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Old 07-22-2009, 12:03 AM   #2
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Default Quicksilver Lower Unit

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Back in 1958 I had a Sid-Craft Class B-Utility with a Merc 20H on the back. I've often wondered if this would even be Legal today. The 20H had what was called a "Quickie" lower unit which had open exhaust when on plane. You could here it for miles.....especially in the early morning when the conditions were best for this rig....flat water. Those were the days.
Yes they were loud. One night, about midnight, my pal Don Nelson and I shoved off from in front of my cabin at Lakeshore Park and went for a run along the near shore of Welch Island and return. When we got back, I caught hell for waking up half the residents of LSP. Mine was also a Sid-Craft with a Merc Super 10 Hurricane and Quickie lower unit. It would do about 45 MPH as clocked on the "Measured Mile" on the North shore of Rattlesnake Is.
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