"Name That Outboard"

[buff5]

Hi: Anyone got one for sale?, can be complete, running to a basket case or parts. Can pay cash or trade some interesting early50's Mercs, Wizards, or even racing stuff, up, down or sideways. Pics & price please. buff10@charter.net
Thanks

[Skoontz]

The 99's had CD breakerless ignitions, under the flywheel. Dad had a few quite choice words when someone left a key on and he touched a plug wire.... 50/60/75 HP V-4s had that rectangular distributor as shown in the pics, 80/100HP v-4's had a round distributor at the back of the block, center of the exhaust manifoild, at least the way myu sick twisted memory works....

[JohnsonM50]

Tim, your right about the Dykehouse can, it does work like the folded systems found in a modern production motors midsection.

But if you think the Ign. was trick on this motor, the side carb setup was really cool. I wonder if anybody can figure it out.

We tried this motor on a borrowed hydro intended for a yamato 80 motor, what a ride, not even close to enough boat. There is an old picture around maybe I can find it, you will see what I mean.

The side carb on this is not new. [It is new for the 31.8], but the earlier late 50's early 60's 35/40's had an available kit to add 5hp that was a side carb. The 2 barrel here is probably from an OMC V4, 85hp or so. Anyhow, an awesome build, would like to know more.

[JohnsonM50]

The low center intake port is part of the mod I'm assuming? Was anything done on the exhaust side?