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    Xskid Thank You very much for the info ..Skeet

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    Lower hp blocks will also have fewer reeds on some cylinders. You want the large port motors with 10 reed holes on both sides of the reed cage. Serial numbers don't tell you which they are, you have to look inside.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xskid View Post
    comp is not the greatest. they should be 135 to 150.
    I don't think I would worry that at all. Who knows the gauge, done dry or wet, blocks sitting years, electric stater test, or rope pull, etc. If over 120..(yeah a little low), I'd say as long as equal, none under 90, possible no internal issues. Just my 2 cents..

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    tower of power

    1967 1100 ss

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    Very nice. I recognize the Michigan brand prop

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    Just A Day At The Park


    A day sometime in July of 1976 at Anderson Park in Tarpon Springs, Fl. These boats were owned my brother and myself back then, but were previously owned by two legends. The Rabco Streaker was one of many personal boats owned by the late and great Randy Rabe's (Parker's dad) of Rabco Racing fame. The Molinari was previously owned and actively campaigned by Jack Staples (Jody's dad) under the name of Whiff 'n Puff.

    Those were the days....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob V View Post
    Just A Day At The Park


    A day sometime in July of 1976 at Anderson Park in Tarpon Springs, Fl. These boats were owned my brother and myself back then, but were previously owned by two legends. The Rabco Streaker was one of many personal boats owned by the late and great Randy Rabe's (Parker's dad) of Rabco Racing fame. The Molinari was previously owned and actively campaigned by Jack Staples (Jody's dad) under the name of Whiff 'n Puff.

    Those were the days....
    Had a XS Merc/ Switzer, "those days", and 1976, was 26 years old too. Best times my life, boating "fast", the Illinois .."Chain of Lakes!"

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    3 on the transom
    very handsom

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    1974 1500xs restored. just got it done.

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    cant post pics. drag them to area, but wont attach. ???

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    thought XS's were 76-78 only?? i could be wrong...

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    Quote Originally Posted by xskid View Post
    cant post pics. drag them to area, but wont attach. ???
    Repost, but look above the post, see that square box, third in from the right? Click that, go to basic uploader, from computer, and then you can add a pic off your puter folder..try that..(I had a 74 too, torched a head, did a 76 XS block)..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Smyth View Post
    thought XS's were 76-78 only?? i could be wrong...
    Thats debatable, some know way more that me. BUT, we torched/"hole in one", a lotta blocks back then, and my 74 was a LWP gearcase. So if ya needed a new block, we did the XS on it. Its all in the serial numbers, (a "J" on the block tells all). Theres one here who would now..(Sam Chime in here!) Also, I will email my Merc Guru, the famous Dr Frankenmerc..he will know for sure.

    OK, just called him about this. Told me the 74 1500, had simple "blue stripe..no XS", but the louvered cowl, but had the LWP gearcase, and all SS. If there a "J", on the block, its a XS. heres some info on it, years, serial numbers made ...

    Mercury Outboard
    Models 1974-76
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    1974-76
    Merc 45
    1976
    1976
    Merc 1500XS

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    4319880 thru 4602011


    So I believe you are right, as XS was 76, , BUT, the LWP, louvered cowl, was in 74. Look at those pix I posted mine. The one with the "rooster", is a original 74 1500, see the blue stripe? After I torched a block, did a 76 XS block on it, and added (next pic), XS decals. But ya know damn well, what ya think ya might have, probably not original, as the IL6's, been seen with many wraps, etc, but the "J" on the block, tells all..

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    74 shorts were some or all LWP and louvered with J blocks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark75H View Post
    74 shorts were some or all LWP and louvered with J blocks
    Thanks..from what I remember, my 74 was a J, just not the coming XS, decals...correct?.

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