On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:35:27 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:


"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote:


I'm not sure what the Perkins 50 HP engine is based on but it is
probably a Japanese industrial engine of some sort. If the basic
engine and its parts are available where you are it is usually the
cheapest alternative in the event repairs become necessary.

Precisely why Beta deserves a look, it a marinized Kubota.

Lew


True, and the Beta engines that I have look at appear to be very well
thought out and constructed engines. It certainly would be an engine
to consider particularly that there is a dealer in the local area.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
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