Interesting Photo...

...''Goat Got Yer Boat?"...https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...01&oe=5F576A85

FUJIMO, If you ever run low on these fabulous photos, please give me several days notice so I can pick which bridge I want to jump off of. Keep 'em coming!

...LOL...thanks, but we got plenty, gotta keep 'merica sane with humor...so's we don't get too serious...;)

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Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...LOL...thanks, but we got plenty, gotta keep 'merica sane with humor...so's we don't get too serious...;)

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And thats appreciated by more than you know- :iagree:

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Why all the laborious work and extra expenditures?
Is it because the 1500 engines were more available and reliable, then the older 800 engines?
And also did he desire, that old white cowling look to enhance his vintage rig?

I admire his dedication and final craftsmanship, but what a comment to undertake.

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...the engines were a pair of highly cosmetically & mechanically modified Mercury 1500 inline sixes, altered to looked like a pair of much older white Mercury 800's. short shaft newer inline gearcases, the newer taller cowling wraps relabeled & to look like the older shorter cowling wraps, newer top covers trimmed to look like the older 800's trim, 70's power trim, paint,...the list goes on... boat was homemade...ran in the sixty's...http://www.fiberglassics.com/media/k...eeperTwins.JPG

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Yes …...too the last pix...….any boat powered by 2 motors is sweet...…..

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Besides having available parts i`m sure the dude just wanted to go faster than the 800`s would go. I don`t blame him.

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Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...don't ask...https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/4o...ram-pickup.jpg

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That's what I call darn good brakes.......

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Originally Posted by Robby321

Bavarian engine work came about as part of the paperclip program. How else would you get these bastards in our country!
Wernher von Braun insisted on it. He said if not the Germans would all fall off the bikes because they didn't know how to ride "normal" bikes!

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Sehr guter Robbie … :cheers:<strike></strike>

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its a shame to chrome out your engine and then just cover it up...somebody's gotta make a clear canopy....

Without looking it up, I would think the BMW boxer is the longest running family of motorcycle engines in history.

We all have heard of them, but in 55+ years of spinning wrenches this is the first "black box" I've seen.
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Originally Posted by moparbarn

Without looking it up, I would think the BMW boxer is the longest running family of motorcycle engines in history.

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14 years after Harley first twins 1909 (single 1903) 1923 on BMWs. And they STILL have a dedicated following like HD.