[Rhodes22-list] Outboards For Sale

[Charles Henthorn]

Ah ha --- there is a purdue connection.   
  

pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote:
  Southwest Michigan (Buchanan). Just north of South Bend, IN, near Lake
Michigan.

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:19:20 -0700 (PDT), Charles Henthorn
wrote :

> Where are they?
> 
> pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote: I have two outboard motors I would like to
sell. One is a 2002 (bought new
> in 2003)like new, Mercury 9.9, 4-stroke, electric start, long shaft. It has
> very low hours (in & out of the harbor), only used June thru September each
> year, only used in fresh water, and kept in a heated garage during the
> winter. I changed the oil, filter & lower crankcase every year. The dealer
> tells me it has a list resale of around $1,500, but that is probably
> unrealistic. He said I should be able to get $1,150 - $1,250 on ebay. (He
> would only offer me about $900 trade-in.)
> 
> The other is an approximately 1982 Mercury 9.8, 2-stroke, electric start,
> long shaft. It has also only been used in summers and in fresh water. It
> broke down in 2003. When I tried to get it fixed, no dealer had the needed
> replacement part in stock. It turns out the factory warehouse also didn't
> have the part in stock as it was on backorder. As I saw my already short
> (Michigan) sailing season sailing away on me, I bought the 4-stroke as a
> replacement so I could keep sailing. When the part finally came in, they
> fixed the 2-stroke motor and I put it in the garage as a spare. My wife
> finally convinced me I don't need a spare. The dealer says I should
> realistically be able to get $500 for this on ebay.
> 
> The reason I'm selling my 4-stroke is weight. It weighs somewhere in the
> neighborhood of 126 to 133 pounds. The new Mercury 4-stroke weighs only
> about 86 pounds (about the same as my 2 stroke). As I get older, it is
> getting harder & harder to lift that much weight up onto the motor mount.
> 
> If no one is interested, I'll probably put them on ebay in a week or two.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul Grandholm
> 1999 Rhodes 22
> s/v Boilermaker
> 
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