Kiekhaffer Marine Corporation entered the snowmobile business in 1968 with the model 150E, utilizing the motor from the Mercury chainsaw. The engine were not designed for use in a snowmobile and were very prone to over heating and subsequent engine failure. Mercury was quick to retrofit most 150E models found today with large holes cut in the side of the hoods in an attempt to improve engine cooling.
The chainsaw hanging over the Mercury snowmobile is a 1948 Mercury model KB7-B with the same engine as used in the snowmobile. Men were "real men" to use this saw.
Owner: Aaron Schroeder
Engadine, MI
Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum
P.O. Box 2
W11660 US-2
Naubinway, MI 49762
Hours: 906 477-6298
Appointment: 906 477 6192
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