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September 18, 2020 at 6:32 pm #216804
LLOYD LAUTNER
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    I agree that the JW is your best bet for easy restoration and those tank dents aren’t bad at all. Best to leave them alone, get it running and pumping well and sell it to a local fisherman. I mechanically restored gobs of those JW’s and sold them to local fishermen for 300 to 400 bucks each.
    financed my hobby that way.
    The Sportsman can be a pain in the neck for a number of reasons.
    The Johnson cowling dents are easy to repair with a light hammer over a block of wood. And you can get new primer seals and installation instructions from me. They will surely need new ones.
    Fix and sell the JW. It will more than pay for you to play with the rest of them.