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I joined the forum a few months back when I bought my 85 Dixie 17ft runabout with a seized 1985 75hp Mercury. Long story short, I got the engine unseized and was able to take it out a few times. Got the boat up to 32mph with me+1 and 28 with 5 onboard. Didn't really idle too well, but ran...
Hi everyone,
Longtime lurker. I finally joined because I picked up a project boat almost a month ago. It's a 1985 "Dixie Custom 170"(never heard of the brand) runabout with a matching 75hp Merc. The boat was listed as having a locked up engine, so I was able to pick it up cheap ($750). It...
