Mercury Through The Years...

**FUJIMO** · 09-10-2021, 10:26 AM

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**FUJIMO** · 09-10-2021, 09:17 PM

**powerabout** · 09-10-2021, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

nice fuel filter location, looks great NOT!

**willabee** · 09-11-2021, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by Bob V

Hi Bill ... Definitely running TII's. There is no mistaking those cowls with the air holes on the top front.

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I sure can't argue with your photographic evidence, I didn't see those holes until you enlarged the photo. I tried again to find the earlier discussion about this but was unsuccessful. I just wanted to see what we decided these were and what photo(s) we used for that decision.

**Mark75H** · 09-11-2021, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by powerabout

nice fuel filter location, looks great NOT!

I agree, looks like the afterthought of afterthoughts. Not even symmetrical, both hose to the right

**WaterZebra** · 09-11-2021, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by willabee

I sure can't argue with your photographic evidence, I didn't see those holes until you enlarged the photo. I tried again to find the earlier discussion about this but was unsuccessful. I just wanted to see what we decided these were and what photo(s) we used for that decision.

My first clue was the blue factory decal. I can't recall ever seeing TIs with a blue band wrap Decals were always red themed until the TII series. Second, was the cowl profile in general. The air inlet holes at the top sealed the deal.

As far as twin racing rigs go, I think Reggie was the only OD who ran twin TIIs. Twin TIIs can take their place alongside the infamous OMC rotary............never to be seen again.

**Lake X Kid** · 09-11-2021, 12:06 PM

Lake X 1960 had to be self-sufficient in power and water. My Dad, and our family, moved there in the fall season of 1959. Steve Siros in his descriptive photo did not identify a crucial building. I will call it the utility building.

Lake X was three miles from highway 441, and the nearest house then was two miles from Lake X. There was no electrical power lines reaching out to the remote rural location know as
Mercury Lake X.

This little insignificant block building was significant; it supplied modernity to Lake X. The generator that supplied electricity to the shop, office, and residences was housed in this utility building. Fresh water to drink and bath pumped from the utility room. And also there was a washer and dryer in the building, were people like my Mother went to wash our family’s clothes. This utility building was the “little engine that could”.

This is the Electrical power & Water utility building at Mercury Lake X.

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Here is Steve Sirois (brother of Bill Sirois) fine job of labeling the Mercury Lake X complex.

**Bob V** · 09-11-2021, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by WaterZebra

My first clue was the blue factory decal. I can't recall ever seeing TIs with a blue band wrap Decals were always red themed until the TII series. Second, was the cowl profile in general. The air inlet holes at the top sealed the deal.

As far as twin racing rigs go, I think Reggie was the only OD who ran twin TIIs. Twin TIIs can take their place alongside the infamous OMC rotary............never to be seen again.

The original first edition Twisters (not Twister 1's) were red striped. These were a very limited production. The Twister 1's that followed and the Twister II's were blue striped.

First Edition Twister: