But they changed, didn't they? The thing is a fiasco and they abandoned it
as soon as they could..

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JamesgangNC wrote:
: There's a reason you don't see any more omc stringer drives :-)
Actually, the reason is that the Volvo Penta and Mercruiser patents
expired
and allowed them to change the drive to a gimbal mount vs the ball gear
mount.

See the article regarding "Trivia Question" for further explanation.

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