Picked up a 1966 13 last fall planning a full restoration before the v20 came into the picture. was looking at bringing the transom to a 20" but a lot of guys say keep it original. figured it would be a waterlogged hull first thing I did was try to pick it up from the back, picked up trailer and all - sold.
last month I had a guy looking to get rid of a motor that was in his shed for years said it was a mariner and thats it. drops of an 82 15" short shaft 25 mariner -Sold!
Most dont know these early mariners are actually Yamaha's.
a 10 yr partnership between Yamaha and Brunswick(Mercury) in the 70's into the 80's Sanshin Industries a subsidiary of yamaha built them all marketed exclusively in Japan by Yamaha and in the US and Australia by Mercury. notice the block of this motor Yamaha Blue
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