1946 Mercury KD-4 – Help to Estimate Value & Forum To Sell It

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  • September 7, 2015 at 5:44 pm #23418
    garry-in-michigan
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      A complete outboard would include the gas cap and tiller grip which I do not see in the pictures shown. Wasn’t that grip also a screw driver? . . . ❓

      September 7, 2015 at 7:06 pm #23424
      kees
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        quote Garry in Tampa:

        A complete outboard would include the gas cap and tiller grip which I do not see in the pictures shown. . . . ❓

        And one black knob for the carb. ( Adjustment screw or choke.)
        they are always missing
        🙁 🙁

        September 7, 2015 at 7:33 pm #23429
        dave-bernard
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          screwdriver handle was an option. I have a few extras.

          September 8, 2015 at 3:00 am #23460
          20mercman
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            I would agree with Louis, (green thumbs) in his post. I think that the fact that it is complete make it more worthwhile. I have a 46 & 47 in my collection, I paid $20 each for them, but the 46 was missing the cowl, and both were missing the plug covers. I found a set of plug covers, but only 1 set. The 46 use the Eismann magneto and the coils are much more likely to be serviceable than later bendix coils. (Just to contradict myself, I have found several 47 vintage bendix coils that still work, but almost never one from the early 50’s) If I ever stop adding more projects, I was planning to have one of them on the next winter list. The 46 is just about ready to run. Back to the original question, you could never buy the missing cowl and plug covers for the $50 range unless you were lucky and found them at a swap meet. E-bay prices are somewhat higher. I would say it was worth in the $100-$125 range in southeast Wisconsin.

            Steve

            September 8, 2015 at 3:34 am #23461
            mrantala
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              Thanks for the input and all the information. I wish I had more passion for fixing/restoring it. I do like a challange, however, I guess I have enough repair/upkeep with the things that I need to keep running, like lawn mowers, chains saws, and wood splitters, etc. I’ll just be looking for the right buyer to come along with a need or desire to restore this and add to his collection I guess. However…. I’d actually like to see it run… Hmmm.. maybe just a little time on it… 😉 We’ll see… I have a heated workshop, so.. might be a small winter project maybe…

              Thanks again guys for taking the time to respond back, and all the detailed information and background…. ! Very interesting and very helpful….

              Regards,

              September 8, 2015 at 10:00 am #23466
              billw
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                You know, even at $120, that’s the cost of taking your wife to dinner on Valentine’s Day. It’s not really a huge sum of money, in the grand scheme of things. The true "value" of these things is not found in the money but in the heart and soul, when you work on it and it comes back to life, just like it was 1946 all over again. I think you should keep it and get it to run, if you are already small-engine inclined. They actually run pretty decent.

                Long live American manufacturing!

                September 8, 2015 at 1:31 pm #23471
                fastjohn
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                  Mrantala You have a PM.

                  September 8, 2015 at 1:51 pm #23474
                  cajuncook1
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                    quote BillW:

                    You know, even at $120, that’s the cost of taking your wife to dinner on Valentine’s Day. It’s not really a huge sum of money, in the grand scheme of things. The true “value” of these things is not found in the money but in the heart and soul, when you work on it and it comes back to life, just like it was 1946 all over again. I think you should keep it and get it to run, if you are already small-engine inclined. They actually run pretty decent.


                    I like your comment BillW!!

                    Cheers,

                    Cajuncook

                    September 9, 2015 at 12:30 am #23493
                    Randy in Tampa
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                      $200 to $300 in this area too, if it’s in good shape and that one looks decent 😎

                      September 9, 2015 at 11:46 am #23517
                      wbeaton
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                        I have found with Mercury’s that geographic area plays the biggest part in value. Where Chris P and I live in Canada early Mercury’s are not common and Wizard’s are almost non-existent. Therefore, we have to pay a premium for them. A complete KD-4 is worth somewhere between $100-400 CDN around here. I paid $200 for my KD-4S at the Gravenhurst swap meet from a friend of a friend before the swap meet opened to the public. The seller held the motor for me at his booth while I enjoyed the show. When I came by to pick it up that afternoon he told me he could have sold the motor a dozen times that day for much more. He didn’t care about the money. He was glad I got the motor.

                        Wayne
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