I bet non of you have ever seen one of these before ! The Wizard SuperPower 60

[geary]

Guys,
While I was surfing thru some pictures on a site I found on line I came across this photo ! Never knew Western Auto contracted Mercury to build it and wondered if any of you have ever seen a prototype of it or an actual motor ?

Back when I was a kid I collected many of the K&O model outboards but never saw anything like this ! It resembles one of the K&O’s except for the size, If you look at the scale next to it, it’s much bigger @ 17″ tall !

[geary]

Hope someone has a comment on the Wizard Superpower 60

• This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Mumbles.

[adam1961]

The guys that collect and restore the toy motors used rough ones to make some models that were never built. This might be one of them.

[Mumbles]

Nothing rough about that one!

It’s a fine piece of engineering and an excellent example of what can be done! ☺

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[pm-t2]

One can just imagine what the 60 cu in powerhead would have done to that Mark 20 foot, hehehe

Best,
PM T2

[Monte NZ]

Lovely job,but the ruler showing the size is in mm not inches. Converting from mm. makes it about 5 3/4 inches overall.

Monte NZ

[Mumbles]

Good eye Monte! I thought K+O’s were smaller than this one.

170 mm would be about 6.7″.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Mumbles.

[dave-bernard]

170mm yes but with the add distance from the skeg down.

[geary]

Guys,
Thanks for all the comments ! And Monte very good catch on the MM scale, my bad for not seeing that! Also on the distance up from the skeg bringing it to about 5 3/4″ height !

But no-one has commented on it being a reality, or mentioned hearing / seeing that Mercury even considered producing a 6cylinder for the Wizard line ? I’m sure Western Auto would have loved having something like this to add the their line of Outboards !

As for the lower mid section being from a Mk 20, not too sure that would be the case as it most likely would have been from a Mk50/55 full shifting unit ? Just sayin !

Thanks again for all the great comments
Geary

[dave-bernard]

how is this for real frankenmerc. mark 75 0n a D lower.

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