Island dwellers attend Swap Meet

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON

Skip, you had'ta ask...

When all the parts came together for the rear axle I got into a work crunch for my best contractor. Then I got the opportunity to buy my diesel '59 f350 9' express back.....(a week of goofing with that), Then I ran into a guy that knew I liked inboard boats and he offered me a 20' shamrock. I had one with a marinized 302, but sold it when a guy offered me 9500 bucks for it. This one has a mercruiser 470. Engine has issues but I knew about a low hour
85 hp Perkins 4 cyl FWC diesel being pulled for an electric motor refit. So out it came. Buddy with a 30' boom truck pulled it for me.. Hadn't run for 25 years until about 3 hours ago. Had clean oil and antifreeze. I changed out the filters this morning. After a bunch of tinkering and wiring and temporary controls and a wooden stand I finally started it with a blast of wd 40 while cranking. Now it starts and runs very smooth. Shamrock offered that very diesel as an option in the 70s and 80s. I had some difficulty downloading the distrubutor photos so here's some of the boat stuff. Promise I'll go back to the swap meet parts tomorrow. It;s late now, even on the Left Coast.