Diamond Marine Thumbs up !

**Tom Foley** · 02-15-2018, 08:02 AM

Many thanks to Marty and Joe at Diamond Marine for the good parts and fast service . Very good guys to deal with .

Thanks a bunch .

**tux974** · 02-15-2018, 08:55 AM

Top notch guys and operation

**Frank Molé** · 02-15-2018, 03:39 PM

great guys, best work/service......THE END....................

**Bodhi** · 02-15-2018, 04:04 PM

When it comes time to rebuild/finesse the 2.5....it'll be heading to Diamond

**FUJIMO** · 02-15-2018, 04:22 PM

Been a Ft. Lauderdale Mercury staple for a lot of years. Great guys.

**Onetime** · 02-15-2018, 04:56 PM

And before Fort Lauderdale, Long Island.

**Tom Foley** · 02-15-2018, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Onetime

And before Fort Lauderdale, Long Island.

I met them briefly in 1978 while working at Orient Express Motorcycles in Freeport . The owner Jack O' Malley was good friends with them. they were Diamond Race Cars then .Really great to meet them again over the last few years .

**tux974** · 02-15-2018, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Tom Foley

I met them briefly in 1978 while working at Orient Express Motorcycles in Freeport . The owner Jack O' Malley was good friends with them. they were Diamond Race Cars then .Really great to meet them again over the last few years .

Very true. They built race car engines for a few famous races in their shop in Farmingdale.
Good guys and friends. Always go out of their way to help.

**Scream And Fly** · 02-15-2018, 11:18 PM

Diamond Marine is legendary for a very good reason. Marty and Joe are not only among the best in the business, but great guys.

Marty sent me their programmable ECU, which was the very first reprogrammable, digital ECU for Mercury 2.4/2.5 engines, and it was made in the 1980s! Some are even still in service today. I was so happy to see this show up, and I consider it a very important piece of performance outboard history.

Their work is true craftsmanship.

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**tux974** · 02-16-2018, 05:55 AM

Greg, very cool piece! Many tricks and things they have been doing for years that many of us do not know about.....

Definitely pioneers in the sport.

**TooStroked** · 02-16-2018, 04:21 PM

They've laid hands on my power head twice. Once when the motor was new (in 1992) and a few years ago when it was time for a rebuild. Great people to deal with and the motor has always run flawlessly!

**Instigator** · 02-17-2018, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by Tom Foley

I met them briefly in 1978 while working at Orient Express Motorcycles in Freeport . The owner Jack O' Malley was good friends with them. they were Diamond Race Cars then .Really great to meet them again over the last few years .

I loved the pixs on their website of their Pro Stock cars from the day.

I made a comment to them one time of wanting to tour their shop and even knowing I'm an OMC guy they invited me down.
I screwed up and didn't go ��

**Chummy** · 02-17-2018, 10:24 AM

Lots of HP comes outta that shop

**boston** · 02-17-2018, 04:10 PM

Simply they are the best...and authorized Mercury dealers.

**Scream And Fly** · 02-17-2018, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by boston

Simply they are the best...and authorized Mercury dealers.

Marty told me they are working on some really cool stuff, and I can’t wait to see it. When I first moved to Florida, Marty and Joe invited me to their facility in Ft. Lauderdale. I was overwhelmed with how clean and organized it is, and being surrounded by the coolest components and engines in the business. First class all the way. I still have the photos from the article I did back then. I’ll post the, again because it’s a sight to see. Can’t wait to go back.

And I also want to jam with Marty on guitar. He has some amazing guitars!