Reply To: 1929? Evinrude Fastwin

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There really isn’t a market price, per se. It comes down to what a vendor and buyer can agree on. How bad does a guy want to sell something? How much demand is there for it? There’s no Kelly Blue Book for outboards, although we have a “price guide” that was published in the second edition of Peter Hunn’s “The Old Outboard Book” almost 25 years ago. Using the term “market value” really doesn’t apply to this hobby, tho many will disagree with me on that.

I think most newbies probably overpay for at least one motor when first entering into the hobby. It happens. It happened to me when I first joined the club and I’ve seen it happen to others. There’s no substitute for experience, and if a new collector doesn’t have a mentor type person they can lean on for advice then they may buy something then realize later “oh shoot, I overpaid”. Just have some faith that it all evens out in the end, and always remember that he who has the most toys when he dies is still dead.

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He's livin' in his own private Idaho..... I hope to go out quietly in my sleep, like my grand-dad did..... and not screaming, like the passengers in his car...