Tower of Power

Ooooh Yeah! Time for the go. I purchased this 1963 Merc 1000 for $325. It runs, but it will be getting all new lower unit seals, a carb rebuild, and a fuel pump rebuild over the winter. The big Merc should push her along nicely.

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The “Tower of Power”. The Merc 1000 was featured on the cover of the book “IRON FIST:  The Lives of Carl Kiekhaefer, Industrial Caesar of a Marine Industry Empire”

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Looks meaner than that itty bitty Force.