red stripe Mercs

[cobra 3.0]

What years were the red stripe Mercs made? My neighbor has a 60 hp on a 14 ft ski type boat.

What is the difference between the blue striped Mercs and these red ones(other than the red stripe being an older model)?

 

[TOHATSU GURU]

Re: red stripe Mercs

In theory, the red stripe denotes a Mercury designed for freshwater while the blue stripe denotes a Mercury designed for saltwater. But, since the parts are identcal in both it was just a marketing ploy.

 

[roscoe]

Re: red stripe Mercs

Sorry, memory not too accurate this morning, but..

The old red band motors were made from

EDIT: More accurate info below.



The saltwater/freshwater thing was a much more recent development.

 

[cobra 3.0]

Re: red stripe Mercs

Thank you both.8)

 

[TOHATSU GURU]

Re: red stripe Mercs

I was referring to the S T R I P P E D Mercury engines, not the banded ones. I don't know when Mercury started the two different decal types, but I 'm sure they were still doing it up until at least 2004d

 

[Chunder06]

Re: red stripe Mercs

I think the linkage fittings on the reds were brass and the blue were plastic.

 

[croSSed]

Re: red stripe Mercs

From '68-'71 Mercs had red stipes. '68 and '69 had similar look but slightly different; it changed in '70; '70 and '71 engines look the same.

'72-'84 they were blue, but there were differences in the style of graphics. Too complicated to go into here.

TG