Sears Ted Williams 7.5 HP

[oldmanandthesea]

I am helping an elderly widow of a freind clear out her garage which had her husbands rafting, fishing and boating gear. I found a serviceable Sears Ted Williams 7.5 HP motor, model 217-5888-2, serial # 3J526957. It turned over easily, and with a shot of starting fluid started right up.

She is interested in selling the motor, and thought that it might appeal to an antique outboard collector.

Can anyone give me an approximate value? Or have an intertest in it.

I went on line for a look at E-Bay, and purchased a DVD of the original manual an saw a 5.5 HP of the same vintage there.

The motor is located in Gresham, OR at this time.

Thanks for your help, and I do enjoy looking at all the pics on the website of the old motors, especially when on a period matched boat. Nostalgia is a powerful thing …

Thanks

Larry

• This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Mumbles.

[billw]

I mean no disrespect to the widow; I truly don’t. However, unfortunately, a Sears Ted Williams is not what a collector of old outboards would consider of any valve at all. They are noisier than most other engines and do not have the same power as other motors of the same rated horse power. There is nothing technologically significant about them, in terms of mechanical history, either. If I were you, I would list it on Craigslist or the like, for maybe $100 and maybe she will get lucky. REAL lucky. (Read that, “If you get any offer at ALL, take it.”) On a positive note, her husband must have been a good man. He may have liked fishing but he didn’t break the bank when he chose an outboard motor to buy.

Long live American manufacturing!

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