Mercury Through The Years...

**FUJIMO** · 01-14-2016, 09:10 PM

**FUJIMO** · 01-14-2016, 09:16 PM

**FUJIMO** · 01-14-2016, 09:19 PM

**Dave Strong** · 01-14-2016, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

Remember seeing this in a mag once, never heard anything about it after.

Dave

**FUJIMO** · 01-14-2016, 09:30 PM

**FUJIMO** · 01-14-2016, 09:32 PM

**bernie** · 01-15-2016, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

Who could forget HydraSteer? Nickname was "HydraDeath" 'cause if it broke at WOT you were going for a ride!

**FUJIMO** · 01-15-2016, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by bernie

Who could forget HydraSteer? Nickname was "HydraDeath" 'cause if it broke at WOT you were going for a ride!

At that specific point in time, V-6 outboard hydraulic steering didn't really exist. HyNautic was a poor exception, with a tilt-tube cylinder & H-50 helm, that came out a year or so later. Everyone was still steering their V-6's with Ride-Guide. Wiithin a year or so, HyNautic came out with the front mount K-10 cylinder, Latham Marine produced side mount cylinders, then tilt-tube side cylinders, then front-mount cylinders, and then everyone else evolved they're systems. We tested and prototyped 2.4/200 HydraSteer midsections as well, at the same time, that never went into production. Every 300 HydraSteer I saw at the dealer level was removed, hydraulic steering installed, then seatrialed/delivered to the customer. The consumer 300/3.4 lower unit water pump went through three major design changes within the first four years of production.

**bernie** · 01-15-2016, 10:12 AM

Here I made post #682 look more better - that Wisconsins talk for "I improved it!"

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**bernie** · 01-15-2016, 10:39 AM

[QUOTE=FUJIMO;2822125]At that specific point in time, V-6 outboard hydraulic steering didn't really exist. HyNautic was a poor exception, with a tilt-tube cylinder & H-50 helm, that came out a year or so later. Everyone was still steering their V-6's with Ride-Guide. Wiithin a year or so, HyNautic came out with the front mount K-10 cylinder, Latham Marine produced side mount cylinders, then tilt-tube side cylinders, then front-mount cylinders, and then everyone else evolved they're systems. We tested and prototyped 2.4/200 HydraSteer midsections as well, at the same time, that never went into production. Every 300 HydraSteer I saw at the dealer level was removed, hydraulic steering installed, then seatrialed/delivered to the customer. The consumer 300/3.4 lower unit water pump went through three major design changes within the first four years of production.

Be careful Fugi - one of these days you will say something that will jog my memory and I will figure out who you are! I ran one of the proto Hydra steers on a 200 mid - running at WFOT trimmed to the moon, chopped the throttle, got a instant case of torque reversal - that was enough for me to poo poo the idea.
Which just jogged my memory - very few people know that HydraSteer was first tried on MerCruiser Alpha.

**lilabner** · 01-15-2016, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by bernie

Here I made post #682 look more better - that Wisconsins talk for "I improved it!"

Only the picture..#54 boat was as close to perfect as you could ever hope for. Bobby raced it before me and won about every time, as I did after Marcel took it off the roof of his car for me to run next. Lucy said it was their fishin boat, and she loved it. I was lucky enough to have Marcel surprise before the start of the first Six Hour Race with my co-driver as he said he would. The great Craig DeWald, whom I idolized at the time, and one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. He co drove with me and Richie Baiz in the 70 HP class, and we won both..

**Michael J Giesler** · 01-15-2016, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Dave Strong

Remember seeing this in a mag once, never heard anything about it after.

Dave

Dave some of us were lucky to see this at the racing plant but it was not for sale Kapitan Kurt tried to buy it

**2us70** · 01-15-2016, 02:14 PM

This was my ride in the 1966 9 Hour. I went to High School with Ronny and Brooke ( Mr. Russell to me) took me under his wing and taught me a lot. I was running a flat bottom SE boat at the time so the Miami to New York boat was a lot different. I was relief driver for Brooke on the first day and then shared driving and later riding mechanic duties with Ronny and Ron Cherry on the restart oon day 2. Ronny was probably about 17 when this picture was taken.

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

**Dave Strong** · 01-15-2016, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by Michael J Giesler

Dave some of us were lucky to see this at the racing plant but it was not for sale Kapitan Kurt tried to buy it

Would have loved to see it run.

Dave

**T2x** · 01-15-2016, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by 2us70

This was my ride in the 1966 9 Hour. I went to High School with Ronny and Brooke ( Mr. Russell to me) took me under his wing and taught me a lot. I was running a flat bottom SE boat at the time so the Miami to New York boat was a lot different. I was relief driver for Brooke on the first day and then shared driving and later riding mechanic duties with Ronny and Ron Cherry on the restart oon day 2.

I remember that boat in the Hudson River Marathon... It was pretty beat up by then, but it did finish. It was quite a bit bigger than the Allisons, Checkmates, and Glastrons in its class and gave away a lot in speed....