Topic: 1930 Elto Speedster Model 310, 14 hp – Page 2

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May 17, 2018 at 11:53 pm #76208
PM T2
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pgs 2 and 3 for reference

He's livin' in his own private Idaho..... I hope to go out quietly in my sleep, like my grand-dad did..... and not screaming, like the passengers in his car...
May 17, 2018 at 11:54 pm #76209
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there, that’s all I got time for right now, hope it helps.

Best,
PM T2

He's livin' in his own private Idaho..... I hope to go out quietly in my sleep, like my grand-dad did..... and not screaming, like the passengers in his car...
May 18, 2018 at 12:02 am #76211
Bob Wight
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Looks like a real cut-to-shape and beat-to-fit job but somebody made it work with what they had available to them back in the day. Still a cool motor and if you can find the right parts, another piece of history will be restored.

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 18, 2018 at 12:27 am #76214
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quote Dave Bernard:

Hope you marked the fly wheel or you wont have it timed correctly.

Dave, I did not mark it, but I hope I don’t have to put that cobbled up mess back
together. With all them holes drilled in the flywheel, there’s hardly
any "meat" left to hold it together!

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May 18, 2018 at 12:29 am #76215
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quote PM T2:

there, that’s all I got time for right now, hope it helps.

Best,
PM T2
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Much appreciated PM T2. I’ll download, blow them up, and start reading!

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May 18, 2018 at 1:02 am #76219
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Thanks again PM T2, you’ve answered some of my questions already!
Will look forward to data next week.
Buc

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May 18, 2018 at 2:05 am #76223
squierka39
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The tank looks correct, the decal is definitely a later addition from a different size tank. Evinrude lettering would not have run around the corner up front, they were to well designed for that mistake. The rest is for the real experts here. Cool motor, good luck with it.
May 18, 2018 at 12:29 pm #76231
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Squire, from what little digging I did, the real early Speeditwin gas
tanks had the fill cap on the port side, and had a gold colored
decal.
I found one photo of a 1946 Speeditwin tank, and another
from the same era, but not dated, other than being a model 6039.
I didn’t find any decals where the "E" on Evinrude wrapped around
the corner as far as mine. I don’t know enough to be sure it’s
even a Speeditwin decal.
First three photos my tank.
Thanks!

P.S.- anyone have photos of the Elto Speedster’s flywheel,
timer, coil, what the top of the power head looks like
with the flywheel removed, etc?

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May 18, 2018 at 7:20 pm #76261
garry-in-michigan
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The oldest a 6039 Speeditwin could be is 1939. It was the first Speeditwin with a one piece cast muffler. The Speeditwins of 1936, ’37’ & ’38 were Eltos. The Speeditwin tank held two and a half gallons, the Speedifour/Big Four held four. So although the tank decal would fit a Speedifour, it is still incorrect. All the decals I have seen have the name of the motor on the side . . . 🙄
May 19, 2018 at 2:07 am #76303
squierka39
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Not the best photos, but that’s mine.
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