Rob Bailey

Oh ok,In Australia ,Merc cruisers did a nice conversion a Chrysler 6 cylinder,in which local Bertram 25s had fitted,it was a nice strong motor ,I'm talking late 60s to the mid 80s.

tom rockstroh

I had a 71' 28 open with twin 250ci 6 Bangers.After stainless props we saw 48 mph. We called it the "Troop Carrier" as it looked like bench seats facing each other in the front compartment. I restored it and sold it to a retiring airline pilot who took it to Pompano Beach.That was a great engine package for that boat. Only downturn was steering torgue over 3500 RPM as there was no counter rotation.Loved that twin 6 Banger sound at 3,000 RPM.I managed to keep th original guages and the sunshades,The temp guage had GREEN/YELLOW/RED colors on the face for the temp, Too Funny.

Kalaazar

I remember those gauges, I had the same, they come mounted in a Mercury die cast panel along with the other instruments, I must have a picture somewhere.

KALAAZAR

Bitikoferkm

http://www.pier57.com/web/used/Cigar...inois/9123821/

Here is one u can look at lots of pics

hogie roll

Damn that is beautiful

brian41

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Here is the conversion from (2) 6 cylinders with Merc 1 drives to single 496 HO Bravo. It will be back next week for new paint, dash, windshield and have teak all refinished.

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Bigbroadjumper

My 1973 Magnum 25 Sport had twin Volvo AQ 170's. Each had 3 Solex downdraft carbs. It was hard to keep the carbs in tune.

Kalaazar

Many thanks for the pictures, it`s bringing back my worst nightmares. I won`t sleep for weeks now !

Kalaazar

f_inscreenname

Get that thing done. I need it to chase around my race boat. lol.

motor

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friend of mine years ago had one of the 28's with 6cyl mercs ..It was actually a fun boat to just cruise around.. Not fast , but cheap to run .IIRC it ran in the upper 40's @wot....His was a closed bow