Can you ID this motor??

[Deimus]

Grandpa is pretty sick so we moved him closer. The old time boat racer had some old outboards in the shop. I looked on oldmerc.com but couldn't find out the vintage of one of them.

a 25HP mercury, green in color
serial # 30000027.

Any body know what it is??

 

[Plainsman]

Re: Can you ID this motor??

Maybe a 20 hp?
200 (20,0) 2991679 - 3226957 1971 2 cyl

 

[Deimus]

Re: Can you ID this motor??

I don't think so. It is Green and the 71 was black.

Also it looks more like a 50's era motor

 

[emckelvy]

Re: Can you ID this motor??

How many cylinders?

Does it look anything like this?

http://www.pfs-ware.com/smith/MyPage/Kg9r.jpg

 

[Deimus]

Re: Can you ID this motor??

Yeah that looks exactly like his although his is alot cleaner.

What is that one?

 

[emckelvy]

Re: Can you ID this motor??

KG-9 Circa 1949/1950.

 

[Scaaty]

Re: Can you ID this motor??

Go to this site, and look at the pix until you see yours. Thats a real collecter item.

http://www.oldmercs.com/siteguide.html

Look at the left , click 1940 to 76

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: Can you ID this motor??

Your serial number likely has one too many zeros in it, as a KG9 would be in the 3-hundred thousand range, not the 3-million range...

KG9s are very sought after. The 25hp rating was at about 4000 RPM. The motor was usually propped for 5000-5500 revs. At that point, it is pumping out closer to 40 horses. On a 14-15 foot aluminum boat it is a handful. Love the squeeze grip "dead-man" throttle, too.

Here's a pic of mine...
- Scott