Mercury Through The Years...

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Fred with his original Kiekhaefer Drives, in the mid-80's, on Tom Gentry's Scarab Offshore...

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Fred with his original Kiekhaefer Drives, in the mid-80's, on Tom Gentry's Offshore...

I remember Fred showing up at a Poker run with his 41 and the drives were painted yellow. He said that it was to prove to everyone that no matter what they looked like, they weren't lemons!! Good memories with the stories that night.

Joe

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...Fred Kiekhaefer in his 42 Mcmanus with yellow Number Six Speedmasters...

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[GENE LANHAM]

...Fred Kiekhaefer(previous president of Mercury Racing) and family friend & business partner Rex Runzheimer will be introducing the long awaited & much anticipated new K-Drive, initially behind diesel power. Rex owns Runzheimer International in Wisconsin, who's business is workforce mobility programs & related mobile workforce management, commercial real estate, etc., among many other businesses. Rex is the manager of the recently formed Miami Florida corporation KDrive, LLC. The new testbed boat is a Cigarette...or is it a NorTech...or...? In just a few more weeks we will have more exciting news regarding this new drive system. (file photo)

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How were those tabs adjusted?

Dave

Fixed tabs so it will be trial and error - Make a run, loosen bolts, readjust, try again. Fred said he had them amde because it porpoised - I haven't run it that much but not porpoise now.

[DanUmbarger]

Always loved the way my Hustler 13 ran with the Merc 80...lot of fun racing that boat!

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[2us70]

G Class really was great. I probably should have taken a better run at this class. The 850s were a terrific motor and this class provided a lot of bang for the buck.

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