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    WTB - OPC thrust block

    looking for a vintage thrust block for use on an inline 6 motor. thanks

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    wonder if david van weele at aeroliner might have a line on something? he's up by u in new smyrna beach.

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    good idea. will drop him a note thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Smyth View Post
    good idea. will drop him a note thanks
    I just got a nice used one from a friend - I'll see if he has any others -

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    I only owned one thrust bracket in all the years I raced. It was a large single Acme threaded pin with a 90 degree y machined on the end. It fitted into a matching thread socket welded and gusseted to a plate bolted to the transom. It also included a large jam nut to hold the setting. This whole thing was done in Stainless Steel. I came on the Raveau I bought in 1965 and I think It may have been fabricated from some scrap pieces of material. The y section of the pin had a small chunk out of one side which did not affect it's use. I have been told one of the boats former owners may have gotten someone at the Key West Navy base to make this part. When I got this bracket it was using pieces of car tires to line the y section. I switched to solid nylon blocks and ran that bracket on every race boat I ever owned and a couple that I didn't own. Every picture of every race boat I have posted on these pages is running with that bracket. Ran it through 1976 when I stopped racing.

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    I remember I made one in shop metal class in school in the 70's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM View Post
    I have one of these assemblies BRAND NEW. just hate to cannibalize it

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