super thunder bolt

katbird

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can anyone tell me what year this motor is ?<br />serial # is 2951699<br />mercury 500 red band, super thunder bolt.<br />motor has good compression but would a motor this old be a good motor to restore?<br />thanks for any info.<br />Ron
 

bubbakat

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Re: super thunder bolt

500 (50,0) 2736807 - 3008818 1970 4 cyl <br /><br />I beleive I am right here<br />I have one in the same year and it does real well for me
 

mellowyellow

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Re: super thunder bolt

my '70 1150 runs like a tank!<br />u could do much worse IMO...
 

greasemonkeyozi

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Re: super thunder bolt

Oh yeah, if your having good compression and see no need in compleatly tearing down this motor, go for it. It seems that these older motors like mine has simpler easier to fix parts.
 
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