I've been asked to tell the story by our new member Twister ll.
He has provided photos and text that he want me to publish i hope that is alrite.
We have some crazy guys amongst us.
Some are more normal then others.hint hint
And then there are those that follow their dream, no matter what.
In his own word:
The first pic of the red Mark 55H, was the most famous motor in chile during the 50s and early 60s.
It had some copy of the Quincymegaphone exhaust, but made probably in Argentina!
I bought the motor in boxes completly apart. Runs great now.
Next pic of various motors: I have beeb interested in the inline 6 cylinder saga of mercury racing since the Mark 75H (The tower of power!), so I collected each of the relevant racing 6s.
The 1000 BP racing motor with shifting racing lower unit,
The first Twister (called the red twister) with the odd exhaust system called the silo.
Then in the tunnel boat you can see the Twister ll, this motor had a special intake with 6 carburettors instead of 3 like the previous model.
And of course..the Mark 75 with the quincy mid section and Speed Master lower unit, mounted in the Ben Hur Hydroplane,
All motors are running.
This is just the start.......
Tell me if you enjoy it, so we can meet up with mr Kobler at Irenensee......