Reply To: Johnsons made in peterboro

[David Stanton]

I also have a couple of motors with questionable or missing IDs. One of them, a 1957 35 HP RD, has a damaged ID plate, a missing welch plug ID, an Evinrude Lark gray-colored engine block, the muffler on the carb missing, and the outside brush-painted in a color “close” to Holiday Bronze – maybe to make it look a bit different for ID purposes.. Could have been stolen at some time in its life, or could be a “Franken motor” put together from a few parts motors by somebody like us? I’ve often wondered how many times a stolen motor changes hands before it ends up with one of us?
Dave