2 port 30H Serial Number confused

**crankbearing** · 10-18-2006

Hey Sam,

There is no way this one was fake. I have torn alot of mercs apart in my time and this was not taken apart before everything was original on this one right down to the black check valves and the original fuel lines. every nut and bolt matched and was in the right places the star washers were on all 6 bolts of the two fuel pumps it even had the sandstone filters in the towers..

Regards,

**Ron Hill** · 10-18-2006

I believe the seal, as I had two just like it...One I got from West Anaheim Marine.... Where Jimmy Clinkenbeard raced his twin and triple Glastron out of...My dad balanced all Jim's motors...I dug through the junk, frequently,...No gearcase, but I never found a Mark 30 with a running gearcase....EVER...This motor had NEWER LARGER MERCURY STICKERS, and the cowling was factory ORANGE.

And my dad found a two porter, as described in northern Nebraska....Evinrude dealer in Ogalala, if I recall properly...Green cowling, big Mercury letters...same as my ORANGE one...

My dad's realtives still live in Nebraska, and my dad, was from Nebraska, found that whenever he went, he could always "SCORE" good Mercury stuff at Evinrude dealers, as they figured all Merc stuff as JUNK!!!!

ADD: "H" reed gages, my dad sold the "H" GAGES for brass scrap metal....just and FYI!!!

**crankbearing** · 10-19-2006

ADD: "H" reed gages, my dad sold the "H" GAGES for brass scrap metal....just and FYI!!![/QUOTE]

Hey Ron,

can you enlighten me, did he not run them in your motors?

Regards,

**Ron Hill** · 10-19-2006

When I get back from Parker...I'll discuss reed blocks with you...

**crankbearing** · 10-20-2006

OK, I found this today in the legends of Mercury Book. Totally blows on the 55H and 30H - 1 motor. This motor has the stamped tin/steel faceplate and the 1961 for 62 shrouds painted black with just the crease being chrome.. Fill Me in on this one.. Did the faceplate say 30H or 350 but a 350 in 61 was 40HP next year this was a 35A correct. See the Turbo Four side plate and the black with red outlined decals.

Regards,

**Mark75H** · 10-20-2006

That is a 1962 30H. They have the stamped front plate that says 30H and the model/serial tag will have a 1962 series serial number, but nothing in the model number field. There is no reference to them in any Merc literature, but there are some references to them in ads in Roostertails and Propellor in the early 1960's.

35A was a 1959 40 ci fishing motor which became the 350 version.

Jeff Rodengen's writing style drives me crazy; he did no new research for his books other than getting a few pictures and stringing together magazine articles he wrote years earlier. His area of expertise is business history rather than machines so that is the area where his books are most accurate and informative.

**Mark75H** · 10-20-2006

My guess is that 200 30H's and 200 55H's were made in 1962, there were 55H's made in 1959, but no 30H's.

**crankbearing** · 10-20-2006

Sam there is a picture for a 1961 boat show that shows the two motors as well the rest of collection for that year somewhere, I saw that picture a couple weeks back in Black and white. I would like to get a colour picture of that. The boat show was in Montreal, Canada. It has two "H" motors side by side on the stage.

Regards,