1960 Evinrude V4 Starflite 75hp back in service.

This boat is immaculate and so is the engine. Had been in a museum for decades. Museum was bought out and liquidated so this one was purchased and brought in for me to put back in service.
Full service done on it and am liking how well it runs. I have the Johnson version on the back of a boat I am putting together still. Have fired mine up but no water test as of yet.
Here is a link....tell me what you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrnKe39ch2c&feature=youtu.be

Running well. That was a hoss in it's day.

That era was so extravagant with styling. Cars, boats, outboards, all just so pretty. I don't know if we'll ever see it like that again, everything is so bland now.

One day I want to find one of those that's in decent enough shape for a restoration, on a shiny tin boat of roughly the same age.

Pappy said:

Mr Giggles....they are everywhere out there. Not hard to find at all. Fiberglassics and the AOMCI sites are places to start the learning process and possibly procure what you want. The AOMCI group has chapters all over the states that have monthly meets. Good places to get your feet wet up close and personal.
By the way, I did a lot of running on Tablerock lake just South of you several years ago. I did precision driving for a marine photography group that did the running and still shots of over 125 boats for Bass Pro Shops. Was on that lake every morning around 4:30 AM from June well into October.

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Sounds like a fun gig.

I have had a few, just none in good enough shape to be worth doing anything with. Thanks for the resources.

I've never been on the Rock, I'm a little ways north and can usually be found chasing walleyes on Stockton, and crappie on Pomme De Terre or occasionally Truman.

I do eventually want to run down to Bull Shoals. The high water last year prevented that, maybe this year. Truly beautiful country down there, big walleyes too.

Nice... Don't forget to bring lots of gas...... The Tiger Tank of outboards... 8)

Pappy - Back in the day, I remember a guy saying that he put a 50 HP lower unit on his 75 HP Evinrude & it would outrun a Merc. Supposedly the 50 LU has a lower gear ratio so it had better hole shot. Ever heard of that one?