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Bristol England 1973.
Race day and there was a couple of Asian (which I assumed were Japanese) guys.
And this one guy with a camera was taking photos in the pits, of every angle of the race rigs.
Reverse engineering by photos?
In Fujimo's photo the guy with the camera reminded me of the Bristol scene.
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Originally Posted by FUJIMO
Mercury Marine's V12 Outboard has it public debut, at the R&D proving grounds of Mercury Lake X in 2021.
https://youtu.be/CtDP2UrEXoU
100 hp Mercury inline 6 cylinder to the behemoth V12.
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What will be an interesting read and history, is in the future when the Mercury Marine engineers, managers, and tech personnel reveal the project's inspiration, design innovations, and the R&D trails behind making the V12 Outboard a production engine.
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...pretty incredible innovation really...
...then again, so was mercury's first V-6...
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Originally Posted by FUJIMO
SOME clot left the gate wide open on that one —- Mercury really did get the sh-tty end of the stick on that one.
Methinks its high time the designation of an outboard was rethunk ——- makes me laugh now when Leek and Garbrecht got together and protested the “ COSWORTH OUTBOARD”. ONE OF THE REASONS WAS ITS OVERALL WEIGHT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lake X Kid
Just to refresh your memories the designation of an outboard according to UIM rules ———IT SHALL BE REMOVABLE FROM THE TRANSOM COMPLETE WITH ITS DRIVE.
NO MENTION OF A FORKLIFT WHATSOEVER ANYWERE ???????
I had to play tour guide when they came thru the Hickory Street Plant 4. Big mistake - we had a lot of WW2 veterans working there - some of the operators refused to run thier machines, wounds run deep. Spomeone spilled coofee on them. Another bunch at another time were touring the sand cast foundry. I got a call from someone out there, asked if they could see Plant 4. II can't approve it, but let me ask our plant manager. He exploded! "Son of a Bitch!" He said he had a call asking if these guys could come in and see our enertia welding operation for shafts. He said no way - so they were trying to get in through the back door by going to the foundry directly behind our plant and then figuring they could get in - didn't happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
I see in the back row with the grin K. Brooks Abernathy, think he was Brunswick CEO, Jack Reichert seated shaking hands. We used to joke that Abernathy cojuld smile and say "you're fired" better than ECK!Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
...amazing how much the u.s. relationship with japan changed over the years, starting in the late sixties. i remember, in the seventies, everything you picked up in your household, said "made in japan" on it. and i mean "everything"...
Jesus wept , but there was a bunch of dingleberries as head honchos at mercury —Carl K. Would spin in his grave at the damn fool idiots that were head honcho at the Firm.Quote:
Originally Posted by bernie