Merc Outdrives
10-07-2014, 10:21 PM
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Thanks for all the reading fellas the SOS thread was diffently interesting with all the 1st hand stories. its amazing where drives have come i wonder why no one has tried making an all carbon case with titanium tipped carbon gears sounds expensive but I wonder if it would work ?
10-07-2014, 10:26 PM
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And here is a tidbit....(condensed version) ( i may be off a little, if so somebody coorect me, its been a long time since I looked it up
An employee of Kiekhaefer Jim Wynne came up the the design of the modern sterndrive and presented it to him.. He wasn;t interested. Guy left, patented it, tookk it to volvo and volvo went for it. 2 uears later Kiekhaefer played catchup.
If anyone is interested in the seriously old stuff, I have a complete volvo AQ100 motor and drive in really nice unrestored, original, unmolested state.
An employee of Kiekhaefer Jim Wynne came up the the design of the modern sterndrive and presented it to him.. He wasn;t interested. Guy left, patented it, tookk it to volvo and volvo went for it. 2 uears later Kiekhaefer played catchup.
If anyone is interested in the seriously old stuff, I have a complete volvo AQ100 motor and drive in really nice unrestored, original, unmolested state.
