66 Years With The 52 Merc

[RalphG]

Thursday, October 16th marked 66 years since my dad bought the 52 Merc. It served us well for just about ten years before becoming almost impossible to start due to low compression and burned valves. My brother brought it back to life in 1979 with new pistons, rings and a valve grind but it got parked and forgotten as life went on. Ten years ago this month I brought it out of retirement and its been a great decade.
I took it out for a drive on the 16th to mark the day.
https://youtu.be/z_M3HkIjXYE