Re: Which early JE motors have a gearshift?

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June 21, 2017 at 12:38 am #60028
SCOTT BOGUE
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    Taking nothing away from the OMC motors, you might enjoy something a bit different: a 1959 5 hp Scott/McCulloch. The 1959 had the redesigned, lower placed impellers so the old Scott-Atwater Bail-A-matic bad rap (probably deserved) does not apply. Another (admittedly, not 1950s) is the 1961-63 Mercury Merc 60 or Merc 110. With these motors, changing the impeller is dead easy (quite unlike the earlier Mercs) and they are good runners.