Re: What was your first outboard?

[Leon]

quote Wyo307:

My first one that was actually mine was a 1966 Johnson 100hp Golden Meteor. I fixed it up and got it running great. I used that motor on an old 1970 fiberform that I fixed up for years until I sold it. I still see it every once in a while cruising down the lake! It has traded hands a few times since I owned it and no one has ever had any problems with it, that thing is bullet proof but was a thirsty old thing. Still the smoothest shifting outboard I think I have ever been around (electromatic shifting).

My first “old” outboard I found laying under a pile of leaves in a friend’s grandpa’s old wood boat which was completely rotten. Anyways it is a 1947 Evinrude sportsman 2hp. I left it original but cleaned everything and got it running and it is a fun little motor. Since then it has snowballed out of control 😀 .

I remember you posting pictures of that little Sportsman. That little engine style was a great runner. The Meteor is a nice machine too.