Over the years I must have hoarded at least 20 OLD out board motors. Some of them were pretty rare, alas when we moved I ended up letting all but one go. I saved the 57 Evinrude 7 1/2 horse Fleetwin my Grandpa won at the Illinois State fair in 57 (he used to let me drive the boat when i was young and it was my job to winterize and wax it every fall) and just picked up a 58 Johnson 3hp seahorse at a garage sale for 20 bucks. So it starts again!! What do you guys have? Anything? Mitch.
I am buying tune-up parts for my Homelite 55 today. It's a 4 stroke based on a Crosley engine. Made from 1961 to 1972.
These are cool. I have three (what I would call vintage out boards) but too new for here so I won't post pics. They are one late 60s Johnson 2.5hp, one early 70s Johnson 3hp and a early 70s Evinrude 6hp. They were all my grandfathers and were used as kickers on his boats. I grew up using them with him fishing on the east coast of Vancouver Island. He always kept them in top running order but they were getting pretty tired when he passed away. My uncles were going to huck them out. I saved them and I plan on restoring them one day. Just tucked away in the shed for now. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Fisher Pierce, BearCat, Homelite, all are 4 stroke engines. Had over 60 of them over the years, all that's left now are a couple NOS rubber water pump impeller's and a few props...........................................
Refreshing a 57' Mercury MK 55e right now, there's a Evinrude Fleetwin I got from the father in law too.
The older 4 strokes are great little motors for fishing, trolling (no need for a kicker), etc. not much power but fun if propped rite...................................... Look up Moriarity here on the HAMB he has a decked out Crosley in a Trike....
Oh yea Brigrat, I saw his 3 wheel chop and fell in love with it, after my TBI I can't ride a scoot anymore but I'd ride the bejesus outta that thing. Mitch.
Picked up this Elgin a few weeks ago. Probably from the early 50's.....says 7.5 hp. Don't know what I'm going to do with it.....Just too cool to pass up!
George Riley's 75 hp, 1954-6. When Merc's biggest engine was a 40 and Evinrude's was 35, this was huge in many ways. Rile was of course famous for his overhead conversions for 4 bangers and a few V8 castings. He also built his own inboard/outboard drive which was very fast for the 1930s powered by a flathead V8. His design was infringed on by Volvo, Riley didn't have the funds to go after them. My friend has 2 of these outboards and a NOS powerhead. 5 cylinder, 4 stroke.
bought at auction in New Hampshire- $800. bucks!! including original trailer and gas tank. freshwater use only
A good friend (Tom Pesula) gave me a 1917 ? Evinrude. It's missing quite a few parts but that's not a problem. I am going to make it into a floor lamp for my man cave. I've built a flywheel and a gas tank out of MDF. When it's all done, it will make for a really cool addition to my haven. I'll post some photos the next time I work on it.
Bring it up here to the "Lakes Region", someone will buy it... pics stolen from here: http://www.boatracingfacts.com/forums/showthread.php?334-Waaaaaaaaaay-back-to-the-beginning/page4
about 5 years ago a boat repair shop closed down by me. he was having a yard sale where he would never give a price on anything. he had all the vintage outboard motors.. OLD stuff, I'm not a boat guy, but I know old stuff when I see it. he had them piled high in his scrap bins. too stupid to try ebay, or tell me a price for what he was throwing away. my buddy was trying to buy some tools from him, but he couldn't come up with a price. I'm sure he ended up tossing many thousands of dollars of good stuff away. I did manage to force him to come up with a price on a sheetmetal brake. it was like pulling teeth.
Wow.......Elto 4-60....what a work of art. I had two Eltos over the last 10yrs. that I was hoping to us to power a couple of rail frame midget race car projects that I had. Both engines and midget projects are now gone as part of the "downsizing" of my life. In 1990 when I last ran my vintage Solar rail frame midget in a vintage event, there was an Elto running in my heat.......the sound and smell was priceless.
I have some boats also so thought I needed a small engine collection too. Took all these pictures for my phone so I wouldn't buy duplicates. Don't think I've ever spent more than $25 but a few were given to me.
I love those old outboards. About 1955 our family took a vacation trip to Lake of the woods in Oregon. I was 14 at the time. I went down to the dock and told the guy I wanted to rent a boat. He said OK, I hopped in and finally figured out how to start the thing and off I went. My first experience with an outboard. I love the smell of those old hydrocarbon pukers as they blow the oily exhaust into the pristine waters.
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