Hi all –
I own several motors (Mercury Silent 6, Seahorse, Zephyr, Martin 60) and I’ve cycled through several in the past decade. I love these motors for their mechanical ingenuity and different approach to the same basic goal. Sometimes I land on one I love and keep it, sometimes I use them for a couple years and want to move on to something different.
Right now I’m trying to sell a complete and running Martin 60. It’s not perfect but a nice old motor. I’ve listed it on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, and I’m a bit tired of the interest that I get. People seem to confuse a 70 y/o 6hp motor with a brand new 25hp model in terms of expectations. What I mean is, they’re shopping for my motor because it’s listed at $125, but what they need in terms of their own described use and mechanical ability is a new-in-box fuel injected motor.
I’d really like to see this motor go to someone who either knows them or collects, or at the very least has some *interest* in learning about an old motor. To that end, I’ve had no luck. Case in point, a kicker who said he threw away his old motor because he couldn’t get it to run right. I hate to see a nice complete old motor meet that fate.
Any ideas here? Am I in the wrong sales forums? Is my price too high, too low?
Thanks!
Matt
Milwaukee, WI
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