On 1/6/15 3:01 PM, Tim wrote:
Some time before Chrysler got out of the marine business they offered an I/O . I didn't know that till a couple years ago. I was wondering if they made their own in house or if it was contracted out.

They looked similar to the later OMC Cobras

http://www.powersportsupply.co/produ...a90__62203.jpg



Chrysler relabeled outdrives (and engines) from Volvo, OMC and
Mercruiser. It also bought out West Bend’s line of really crappy outboards.

Yeah, it seemed the outboards weeny much, but they were cheap to buy and easy to work on. The problem was you had to work on them frequently. And that wasn't cheap.

Oh if you got a good one it seemed you got a great one though.

Maybe there was a reason the I/o never really caught on.

Hmmm...

On 1/6/15 4:09 PM, Tim wrote:
Yeah, it seemed the outboards weeny much, but they were cheap to buy and easy to work on. The problem was you had to work on them frequently. And that wasn't cheap.

Oh if you got a good one it seemed you got a great one though.

Maybe there was a reason the I/o never really caught on.

Hmmm...



I remember there were two brands of outboards my dad's shop would not
take in for repair. One was Chrysler and the other was Scot-A****er.
Evinrudes, Johnsons, Mercuries made up the overwhelming majority of
outboards those days on Long Island Sound and on Connecticut's rivers
and lakes. Evinrude was the market leader. Today, I'd guess Yamaha is
the sales leader, followed by Mercury.

Keyser Söze wrote:
On 1/6/15 4:09 PM, Tim wrote:
Yeah, it seemed the outboards weeny much, but they were cheap to buy
and easy to work on. The problem was you had to work on them
frequently. And that wasn't cheap.

Oh if you got a good one it seemed you got a great one though.

Maybe there was a reason the I/o never really caught on.

Hmmm...



I remember there were two brands of outboards my dad's shop would not
take in for repair. One was Chrysler and the other was Scot-A****er.
Evinrudes, Johnsons, Mercuries made up the overwhelming majority of
outboards those days on Long Island Sound and on Connecticut's rivers
and lakes. Evinrude was the market leader. Today, I'd guess Yamaha is
the sales leader, followed by Mercury.


Did he "opt-out" at tax time, too? That would explain why he
would/could avoid work - like you.