959 Harters with 1958 35 hp Johnson and original trailer

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  • April 17, 2015 at 11:09 am #1237
    outboardnut
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      http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/boa/4975303818.html

      April 17, 2015 at 12:15 pm #14157
      Buccaneer
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        Neat……….I instantly started humming the "Batman" theme.

        Prepare to be boarded!

        April 17, 2015 at 9:10 pm #14178
        chris-p
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          Ah I miss my old RDS.

          April 17, 2015 at 11:17 pm #14183
          wiscoboater
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            That is a seriously cool boat. That old Johnson super silent is the first outboard I ever worked on. 33 years ago I got a super silent 35 for free from an old house I was rehabbing. I spent a lot of time and frustration figuring that thing out. I had it on the back of a 57 Feathercraft finned aluminum boat, 16 footer, blue anodized finish (I think it was anodized). If only a man could go back and reclaim all the cool stuff he did not value enough as a youth.

            April 18, 2015 at 12:34 am #14189
            beerman57
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              Long shaft? on that boat?

              April 18, 2015 at 2:06 am #14192
              1-old-outboard
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                Yeah, that is a great old boat!

                And, it does look like a long shaft motor on a short transom. Hmm. Hard to tell, with that "interesting" trailer setup.
                I’d question the origins of that. Motor looked pretty clean, from a distance.

                The hull is probably a Herter’s, not that I know.

                I do love the tail lights, tho! Are those red and green, for turn signals?

                April 18, 2015 at 9:29 am #14204
                jon-a
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                  the dual taillights on the back of the boat (one red, one white each side) were for trailering the boat- those were the trailer lights. totally invalid for water operation unless you somehow wired the whites to be extra stern lights

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