I was given my mother inlaws pontoon boat which I am in the process of re-doing... along with it came with the 1976 Merc FOUR cylinder 50HP (500) with many many hours and a few issues that I can fix.
HOWEVER today I scored a 1974 Johnson TWO cylinder 50HP with LOW hours on it that a fella was going to use for a race boat (but he died) so now I acquired it.
In your "opinion" whats a better outboard for the pontoon?
'76 50HP Merc 4 cylinder
'74 50HP OMC 2 cylinder (short shaft)
More power?
Less issues?
Thanks for any opinions-
Riggs
HOWEVER today I scored a 1974 Johnson TWO cylinder 50HP with LOW hours on it that a fella was going to use for a race boat (but he died) so now I acquired it.
In your "opinion" whats a better outboard for the pontoon?
'76 50HP Merc 4 cylinder
'74 50HP OMC 2 cylinder (short shaft)
More power?
Less issues?
Thanks for any opinions-
Riggs