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Mercury Outboard Motors
MerCruiser Sterndrives
Kiekefaeur Corp.
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
E.C. (Carl) Kiekhaefer bought the Cedarburg Manufacturing Company in 1939. This company produced the Thor outboard motor. Renamed the Kiekhaefer Corporation, he produced outboard motors for Montgomery Wards and Western Auto and his own line of Mercury outboards, Quicksilver Accessories, and Ride-Guide Steering. Kiekhaefer stayed on as President when the company was purchased by the Brunswick Corporation in September 1961. At this time, Mercury outboards were distributed through more than 3,500 dealers worldwide with operations in Fond du Lac, Cedarburg, Oshkosh, and Beaver Dam, Wisconsin; St. Cloud, Florida, and Toronto, Canada. For 1962, Mercury introduced the MerCruiser sterndrive with 110, 140, 225, 310 HP gas and 35 and 100 HP diesel pairings (Brunswick Corporation 1961 Annual Report).
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Service Information
1955 to 1959 6 H.P. Mark 5 & 6 models
1960 to 1963 Mercury model 6 and 9.8 HP Merc 60 & Merc 110 models
1955 to 1963 Mercury 10 to 35 HP Mk 10, Mk 15, Mk 20 and Mk 28, Merc 100, 150, 200, 250 & 350 models
1955 to 1963 Mercury 35 to 100 HP 4- and 6-cylinder models
Mercury electrical system service information
1944 Information
1946 Information
1948 Information
1948 Mercury 7.5HP Rocket Ad 1
1948 Mercury 7.5HP Rocket Ad 2
1950 Information
1951 Information
1952 Information
1954 Information
1956 Information
1957 Information
1956 Mercury steering wheel patent
1957 Information
1957 Mercury steering wheel patent
1958 Information
1959 Information
1960 Information
1961 Information Brochure thanks to Andrew Gott
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 1
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 2
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 3
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 4
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 5
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 6
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 7
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 8
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 9
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 10
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 11
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 12
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 13
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 14
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 15
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 16
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 17
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 18
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 19
1961 Mercury Brochure, page 20
1961 Mercury Glide-Angle Twins Ad
1962 Information
1962 Mercury 100 HP Ad, page 1
1962 Mercury 100 HP Ad, page 2
MerCruiser Brochure, page 1
MerCruiser Brochure, page 2
MerCruiser Brochure, page 3
MerCruiser Brochure, page 4
1963 Information
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 1
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 2
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 3
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 4
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 5
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 6
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 7
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 8
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 9
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 10
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 11
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 12
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 13
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 14
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 15
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 16
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 17
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 18
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 19
1963 Mercury Brochure, page 20
1964 Information
1965 Information
1965 MerCruiser Brochure, p1
1965 MerCruiser Brochure, p2
1965 MerCruiser Brochure, p3
1965 MerCruiser Brochure, p4
1966 Information
1967 Information
1978 Information
197? Information
197? Mercury/Mercruiser Ad
Mercury motors in use
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