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Buy it if you like it. These are very common motors. Merc guys trip over them to get to the motors they really want. The Silent 6 is commonly found in nice cosmetic condition. This is likely due to high gear case failure. I have seen so many pretty Silent 6’s with bad gears cases. I had to buy three of them to get enough decent lower unit parts to put one together.
Gary, in Canada its pronounced Bom-Bar-D-A. Never have I heard it pronounced the "English way" in reference to the company, but no one would be offended if you called it Bom-Ba-Deer. BRP is a small off shoot of the parent company. Tohatsu makes the small four stroke kickers that are branded Evinrude.
Wayne
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