it is good most people feel as Weimed does,
or else it would be much more difficult to pick
up one of those old "obsolete" OMC motors that
has been sitting around in someone's basement
or garage for 20 years for 50, 100 or 150 big
ones, and with a few more bucks and elbow
grease have a motor that will run another
40 or 50 years for under 2 to 300 dollars.
&
you can usually get one that is running
decently for around $300, maybe 400 or
500 if the fuel system, ignition system,
and water pump impeller have all just
been upgraded / R-nR'd
within the past 2 years, I have acquired a
collection consisting of a
1970 4 HP Johnoson Seahorse with the weedless drive
1963 Evinrude Fastwin 18 HP
1968 Evinrude Sporstman 6 HP
&
1963 Evinrude Sportwin 10 HP
( still coming "on line", the necessary water pump, fuel system, and ignition parts are on order and due to arrive within the next week or so )
and have less than $700 into it
for all of them, they run top notch
and I have no problem taking
any of them out for a solid 2 hour
run at or near WOT
ok,
that is sort of a lie, though I've done it
with the 1st 3 those motors. It is just that
the 4 and 6 HP are slow enough that they
give me little more than a head ache much
beyond a 15 or 20 minute putt out to the
fishing hole on the local impoundment
