Evinrude Test Center Auction, Stuart, FL

**Chaz** · 12-03-2020, 12:32 PM

Go to the store and buy a a new truck ... $65,000.00

Go to the parts counter at the same store and order everything you need to assemble it yourself ... $390,000.00

In a nice utopian society , they would have every part in stock . Now lets look at your 260 . Just breeze up to the parts counter and order a new block , crank , and one piston / rod assy ...

Oopppsss ... if you can't buy parts for a motor in the most popular (2.5) outboard family ... ever.

What makes you think John / Rude is gonna stock parts to the ceiling , and flow out in UPS trucks with the greatest of ease ... next year, let alone a dime from now .

**H2OPERF** · 12-03-2020, 01:40 PM

Exactly, Plus the factory is gone you cant even make the important parts anymore. Back to the beginning lol..

**Chaz** · 12-03-2020, 05:12 PM

I just got off the phone with Joe .. no the other one

He said Jill is pointing him to a new factory location somewhere in Asia .. The yill .. err .. will , Ahhhhh .. yes ahhhhh be making Tek-ee G-1 thru 6 there .. and that he wood get %25 for introducting tham ..

Markie .. how far are you from mainland china .. maybe you can become
#1 vendor san ..

**keith scotton** · 12-04-2020, 06:59 PM

I am glad these men fought on through problems in stead of giving up.
Olie Evinrude
Ralph Evinrude
David Stratton
Louis Johnson
Harry Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Warren Conover
Clay Conover
Carl Kiekhaefer
Charlie Strang
Joseph-Armond Bombardier
These people and a lots of others made our play toys possible.
The boating industry is better than I have seen in a long time but it always goes up and down.
Maybe we should look before we jump one way or the other.
Enjoy Life Keith

**Markus** · 12-07-2020, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by Chaz

What makes you think John / Rude is gonna stock parts to the ceiling , and flow out in UPS trucks with the greatest of ease ... next year, let alone a dime from now .

Because it is good business, and they have every incentive to sell parts as long as there is demand.

They don't need to stock parts to the ceiling - for many SKUs, they can forecast what they need and order accordingly from suppliers when they need them. It may surprise you, but suppliers keep making parts for products that are no longer sold new.

Again, the way to do this is proven in lots of industries that have continued to sell parts for models that are no longer sold.

Mercury stopped selling new 2.5 260s 23 years ago. There probably isn't enough demand for new parts to make it worthwhile for Mercury to keep making them. So owners have to make do with used parts and aftermarket parts.

Now, it may well be that Mercury isn't granular enough in its approach to deciding when to stop selling parts for different models, and that the race engines have viable parts businesses for longer than Mercury provides parts.

Back to Evinrude: I remember, many years ago, Brunswick's CEO told me that most of the parts business is gone after 7 years, which is why he thought BRP would give up on Evinrude much, much earlier than they did: OMC sales of new engines had fallen off a cliff, and parts sales (where the money is made) were facing a similar cliff. On the other hand, the 7 years he referred to is the rule of thumb used in the automotive industry. He may simply have picked it up from there.

Most of the people that you are second-guessing are competent executives that run these business quite well.

Mercury has never been a hippie collective building race engines to make the world a happier place. And OMC building the engine used by somebody's grandfather does not give the Evinrude name the right to live on forever.<object id="__symantecPKIClientMessenger" data-supports-flavor-configuration="true" data-extension-version="1.0.1" style="display: none;"></object>__PRESENT

**Chaz** · 12-08-2020, 12:34 AM

Markie mark ,

Thanks for taking the time to explain to me , what I said to you a few posts earlier ..

They don't need to stock parts to the ceiling - for many SKUs, they can forecast what they need and order accordingly from suppliers when they need them. It may surprise you, but suppliers keep making parts for products that are no longer sold new.

Market forecasts ... yea, how'd the crystal ball work out on that one ..

Brunswick CEO ... I didn't think you can buy just one bowling ball at a time from the source ...

I take it you already live in China ...

Tell the truth .. you drive a KIA with a "save the whales" decal on both bumpers .. donnn~cha ...

**JPEROG** · 12-08-2020, 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by Chaz

I just got off the phone with Joe .. no the other one

He said Jill is pointing him to a new factory location somewhere in Asia .. The yill .. err .. will , Ahhhhh .. yes ahhhhh be making Tek-ee G-1 thru 6 there .. and that he wood get %25 for introducting tham ..

Markie .. how far are you from mainland china .. maybe you can become
#1 vendor san ..

Now that guy looks like a real world leader. If he didn't have his wife telling him where to go, he would be walking in circles like a Racoon with parvovirus. His secret security guy looks like he is ready to come stand him back up after he falls over. His walk is more of a stagger and she is so used to balancing him, she now does it in public I guess!!

Joe

**Chaz** · 12-08-2020, 09:05 AM

There is so much to that picture ..

Everyone gets a custom mask .. The maybe POTUS .. gets a cheapie .

Your right , the SS detail is waiting for her to panic even worse , step in before they both hit hit the ground.

The X-VP looks to be telling her , I like the phones at this store, buy me the first one on my right .

The reporter girl with shades nestled in her hair .. has heard the whole thing and can't help from cracking up .

Sad day for the United States ..

**Dave S** · 12-08-2020, 09:56 AM

HeeHee..... Blow farts in their Masks........Just Me.........

**FUJIMO** · 12-08-2020, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Chaz

...There is so much to that picture...

...there sure is...

**FUJIMO** · 12-08-2020, 01:13 PM

...but lest we not forget the thread title...

**Chaz** · 12-08-2020, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...but lest we not forget the thread title...

A real kill-joy .. you are ...

Ok-Ok , so I spoke to G yesterday .. he said guys that worked there years ago went to the auction to get something out of their past . Maybe some tool's , parts they remember , wondering if some of it might still be there.
Everything sold for way over value .. he was kind on goin off about how one of the paint storage cabinets he wanted .. went for $300 dollars. It was funny .. you can buy a brand ****** new one from Northern supply for half that ...

Auction hysteria .. bro .

**H2OPERF** · 12-09-2020, 08:06 AM

I was thinkin all u had to do was paint Second Effort on the side of those old rusty cabinets with some dirty jonrude stickers and watch the money fly. lol

**H2OPERF** · 12-09-2020, 08:28 AM

Hate to admit but i did bid on a few gearcase tools i guess partly to say they came from there... why i don't know, but like G said everything went for rediculously high prices. I was talking to Kevin on the phone and told him man i'm a cheap ass afraid to pay too much and he said no ur smart, lol... I think stuff will start showing up on ebay and you wont have to buy the junk along with the gold n silver... I buy stuff on Ebay all the time from sellers i have saved that buy big lots from govt auctions.

**Chaz** · 12-09-2020, 09:27 AM

I use to go to the auction houses with my friend who was the used car manager at Stuart Nissan.
An Escalade would roll across the block .. guys would bid $ 8, 9, 10 K on it .. my friend would lean over and whisper .. I guess he didn't look at it real good, someone already got the LS3 , 4L80 box out of it and the whole right side is missing all the way back to the bent rear axle housing .. somebody give me 10~5 .. 10-5 .. how bout 10 and a quata , 10- quata, 10-quata .. sold to the gentleman for $ 10,000

Brutal if you don't know the market ...