Thanks for the history lesson. Sure brought back some great memories of the old Mercs. My first encounter was dad buying a used 40 hp. What a horrible motor. We were of the opinion that it had spent some time on the bottom of the lake. Much to our extreme surprise, dad came home one day in 1959 and announced that he had traded it in on a brand new 40. Much to my surprise, this turned out to be a great motor. We ran it for 10 years or so, and then my cousin bought it and ran it another 10. My first encounter with the 6 cyl engine was in the mid 60's. Dad had a 2nd cottage that he rented to a guy that had a large cedar strip boat with not one but two on the transom. The nickname we had for them in our area was "dock crasher" which was very appropriate. I drove it many times towing water skiers. Imagine coming into a dock, having to shut down both engines and restart them in reverse to stop. It took a lot of practice to say the least. I have many otjher stories of those wonderful old engines from back in my youth.
This did bring back a lot of memories of the boat and Mercury motor that I grew up with , my dad's 1958 14 ft mahogany Borum Speedicraft runabout with a Merc 500 ,4 cyl, 50 HP ob.. it was a very fast boat for back then.... many years later when I bought my first boat, which was a 1964 25 FT Cruisers Inc. Cuddy powered buy a 70s vintage Mercruiser 215 E inboard outboard .. that was a Ford 302 V8 that had a huge HD outdrive with electric shift.... eventually I had to get rid of it because I couldn't get the outdrive rebuilt because they discontinued most of the internal parts..... currently I own a 1988 PowerPlay XLT 185 with a Merc Magnum V8 with an alpha outdrive that's still runs flawlessly. So I guess you could say I'm an old Merc gal...lol
I have a collection of old 20h 30 and 55h race mercurys from my dad and I can say I’m a fan. Omc engines are good but I can’t switch now. To many memories of old hydros and runabouts as a kid.
calling all inline 6 mercs "tower of power" is so cringe. It wasnt until the 1500XS that was coined. since then every outboard beginner calls them all tower of power.
all modern engines are built from this "old junk". most ignorant comment. the effort in engineering and passion that went into making every 2 stroke outboard was amazing, and they are still more reliable than today's 4 stroke plastic computerized heavy junk.
Thanks for the history lesson. Sure brought back some great memories of the old Mercs. My first encounter was dad buying a used 40 hp. What a horrible motor. We were of the opinion that it had spent some time on the bottom of the lake. Much to our extreme surprise, dad came home one day in 1959 and announced that he had traded it in on a brand new 40. Much to my surprise, this turned out to be a great motor. We ran it for 10 years or so, and then my cousin bought it and ran it another 10.
My first encounter with the 6 cyl engine was in the mid 60's. Dad had a 2nd cottage that he rented to a guy that had a large cedar strip boat with not one but two on the transom. The nickname we had for them in our area was "dock crasher" which was very appropriate. I drove it many times towing water skiers. Imagine coming into a dock, having to shut down both engines and restart them in reverse to stop. It took a lot of practice to say the least.
I have many otjher stories of those wonderful old engines from back in my youth.
I'm glad this video touched you and brought back good memories! Please look forward for more outboard historical videos! Thanks! Daniel G.
This did bring back a lot of memories of the boat and Mercury motor that I grew up with , my dad's 1958 14 ft mahogany Borum Speedicraft runabout with a Merc 500 ,4 cyl, 50 HP ob.. it was a very fast boat for back then.... many years later when I bought my first boat, which was a 1964 25 FT Cruisers Inc. Cuddy powered buy a 70s vintage Mercruiser 215 E inboard outboard .. that was a Ford 302 V8 that had a huge HD outdrive with electric shift.... eventually I had to get rid of it because I couldn't get the outdrive rebuilt because they discontinued most of the internal parts..... currently I own a 1988 PowerPlay XLT 185 with a Merc Magnum V8 with an alpha outdrive that's still runs flawlessly. So I guess you could say I'm an old Merc gal...lol
I'm glad this video touched you and brought back good memories! Please look forward for more outboard historical videos! Thanks! Daniel G.
Excellent informative video.. Bravo bra
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I have a collection of old 20h 30 and 55h race mercurys from my dad and I can say I’m a fan. Omc engines are good but I can’t switch now. To many memories of old hydros and runabouts as a kid.
I'm glad this video touched you and brought back good memories! Please look forward for more outboard historical videos! Thanks! Daniel G.
This is excellent and wright from the book Iron fist. By Jeffrey L Rodengen Now people can learn the history of the tower of power Thank you
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Mercruser Bravo 1 X 😊
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Cool video
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I had a 1973 1500 Tower O Power on my Canadian Cobra(same as a Sidewinder) 16SS. It was SO much fun !
I'm glad this video touched you and brought back good memories! Please look forward for more outboard historical videos! Thanks! Daniel G.
I suspect that much has been left unsaid with regard to relationships and personalities ;-)
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I had a tower of power bought new in 1978 150, 1994 4 cylinder 40, 1996 15 short shaft, late 70's 85 HP.. ..Then went to Yamaha
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When l was young all the old mercury outboards were very unreliable
Merc's will get you there quicker but a Yammie will get you home.
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They were really OLD technology fast motors but very finicky reliability
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calling all inline 6 mercs "tower of power" is so cringe. It wasnt until the 1500XS that was coined. since then every outboard beginner calls them all tower of power.
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Sorry but nothing runs like a Merc !
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Its old junk not relevant anymore virtually good for nothing but a mooring block 😂
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all modern engines are built from this "old junk". most ignorant comment. the effort in engineering and passion that went into making every 2 stroke outboard was amazing, and they are still more reliable than today's 4 stroke plastic computerized heavy junk.
@@ct1762 Yes!
What’s a mooring block????
@@Slimjim260 a big block with an eyebolt kicked off a barge with a line attached