New " old motors "

[Johnny]

This guy is GOOD !!!
i don't know him but it looks like a fun place to visit and just chit-chat
about the motors of days gone by.

https://ocala.craigslist.org/boa/4869929956.html

 

[bobberboy]

I wish I had the patience, the inclination and the smarts to do that kind of work. I've got a little project needing an older motor but I'm just not interested in becoming a mechanic. Nice work.

 

[KMixson]

That is some nice work on those motors.

 

[jasper60103]

Beautiful. They look too nice to "use" IMO. =D>

 

[Skiffing]

That's very cool and brings back memories!

An old friend of mine just moved from here to Ocala and is settling in. He's a great fisherman - especially bass. Hard times and all.... He's trying to get up to speed.

Met him when we were in our early teens - which would be ~ 45 years ago.

He had a 14' plywood skiff with a '58 Johnson 7 1/2 hp that threw a rooster tail. I had a 12' dory with an Evinrude 5 1/2 hp.

We met in the middle of Salem Harbor [Massachusetts] and have stayed friends ever since.

 

[TNtroller]

I too wish I had the skills and knowledge to do that. That fella does some nice work. =D>

 

[ggoldy]

Those old motors from your childhood are bought and sold everyday. AOMCI.com, CL, and Ebay. The problem, I think, is finding a boat to match the motor. If you can restore/modify a boat, you can restore those old motors. I fixed and reassembled a 1940 Elto. Just need a tiller handle and a grommet to finish. Now 40 years ago I choose plumbing as a career...how smart do you think I am? LOL And the 1952 Seahorse is waiting to get on the workbench. I have no desire to do the cosmetics like that guy, but both will be 'wet' in a month or two.

 

[Pappy]

GGoldy - The Florida Chapter of the AOMCI will have a great meet on the Suwanee River at the Yellow Jacket Campground, South of Old Town, in April.
You would enjoy it.

 

[DaleH]

Wow, AWESOME talent that man has!

 

[ggoldy]

GGoldy - The Florida Chapter of the AOMCI will have a great meet on the Suwanee River at the Yellow Jacket Campground, South of Old Town, in April.
You would enjoy it.

Ohhhh Pappy, I know I would! 8) I'll get to one of them sooner or later.

 

[Johnny]

oh wow - that reminds me of the Mount Dora Antique Boat Festival the last weekend in March !!!
I have been to several in the past, but not in the last 3 years, and it is AWESOME !!!
There is also a new FLOAT PLANE ramp in Tavares that will be giving a show.

This is the 2013 show https://www.boatshowproducts.com/boat-shows/mount-dora-antique-boat-festival

 

[Pappy]

Barefoot - you just missed one in Trimble Park last weekend. Near Mt Dora
Another one coming up in Winter Haven at Lake Alfred, in March

 

[35Elto]

Very nice motors nice to see the passion kept alive.