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I am looking at a new old outboard to power my boat. It is a '73 Mercury 1150 Thunderbolt outboard. Looking like it could use new plug wires, plugs, carb cleaning, etc. and a timing adjustment though it does run. Are these old outboards any good? I've always had Johnson/ Evinrude OB's