Topic: Johnson accessory or dealer only display? – Antique Outboard Motor Club,Inc

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October 9, 2022 at 12:29 pm #267335
oldlure
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I would appreciate your opinions. Is this an accessory transom support or an dealer item for showroom display? Vintage era?

It is approx. 7 3/4″ width.
October 9, 2022 at 4:02 pm #267346
hondaatc
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Looks like it was on a engine stand
October 9, 2022 at 4:44 pm #267347
frankr
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Can’t say for that one, but OMC did sell transom protector plates.
October 9, 2022 at 8:18 pm #267366
bruceter
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Well I would think that is was a after market plate because I make these Mercury 10 Hurricane transom clamp plates
October 9, 2022 at 9:36 pm #267375
opposedtwin
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Well, you should put it behind your transom clamp pads and see if they actually fit the holes in the device. I bought one of those mercury ones (not ftom bruce) and it does not fit the transomvlamp pads at all. The only mercury motor it fits is a mark 25.
October 9, 2022 at 9:41 pm #267376
opposedtwin
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bruceter wrote:

Well I would think that is was a after market plate because I make these Mercury 10 Hurricane transom clamp plates

Bruce,
Can you post another picture of that mercury one with a tape measure showing the distance from center to center of the pads?

Thanks!

Scott
October 10, 2022 at 9:00 am #267388
oldlure
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bruceter wrote:

Well I would think that is was a after market plate because I make these Mercury 10 Hurricane transom clamp plates

Bruce,

Did you create the original or did you use an original to make a mold that you use to recast them?

Whether it is a transom support or an engine stand support my question still stands. Accessory or dealer / factory display item?
October 10, 2022 at 1:22 pm #267408
opposedtwin
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My guess is that these were never made by or for either mercury marine OR OMC. I have never seen them in either accessory catalog nor do I believe Carl would have ever knowingly contracted with a vendor/supplier who also was a vendor/supplier to OMC, particularly anything with his name on it.

Therefore, I am of the belief they’re aftermarket. Who made them and when would be great to know.
October 10, 2022 at 2:04 pm #267409
bkrsdoz
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I have a Johnson 3 HP transom plate. I heard they were aftermarket same as the factory accessory stands.
October 10, 2022 at 5:27 pm #267422
bruceter
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I cast the Mercury transom plates off a already made plate
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