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cajuncook1
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    quote bilboleslie:

    I couldn’t find any data plates on it, but it’s buried back in a barn. Maybe I need to drag it out into the sunshine. I’ll try again.

    If you are right, is it an anchor?

    Definitely a Seaking/BuccanerGale 25hp or 35hp motor from about 1956 to 1958. Definitely not an anchor. They are of the same quality of motors of the Evinrude/Johnson motor of the mid to late 1950’s. They are heavy, but they are powerful running motors.

    Here are some you tube videos of a 25hp Gale running

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvjEq5hRRlk

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWyklBexMXw