Mercury 78a

[Bruno]

I have a 50s vintage Mercury 78a 6 cylinder outboard and controls. This is the type that starts in gear and to reverse it, it restarts in reverse gear from a button on the speed lever. It ran great 40 years or so ago when I put it into storage. It is complete except for the front cover.

Does it have any collector value or is it destined to the scrap dealer?

[opposedtwin]

Don’t scrap it! There are many of us here who love dockbusters. Pist some pictures or sell it on this site in the classifieds. It’s free!

Where is the motor located?

[billw]

Yeah, don’t scrap it! The parts are worth ten times the value of the complete motor, to the right person. (Not me, though.)

Long live American manufacturing!

[Nicholas Keller]

Definitely don’t scrap. Worth while rebuild or plenty of us would gladly give it a new home

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