Mercury Through The Years...

**FUJIMO** · 01-29-2021, 10:34 AM

**FUJIMO** · 01-29-2021, 10:58 AM

**FUJIMO** · 01-29-2021, 12:27 PM

**MN4V** · 01-29-2021, 06:00 PM

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**bernie** · 01-29-2021, 06:22 PM

https://www.mercurymarine.com/en/us/...XZI__loQGkOCdw

**Mark75H** · 01-29-2021, 07:56 PM

And within a few months, some good logic provided dies for this machine to cast shapes that were previously considered impossible. The very familiar front halves of the Merc 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder motors

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

**FUJIMO** · 01-29-2021, 08:40 PM

**FUJIMO** · 01-29-2021, 08:56 PM

... https://youtu.be/KIa88ktnC44 ...

**Lake X Kid** · 01-29-2021, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...always had "Merl" on his uniform... Merlyn Culver...pasted away back in 1974. Mercury's first sales manager. he renamed elmer's thor outboards "Mercury" in 1940 at the new york boat show, with carl's permission. was kiekhaefer mercury's first outboard distributor, out of his dayton ohio shop, up until the mid-60's when carl took it away from him & another major hardware store distributorship in florida(gainesville), and began shipping motors directly from the factory to the dealers. this was when carl built the kiekhaefer st. cloud florida
"parts" (and engines)distribution building on 441 there & a couple others in key locations...

Fujimo here is the Gainesville distributorship dealer you mention. Roy Ridgell (the younger guy in the photo) was working at Baird Hardware, and he later segued way into working at the Mercury Sarasota facility, and then later Mercury Lake X. Beginning his 30+ year career with Mercury Marine.