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Message: <blockquote data-quote="1pc@atime" data-source="post: 520171" data-attributes="member: 36038">That's the kind of motor I'd call a keeper if you can get it cheap enough,As far as I'm concerned, those mid to late 80's years in 15hp were about as good as it gets for any outboard.They're worth their weight in gold if you find a clean one that's not been run its whole life in saltwater. I'd gladly give a $100 for another one myself. $300 though is a bit steep for something I don't need though. (I have a whole row of them that I've accumulated over the past 30 or so years, and I don't recall ever paying more than $100 for any one of them. I didn't need any of them, in fact I don't even run one these days, having moved on to all 35hp motors but I'll never sell them. I'm working on a full row of 30 and 35hp motors next. I also only buy motors from 'parts not local' or from states without saltwater.  A good many of my motors have come from PA, Michigan, or Missouri over the years. Cold water also means a short season and less use compared to say FL where many motors run year round. Its hard to wear out a motor if you only get a dozen or so warm weekends to run it each each, and how many of those will you actually get out on the water? I lived on a lake in the 80's I was lucky to get the time to hop in the boat maybe a half dozen times a year, then it got put up for the winter in the garage in the rafters. I used the smaller boat with the trolling motor on the back more than I did the one with the 10hp motor on it.</blockquote>

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