Reply To: 1958 Johnson Seahorse 35 non painted bits

[Bob Wight]

Matt – here’s a couple pics of a 1958 Johnson 10hp I restored a few years ago.   Your 35hp would have the same paint scheme.   All of the exterior pieces of the mid-section and lower unit are painted with the 1958 Holiday Bronze and the cowl, as Dale noted, are Holiday Bronze and white (the white was actually called Cream).   The powerhead was all Holiday Bronze and only the flywheel, magneto plate and carburetor were bare aluminum as shown in my attached pic.    For a little extra pop, I’ve started painting the flywheels and carbs on my latest resto jobs with an aluminum colored paint which make them look cleaner.

Edit – prop was also originally painted Cream.

Bob

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