Reply To: Vintage Mercury Racer ID Help Needed

[A. Hoskins]

Nice find. The block is likely from an early gear shift motor, KH-7 or the MK-15,20,or 25 as previously mentioned but the 15 and 25 motors did not usually have the Bendix magneto. The driveshaft housing and lower unit are valuable, you will be surprised. The fuel pump is mounted to the boss where spark advance linkage would have been mounted on these early gear shift motors. The threaded holes are not blind. That 1/2″ diameter hole doesn’t come across as a great idea. The home made Quincy dump makes me smile.

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