The paint shows pride of ownership. If its someone
that doesn’t know what they are doing that can be
a problem. Not so much the paint but when they try
work on the ignition, carb, gear case, and don’t know
what they’re doing. That usually results in some
damage.
Paint on a motor isn’t always bad as it can protect
what’s underneath, depending on when it was applied.
This RBM was covered in house paint. They even
painted the points. But under the paint was a really
nice motor. It had a nice gas tank. The original
owner had pined the reversing mechanism so it
wouldn’t operate and it was in mint condition. The
motor also had the optional tilt mechanism.
I expect you’ll find an unusually nice gas tank under
the silver paint. Someone that was good enough with
bondo so it wouldn’t show should have been able to
given it better paint job.
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A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.