. So either they made some and he has a fairly rare motor.

Or some were converted to short shafts at the dealerships and serial tags were changed for a smooth conversion for customers that needed the short on their boat.

Conrad

[milkdud]

My friend out west confirmed he has a 1972 1400 SHORT SHAFT. Powerhead numbers match the mid numbers. So either they made some and he has a fairly rare motor.

Or some were converted to short shafts at the dealerships and serial tags were changed for a smooth conversion for customers that needed the short on their boat.

Conrad

[petlun]

I clearly remember "Raceman", who posted often here until some time ago (where have all the soldiers gone by the way?), has explained (more than once as far as I remember) there were no 1400 short shafts for 1972 to begin with. Reason was the tooling for the SS midsection with the new exhaust configuration was yet not ready for production.

That, he said, was the reason the 1150 was offered also as a SS in 72 (the 1150 still used the old exhaust configuration so tools and parts were there from before) as a kind of substitute for a higher hp SS Merc.

But then sometime well into the season, someone like "Raceman"´s friend´s father, who was an employe with Mercury or had close connections with them or so, showed up someplace with a from factory new Short Shaft 1400. (Sorry to say I don´t have the skills to do a successful search on the thread in question.)

My 1972 brochure says "Long shaft only" for the 1400, but the parts list shows as described in posts before this one also SS parts for the 72 1400.

PL

[wogi]

as for this 1400 short shaft debate, My father in early 1972 bought a New 1400 short shaft from a high perf dealer in WI, and get this it had a louvered cowl with the blue band 1400 decal

[MN4V]

as for this 1400 short shaft debate, My father in early 1972 bought a New 1400 short shaft from a high perf dealer in WI, and get this it had a louvered cowl with the blue band 1400 decal

Do you remember if the block was painted silver or black? I have a friend that says his dad bought a 1972 1400 short shaft too. And his block was black. But, I have a 1400 with a silver block.
Mark N

[wogi]

black block

[Mark75H]

I thought the 1350 was the last silver ... maybe the 1400 was transitional