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Here's page 4 & 5. :thumb:

Welcome aboard Rick - nice to have you with us - thanks for joining up. :thumb: I've got a few old OMC's myself. I've got an old late 50's, 5.5 'Rude that's been our family for a number of years and I've also got a mid 50's Johnson 5.5 as well. What do you think you'll put yours on? I...

Here's page 2 & 3. :surf:

Here's the next Larson Brochure up, the 1972 edition. Thanks once again to Dale for taking the time to scan these for everyone. Here's the front cover. :)

Glad to hear. :) Let us know how you make out. :thumb: -Chris

Harold, If you're allowed to take some, let me know and I'll work with you to put something together. Stage by stage build-up threads are always fun. Or whatever they'll allow you to take snaps of is all good too. :thumb: -Chris

What year is it? This site has a bit of info on the various models, maybe it will help. :) http://www.sterndrive.info/800_outdrive.html -Chris

Welcome aboard Harold - nice to have you with us. :thumb: Sounds like you have a fun profession. :) Are you allowed to take any build pics in the factory? If so, it would be cool to see some. -Chris

I can tell you that the parts for those old OMC I/O's outdrives are getting harder and harder to find. Are you looking for advice on just the outdrive, or on the motor as well? I would say on the outdrive, at minimum, you would want to change up the gear oil and probably change the impeller...

Here's page 20 & 21. :thumb:

Thanks for kicking off the forum. I hope some others out there will stumble over us and join in the discussion. :) Boat looks great by the way and thanks for sharing. :thumb: -Chris

Hi Robert, I created a "Key Hopper" category in the Photo Gallery. You should be able to upload your photos into it. Hopefully over time, some other Key Hopper owners will find it and upload their photos as well. I also created a seperate brand forum for Key Hoppers as well. I'm...

It should be interesting to see how much it costs. ;) I'll bet it won't just be the motor that is "green". :D -Chris

That entire boat is wild! It's sort of a early 'Toon. What someone should do, is merge that concept and a 'Toon and come up with something completely new. :) -Chris

Here's page 18 & 19. :)

Well, the news is out. :thumb: And to my personal disappointment, it's not a 350 Optimax. :( But heck, no biggee, I wouldn't have probably bought one anyway, but it's always nice to dream! It turns out the new product is a new motah Merc Racing is releasing which puts out 1300 H.P...

I just read a rumour on my Checkmate site that one of our members posted, he claims to have spoken with one of our vendors "Wildman" and he claimed there is supposed to be a Optimax 350 revealed at the Miami show. Maybe we'll get a 400 Verado SCI and a 350 Optimax? That would be pretty...

Here's a link to a teaser press release. :devil: Hopefully the link works... http://www.mercuryracing.com/news/pressreleases/view.php?newsID=a3c65c2974270fd093ee8a9bf8ae7d0b -Chris

There are lots of rumours floating around, that Mercury's Racing division is set to release a new 400 H.P. outboard at the Miami Boat Show. :devil: Some rumours are that the new motors will be 400 XX and will be 440 H.P. some others claim that the new motors will be 400 XS motors. Which...

I remember a number of years back, there was a guy who was on another forum (can't remember which one to be honest) who owned a Stingray. He was claiming his top end numbers sorta "matter-of-factly" and a number of the local forum "experts" were basically calling him out as being full of it...