Unfortunately for Mercury after all the above improvements this motor was still a crossflow design. The OMC loopers just had more grunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by peterse90
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Unfortunately for Mercury after all the above improvements this motor was still a crossflow design. The OMC loopers just had more grunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by peterse90
...always had "Merl" on his uniform... Merlyn Culver...pasted away back in 1974. Mercury's first sales manager. he renamed elmer's thor outboards "Mercury" in 1940 at the new york boat show, with carl's permission. was kiekhaefer mercury's first outboard distributor, out of his dayton ohio shop, up until the mid-60's when carl took it away from him & another major hardware store distributorship in florida(gainesville), and began shipping motors directly from the factory to the dealers. this was when carl built the kiekhaefer st. cloud florida
"parts" (and engines)distribution building on 441 there & a couple others in key locations...
Yet they say you can't fish out of a Allison :)Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
22R
15 hp Merc two stroke and that thing would be the bomb :cheers:
...continuation of a 1957 magazine article on the future of outboards - note the mercury clamp bracketed engines...http://johnsoldmercurysite.com/phpBB...1015&mode=view
...margo presenting carl with trophy for winning in ocean racing(bahamas 500) - 1967 - new york - http://johnsoldmercurysite.com/phpBB...=437&mode=view
Great picture. Look what we used to do!Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
...US1 National Champion Beep Beep - Power By MerCruiser Hi-Performance - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/1d...3763580e8f.jpg