Captain Davie
Cadet
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I just found a parts catalogue on Ebay for the Volvo Penta Aquamatic 80 stern drive. It shows a photo of the large round oil cooler that this boat has.
So it's an AQ 80 which was the original model introduced in 1959.
Google AI says,
The Volvo Penta Model 80 engine, a 1.6-liter, 80-hp unit, was first used in a sterndrive prototype developed by Jim Wynne in the spring of 1958. He purchased it from a Volvo car dealership and Volvo Penta was marinizing it.
This engine was then directly bolted onto the sterndrive prototype. Following intensive testing in Gothenburg, Sweden during the autumn of 1958, the first real drive was fitted just before Christmas.
"Note: This engine appears to have been developed and utilized in the late 1950s, specifically around 1958, in connection with the development of the world's first sterndrive, the Aquamatic.
So it's an AQ 80 which was the original model introduced in 1959.
Google AI says,
The Volvo Penta Model 80 engine, a 1.6-liter, 80-hp unit, was first used in a sterndrive prototype developed by Jim Wynne in the spring of 1958. He purchased it from a Volvo car dealership and Volvo Penta was marinizing it.
This engine was then directly bolted onto the sterndrive prototype. Following intensive testing in Gothenburg, Sweden during the autumn of 1958, the first real drive was fitted just before Christmas.
"Note: This engine appears to have been developed and utilized in the late 1950s, specifically around 1958, in connection with the development of the world's first sterndrive, the Aquamatic.
