OUTBOARDS IN A MOVIE

[DenBoy]

Born in ’39, I grew up living summers on a lake in the Adirondacks – spending 7 days a week exploring the shoreline with other kids. We didn’t have bicycles, we had boats. So…., I was surprised to see supposedly vintage outboards in the movie “Where The Crawdads Sing” that I couldn’t identify. The sheet-metal boats looked like some I remember from the early ‘50’s – but the outboards were a mystery. The star’s motor (the storyline would have made it a late ‘40’s to mid ‘50’s model) didn’t resemble anything I could remember. The power head shroud carried the name Tide Master (carefully aged to make it look old). I recognize neither the name or the motor’s shape. Anyone see the movie and recognize the outboards?

[Buccaneer]

I haven’t seen the movie, but just watched the YouTube trailer.
Here’s one of the outboards…. and I don’t know what it is either.

Prepare to be boarded!

1 user thanked author for this post.

Donald Keller

[seakaye12]

Oddly the motor in Buc’s pic looks to have a nozzle-style telltale.  I don’t recall any outboards from that era that used that type.  Maybe it’s a modern outboard with a faked cowling?   Someone should recognize the design of the midsection…..

 

• This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by seakaye12.

[jp53-n]

Looks like a 2020ish Tohatsu/Mercury 5 or 6hp. They choked on period correct outboards throughout that movie for the most part. It looks  like the character Chase Andrew’s had a 60’s/70’s 2 cylinder 35-40hp Mercury but it was painted baby blue…ughh

• This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by jp53-n.

[fleetwin]

seakaye12 wrote:

Oddly the motor in Buc’s pic looks to have a nozzle-style telltale.  I don’t recall any outboards from that era that used that type.  Maybe it’s a modern outboard with a faked cowling?   Someone should recognize the design of the midsection…..

 

• This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by seakaye12.

That’s what I was thinking as well

[billw]

I think it’s a late model, Tohatsu-based Mercury 6 hp four stroke, painted Elgin green.

Long live American manufacturing!

[Steve D]

There’s this one from Major League…

Edit…didn’t come through

Try again…

https://youtu.be/S5hlrCpWQc0

[jimbrizzolara]

I’m not able to post links, but check out The Birds, when Tipi Hedren is in a rowboat. Also Godfather 2, when they take Fredo fishing. Period correct motors in those films.

[Bob Wight]

Or Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond with a classic Evinrude Fisherman.

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."

[Steve Martin]

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein has a Johnson in the last 5 minutes of the movie.

[Author]

Posts