Mercury Through The Years...

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**woodbender** · 05-03-2018, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM

Looks like the 'brothers' were not the only ones building WOODEN WINGS up North---?

This is a very interesting picture but if it is the 1st. Switzer wing can someone explain the black engines??

**Mark75H** · 05-03-2018, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by woodbender

This is a very interesting picture but if it is the 1st. Switzer wing can someone explain the black engines??

By the different cowling and the fact that the wing impression does not bump farther out on the side and that the cockpit comes fully down to the wing impression, this is definitly not the first wing. The cockpit side is different from any other Switzer I have seen photos of. I believe this may be a wooden copy; if it is a Switzer, its the only picture of this boat.

**Bob V** · 05-03-2018, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Mark75H

By the different cowling and the fact that the wing impression does not bump farther out on the side and that the cockpit comes fully down to the wing impression, this is definitly not the first wing. The cockpit side is different from any other Switzer I have seen photos of. I believe this may be a wooden copy; if it is a Switzer, its the only picture of this boat.

Could this be a Switzer Wing prototype? Correct me if I am wrong, but those black engines (probably 1000"s) predate the fiberglass Switzer wings. I think when the glass wings first came out, they were powered with BP's and Super BP's with stacks. Could the Switzer's have been testing /experimenting with this crude version before tooling up for production?

**DanUmbarger** · 05-03-2018, 09:46 PM

Mark75H...after talking to my dad I don't believe this is the first wing built...he has told me in the past that it was basically him and Dave Switzer that built the first wing. This pic just happened to be in a bunch I got from him years ago and I thought it was a cool pic. When I asked him about the pic , his exact words were "I don’t remember that boat I don’t think it was the first version that I worked on and was raced at lake Winnebago" , that's all I know at the moment, I have sent him an email for more pics if he has any.

Originally Posted by Mark75H

By the different cowling and the fact that the wing impression does not bump farther out on the side and that the cockpit comes fully down to the wing impression, this is definitly not the first wing. The cockpit side is different from any other Switzer I have seen photos of. I believe this may be a wooden copy; if it is a Switzer, its the only picture of this boat.