Mercury Through The Years...

[FUJIMO]

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[GENE LANHAM]

Those might have been the ones I rigged. Not many people know it but those motors had cast steel swivel brackets -

Kinda like the bronze carriers?

[bernie]

Kinda like the bronze carriers?

Hardest part about casting a different alloy is the rate of shrink - tooling designed for aluminum shrinkage , then steel doesn't shrink as much, hopefully able to just machine off the excess. Bronze bearing carrier probably doesn't shrink like an aluminum one either. For a few parts not hard to do but a big run of them would require major tooling changes. When I had the sand cast foundry cast me aluminum flywheel rings in the steel molds not a big deal because the entire flywheel ring got machined. I had two flywheels made, one went on my M1350, the other I sent to Hi-Perf as an idea - and low and behold, aluminum race flywheels came about. This was around 1969-70.

[Onetime]

Marine World - Redwood City, California -

Pretty amazing looking at this picture and remembering when Marine World was at this location. You wouldn’t recognize the area now compared to this photo! Marine world is gone as it was then and moved to Vallejo, California. Not sure if they even have the waterski and boat show any more. It’s a Six Flags Amuesement Park now.
The old location is now Redwood Shores and nothing but apartments and condo’s. Part of the peninsula huge and insane growth since Silicon Valley and .com.

[FUJIMO]

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[RogerH]

Fujimo, Could you explain the merits of having a 2nd line of product - Mariner vs Mercury. They do this with cars - Ford - Mercury, and I don't understand the economics of this. Just wondering


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[bernie]

Fujimo

, Could you explain the merits of having a 2nd line of product - Mariner vs Mercury. They do this with cars - Ford - Mercury, and I don't understand the economics of this. Just wondering

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I'm not Fugimo, but here's the deal. Mariner is only sold on the International market - the brand has enjoyed a great following ever since its inception, and continues to do so overseas. You cannot buy a Mariner in the US or Canada.

[RogerH]

Thanks Bernie...That makes sense, but it doesn't fly for the auto manufacturers Yukon vs Tahoe, Yukon XL vs Suburban etc...


I'm not Fugimo, but here's the deal. Mariner is only sold on the International market - the brand has enjoyed a great following ever since its inception, and continues to do so overseas. You cannot buy a Mariner in the US or Canada.[/QUOTE]

[bernie]

Thanks Bernie...That makes sense, but it doesn't fly for the auto manufacturers Yukon vs Tahoe, Yukon XL vs Suburban etc...


I'm not Fugimo, but here's the deal. Mariner is only sold on the International market - the brand has enjoyed a great following ever since its inception, and continues to do so overseas. You cannot buy a Mariner in the US or Canada.

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When Mariner was introduced back in mid 70's, I remember sitting in a big pow wow in the Merc Auditorium where we were told it would be International only - I don't think it was two years later there were Mariner dealers everywhere in the US to counter the Johnson/ Evinrude market. I came very close to being Fond du Lac's Mariner dealer put couldn't pull the financing together to lease a shop, get boat lines, parts inventory, full engine lineup, etc.

[FMP]

Thanks Bernie...That makes sense, but it doesn't fly for the auto manufacturers Yukon vs Tahoe, Yukon XL vs Suburban etc...


I'm not Fugimo, but here's the deal. Mariner is only sold on the International market - the brand has enjoyed a great following ever since its inception, and continues to do so overseas. You cannot buy a Mariner in the US or Canada.

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I've seen too many mariners up here over the years . Someone had to have been selling them.
Loads of fishing tiller rentals, maybe the Natives as well.
Heck yes, I remember where the Mariner sign was. Don't think it was repairs for motors that weren't here.