Re: American o/b ?
Years ago OMC products were built all over the world including
Canada, Belgium, Hong Kong (IIRC) and Australia and I'm sure other
places. Sometimes the models varied i.e. Australia made a manual 40hp
which wasn't supplied to Eastern Canada. Knowing something about how
OMC built them here I'm sure the Belgians did a good job of building
a US motor. BTW - the older 6hp OMC was one of my favorite motors but
it's one drawback was a water intake that was far too easily covered
in weeds.
Bryant - an OMC mechanic many years ago.
Canada, Belgium, Hong Kong (IIRC) and Australia and I'm sure other
places. Sometimes the models varied i.e. Australia made a manual 40hp
which wasn't supplied to Eastern Canada. Knowing something about how
OMC built them here I'm sure the Belgians did a good job of building
a US motor. BTW - the older 6hp OMC was one of my favorite motors but
it's one drawback was a water intake that was far too easily covered
in weeds.
Bryant - an OMC mechanic many years ago.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Magen" <quohog@a...> wrote:
> A few years ago I wanted to replace the 'non-shift' 3.5hp on my
Potter.
> A little more, 'oomph', would be nice but the main desire was for F-
N-R
> capability. I also wanted to, 'Buy American'.
>
> A little looking got me to a small shop that sold that good, old,
> American 'iron' that I remembered from growing up in Atlantic City,
NJ.
> A 6hp 'Yachttwin', with an extra long 25 inch shaft . . . a '92
> 'leftover' at a very good price . . . PERFECT !!
>
> Got it home, made a simple stand so I could wax & 'prep' the motor,
and
> proceeded to 'un-box' my beauty. As I was pumping grease into the
> fittings, I looked at the 'Mfg. Plate' for the 'Warrantee Card'
info,
> and was surprised by . . . "Made in BELGIUM" !!
>
> Regards & Good Luck,
> Ron Magen
> Backyard Boatshop
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 13:20:50 -0000
> > From: "pvanderwaart" <pvanderwaart@y...>
> > Subject: Re: An option? Was Yamaha 9.9 high thrust price?
> >
> > > I would
> > > feel better with a US motor.
> >
> > Is there such a thing as a US motor? From what I understand, there
> > are perhaps two companies making low-power outboards in Japan
(Honda
> > & Tomatsu) which are sold under a range of brand names: Mariner,
> > Nissan, Mercury, etc.
> >
> > The OMC business which was still making it's own higher horsepower
> > engines was bought by a Canadian company, and who knows where the
> > motors are made. My own motor guy, a Mercury dealer, says that
> > dealers are fleeing from the OMC brands.
A few years ago I wanted to replace the 'non-shift' 3.5hp on my Potter.
A little more, 'oomph', would be nice but the main desire was for F-N-R
capability. I also wanted to, 'Buy American'.
A little looking got me to a small shop that sold that good, old,
American 'iron' that I remembered from growing up in Atlantic City, NJ.
A 6hp 'Yachttwin', with an extra long 25 inch shaft . . . a '92
'leftover' at a very good price . . . PERFECT !!
Got it home, made a simple stand so I could wax & 'prep' the motor, and
proceeded to 'un-box' my beauty. As I was pumping grease into the
fittings, I looked at the 'Mfg. Plate' for the 'Warrantee Card' info,
and was surprised by . . . "Made in BELGIUM" !!
Regards & Good Luck,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
A little more, 'oomph', would be nice but the main desire was for F-N-R
capability. I also wanted to, 'Buy American'.
A little looking got me to a small shop that sold that good, old,
American 'iron' that I remembered from growing up in Atlantic City, NJ.
A 6hp 'Yachttwin', with an extra long 25 inch shaft . . . a '92
'leftover' at a very good price . . . PERFECT !!
Got it home, made a simple stand so I could wax & 'prep' the motor, and
proceeded to 'un-box' my beauty. As I was pumping grease into the
fittings, I looked at the 'Mfg. Plate' for the 'Warrantee Card' info,
and was surprised by . . . "Made in BELGIUM" !!
Regards & Good Luck,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
> Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 13:20:50 -0000
> From: "pvanderwaart" <pvanderwaart@...>
> Subject: Re: An option? Was Yamaha 9.9 high thrust price?
>
> > I would
> > feel better with a US motor.
>
> Is there such a thing as a US motor? From what I understand, there
> are perhaps two companies making low-power outboards in Japan (Honda
> & Tomatsu) which are sold under a range of brand names: Mariner,
> Nissan, Mercury, etc.
>
> The OMC business which was still making it's own higher horsepower
> engines was bought by a Canadian company, and who knows where the
> motors are made. My own motor guy, a Mercury dealer, says that
> dealers are fleeing from the OMC brands.