For what it’s worth, that was a beautiful motor, for sure. If you really like that kind of thing, it would be worth it. Personally, while the 5.5s are nice, smooth runners, I think they are kind of boring to actually run on a boat. They can barely plane a very light boat; yet they are a little too heavy to be good for a tender motor. I never did understand how they sold so darn many of them. (And that’s another thing…….they are common, common, common, albeit nice.) To me, if it had been a 10 or 18, now that would be a different story. If I bought a 5.5 for that much money, it would be going to the grave with me; because I could never sell it again, without taking a catastrophic loss.
Long live American manufacturing!
