Re: Mercury marine history.

[richardg]

One point I would like to volunteer came from a local Mercury Outboard/Boat Dealer.

He had attended Carl’s dealer meetings and he deeply felt that Carl really cared about his individual dealers.

When I asked him what has changed over the years as a motor/boat dealer he volunteered that in the early years he would be periodically selling to the same families time after time and a big part of the work came from fitting out the boat they purchased with the motors they purchased separately. All that changed with companies like Bayliner came along that sold the boat/motor/trailer packages ready to go.