Topic: 1928 ELTO Service Speedster – Antique Outboard Motor Club,Inc

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May 22, 2018 at 12:03 am #9999
wbeaton
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It’s great to see so many posts about ELTO Speedsters recently. To me they are one of the most important outboards of the era. As a result of all the Speedster talk I was inspired to tear down two 1928 Speedster 7 hp motors this week. I had previously rebuilt an ELTO coil and put it on the shelf so this was a quick project. This was also my first Speedster project. I got it running tonight. I can’t wait to try it out on the boat later this week.

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Wayne
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May 22, 2018 at 12:12 am #76523
chris-p
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Looks like a nice clean motor.
May 22, 2018 at 12:13 am #76525
wbeaton
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This is how I rebuilt the coil.

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May 22, 2018 at 12:48 am #76529
Bob Wight
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Beautiful result on the coil rebuild. Great looking motor too. Now that you have what looks like a brand new factory built coil, ever thought of a full resto on the motor?

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20

“Every 20 minute job is only a broken bolt away from a 3-day project.”
"Every time you remove a broken or seized bolt an angel gets his wings."
May 22, 2018 at 1:10 am #76532
wbeaton
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I will likely give the tank some attention and stick a decal on it, but the rest is as far as I’m going with it. If I restore it I won’t want to use it.

Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter

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May 22, 2018 at 1:27 am #76533
Bob Wight
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Don’t blame you – a full resto on that motor would result in something way too nice to use again. Fixing the tank dents and a new decal will make it look great and still usable.

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20

“Every 20 minute job is only a broken bolt away from a 3-day project.”
"Every time you remove a broken or seized bolt an angel gets his wings."
May 22, 2018 at 2:05 am #76536
Buccaneer
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Hope we get to see a video of it’s maiden voyage!

Prepare to be boarded!
June 18, 2018 at 10:12 pm #78141
wbeaton
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quote Buccaneer:

Hope we get to see a video of it’s maiden voyage!

We had it out on the weekend. It ran great. My friend took some video and posted on Facebook. I hope the link works here.

https://www.facebook.com/iredp/videos/1856641494356108/

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Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter

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June 18, 2018 at 10:47 pm #78142
Buccaneer
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Hopefully the video ends up on YouTube some day.
I don’t have a FaceBook accout. 😮

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June 18, 2018 at 11:41 pm #78145
wbeaton
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Does the link not open? You shouldn’t need a Facebook account to view it.

Wayne
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