Topic: What was your first outboard? – Antique Outboard Motor Club,Inc

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May 9, 2016 at 5:33 pm #4248
weedlessdrive
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Mine was a 5 hp Goodyear SeaBee. I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
May 9, 2016 at 5:59 pm #36305
sailor58
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A ’54 Lightwin. I was seven. Saved half the money for it. It went on a 13′ cedar plank rowboat that my dad fixed up. (I helped) Had it till age twelve when I cobbled together an old Yellowjacket with a Gale 35.
Larry
May 9, 2016 at 6:22 pm #36307
wiscoboater
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Mine was also a 5hp Goodyear SeaBee. It was the Gale wedge block, 1949 I think but memory fades over time. Still have a soft spot for them. I have 2 in the basement. In fact that is what resparked my interest in this hobby. I saw one on Craigslist one day a few years ago and it brought back such good memories I bought it. Then, not knowing where to find parts for it I found this Club. The rest is history, you guys are stuck with me till I die now. 😆
May 9, 2016 at 6:39 pm #36309
dmbono
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I had a 1.7hp Neptune- pushed an 8" boat over many miles.
May 9, 2016 at 6:40 pm #36310
reivertom
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US Member
I still have it….My Dad’s ’57 Scott-Atwater 3.6. Slow and noisy, but it still runs with the original ignition parts. The only problem I have had with it is surface rust inside the gas tank, which was fixed with an in-line filter. I’ll get around to de-rusting it someday before I go toes up.. :^)
May 9, 2016 at 7:42 pm #36314
Doug Wilson
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US Member - 2 Years
!968 Mercury model 60 6hp, Fishing motor my Grandad and I used on the fishing boat. Very clean original motor just inherited from my uncle may have 100 hrs on it, had set since 1980, new fuel lines carb and fuel pump rebuilt and new impeller always starts quick. Inherited the fishing boat when I got my license but not motor until later. First one I had apart was 1959 CD-16 5.5hp that my cousin beat up looks bad but runs great.

Doug

how is it motors multiply when the garage lights get
turned off?
May 9, 2016 at 7:58 pm #36316
jw-in-dixie
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First one I was allowed to operate on a boat was a Johnson LS-10 five horse. Dad gave it away while I was in the Army, but a fellow member gave me one like it a few years ago. What a nice guy Jerry is.

First motor I bought was a used-one-time Mercury KG7 to power the 8′ plywood runabout I built. Still have it and it still runs. So does the boat. 🙂

Long live the old iron. JW in Dixie
May 9, 2016 at 8:25 pm #36317
crosbyman
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Canada Member - 2 Years
Viking 5hp at Eaton’s in Montreal… piece of junk with a head gasket leak…. I had issues with it for 2 years

took it back on my 2 years !!! Eaton’s warranty … they took it back 😯

and I traded up to a 9.8 Merc for an extra $50 or so as I recall ….. Eaton’s had started selling Merc’s

The 9.8 lasted years till I went to a used 50 Merc for a used ski boat. Sold that 9.8 for $400 years later and the new owner never had issues

Joining AOMCI has priviledges 🙂
May 9, 2016 at 9:16 pm #36319
49hiawatha
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1949 1.5 HP Hiawatha . I bought it from the 1st owner in 1970 and had it until it was stolen in 1990. I now have a few. Life revisited. 😎
May 9, 2016 at 9:23 pm #36320
outboardnut
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martin 20
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