Mercury Through The Years...

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In this picture As Barry is passing Billy for the Umtenth time,Billy and crew were 15 mim. behind Barry. Barry broke 15 min before the end of the race. 8 carb bolts magickly were loose.

15 min left, carb nuts loose. I suppose someone from Mercury loosened them. Fact is he broke and lost and again a Mercury won. That’s racing.

[2us70]

I am guessing high frequency vibration is the culprit here. I don't think blue locktite was not on the market back then. I recall some of the alky racers using safety wire for that very reason.

[mbd29]

I am guessing high frequency vibration is the culprit here. I don't think blue locktite was not on the market back then. I recall some of the alky racers using safety wire for that very reason.

Or maybe someone forgot to torque them! Or maybe if they had been running fuel injection it wouldn’t have happened.

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15 min left, carb nuts loose. I suppose someone from Mercury loosened them. Fact is he broke and lost and again a Mercury won. That’s racing.

Hold on a second Mike! He might be on to somthin' there... Wasn't Jackie Wilson at that race? Course he'd never fess up to it...

[mbd29]

Hold on a second Mike! He might be on to somthin' there... Wasn't Jackie Wilson at that race? Course he'd never fess up to it...

That’s it Jackie did it.��������

[lars strom]

Well.. I raced the Paris 6 Hours 1974 and remember very well when the overall leader (03 Scotti/Evinrude Rotary) passed me sometimes very close, but disappeared at the very end of the 6 hour race.
I also remember Jackie was not in the entry list for the race.
Maybe he was hiding behind the two rotary powered boats before the race.
I also remember the headlines after the race the year before (1973) when OMC and Merc raced the first V6 outboards.

Headlines after Paris 6 Hours 1973..http://svera.se/blogg/paris-6-hours/...as-a-disaster/

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