Boots Crofoot wrote:
: i don's know what engine they have on the unit, but the
: cobra out drive was OMC attempt to copy merc stern drive

And the Mercruiser sterndrive was an attempt to copy Volvo's design
(that is why OMC had the spur gear vs. the gimbal shaft). Jim Wynne's design
(who was an ex-Keikeiffer Marine employee... Karl originally didn't like
the idea of an outdrive).

For a good story about the whole thing, read Keikeiffer's biography
"The Iron Fist". He was quite a character.

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