Reply To: What was your first outboard?

[BRUCE REINHART]

My first outboard was a Johnson A-65 when I was 15 back in 1959 , I worked in a guys garage and he owed me $25.00 and I took the A-65 instead of the money ran great for years Then a QD-21 showed up and the A-65 sat on the rack for years , I sold it to a guy for his grandson for $30.00 , When I got the old outboard bug I started to hunt for a A-65 , it took me year and a half to find one for $100.00 , I have done a complete restoration & polish job on it and have run it , It is the only motor that I own that is not for sale until after I die because it is going to sit beside my urn when I die