Forget the motor stands, Tubs those motors are spectacular. I can only imagine the amount of time and effort that you put into each one of them. Your tanks are laser straight without a ripple, and the mirror polishing is amazing. Knowing you they probably all start and run well!
Bravo, job well done. Those are a few of the finest restoration examples I have ever seen. You have set a very high bar for the rest of us.Bob D
Thank you Bob for the complement. Keeps me busy through the winter.
It’s pretty much the same process as you use restoring your motors and
the motors pictured here except instead of sanding on filler, primer, and
paint, I’m sanding on aluminum. Polishing – the machine and compounds
are different but the process is the same except I don’t have to deal with
a run or a fly in the paint or any other issues the can make a paint job
blow up. In many respects I find aluminum easier than paint.
The folding Sportwin wasn’t any prize when I got it. Bugs had entered
the motor in several places. Luckily the pistons were blocking the ports
keeping them from getting into the cylinders. Its not a common motor.
Normally the first thing I do to a motor is get it to run. Next could be
nothing to what I did with the Sportwin. Most make it onto a boat for awhile.
Tubs.
Short video of the Sportwin being started-
https://youtu.be/7WMwwvjIHBg
A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.