Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[jackiewilson]

Poor old MALIBUSTANG has been kicked from arsehole to breakfast time.. Most unloved concept i ever did . It just somehow always got in the way, i almost finished it once, then it got shelved, then forgotten.

[FUJIMO]

...as somebody's sainted mother used to say: "kill the job"

[FUJIMO]

[FUJIMO]

[jackiewilson]

I made a hard top for the 1907 sRolls Royce Silver Ghost that Rich Luhr commissioned. It never quite looked right, especially towing the wing, so i chucked it under the bench, where it has stayed until now. It was in the concept graveyard, along with the “MALIBUSTANG”.

[jackiewilson]

One of the most expensive bits of string i ever bought in my life. Wooden toggle is missing but i kept the bit of string. theres mitigating circumstances and a tale to be told here!
As a Merc dealer, you are required to stock a vast array of spare parts covering all models. one of those requirements was a pull cord to wind round the fly wheel , swift tug and voila, you’re away.
Cost of said bit of string was a kings ransome. About twenty times what it was actually worth.
Ok, so it was waxed and had a wooden toggle, couple of quid on a good day, Most Mercs, from a thirty five up to a hundred, all had a pull cord behind the front cover. They were long lasting, ive had this particular one nearly sixty years.

[FUJIMO]

...good rope, thats why it lasted...

[jackiewilson]

I bought a whole reel from Mercury. Lasted for years.

[techteam]

Looks like proper old sash window cord.

[jackiewilson]

Looks like proper old sash window cord.

Was a lot thinner than that. The very last replacement starter cord is holding my workshop door open right now!

[jackiewilson]

LOOK WHAT I JUST FOUND COMING OUT OF THE UNDERGROWTH . Its been lost for the last five tears, guess it must have just run out of water. Was travelling at a hell of a speed.

[FUJIMO]

[WaterZebra]

One of the most expensive bits of string i ever bought in my life. Wooden toggle is missing but i kept the bit of string. theres mitigating circumstances and a tale to be told here!
As a Merc dealer, you are required to stock a vast array of spare parts covering all models. one of those requirements was a pull cord to wind round the fly wheel , swift tug and voila, you’re away.
Cost of said bit of string was a kings ransome. About twenty times what it was actually worth.
Ok, so it was waxed and had a wooden toggle, couple of quid on a good day, Most Mercs, from a thirty five up to a hundred, all had a pull cord behind the front cover. They were long lasting, ive had this particular one nearly sixty years.

Merc still packaged a back up pull cord stored in a pouch behind the cowl faceplate well after 1976. I think the idea of pull cords vanished with the introduction of the T3 V6.

[FUJIMO]

...still around under a couple different part numbers, also at west marine, etc...

[GENE LANHAM]

Poor old MALIBUSTANG has been kicked from arsehole to breakfast time.. Most unloved concept i ever did . It just somehow always got in the way, i almost finished it once, then it got shelved, then forgotten.

Still a work in progress, Jackie--

Down to the nitty/gritty items that take so long with ARTHRITIC fingers--

___and winter comes early in the mountains--