Re: I Was Enabled or Bamboozled…

[PM T2]

the real guilty party here is anybody but me, hehehe.

Let’s start with Jack Craib, as he passed the sellers info to me in the first place.

I merely contacted the seller to verify that he had stuff to sell. The original list alleged that there was a Martin Hi-Speed 60 and an Elto Hi-Speed Speedster as part of the for-sale items. This morning, on a whim, I contacted Wayne to say I was headed down his way to look motors over. Wayne is the one who volunteered that he had the day off, I extended an invitation for him to join me in the motor inspection, purely as a courtesy, you understand, and I’ll accept blame for that, but he’s not completely innocent either! Well, its all good natured joking is all.

At any rate,we got there and went through the motors that lay scattered about.

The Martin turned out to be service Martin 60, nothing high-speed about it. It is all there, and rolls over nice and smooth, and the original starter handle is one of the nicest ones I’ve seen on a barn-fresh Martin, but she’s no racer.

The Hi-Speed Speedster turned out to be a service motor as well, and that’s the one Wayne has now.

The Lockwood is a 1928 model that has been modded for remote steering and throttle, but it can be put back to original very easily and without any special Merc tools required. It’s also got an unauthorized underwater exhaust pipe added to it, but that can be fixed also.

Other motors he had for sale (in various states of disrepair)

Johnson AA-37, Johnson K-50, Johnson TN-27, Triton single (air-cooled thing with Tecumseh powerhead, reminds me a lot of an 60’s Eska or Clinton) 1948-49 Evinrude Sportwin model 4423, 1946 Evinrude Sportwin 4368, Model 4335 Evinrude, 1914 Evinrude Detachable, 1950 Merc KG7, 1953 Mercury MK15, 1956 Mercury Mark25E, and a little Sea King Midget, and late Johnson PO-15.

None of them being close to running any time soon. Most had at least one thing either missing or broken. THe MK25E was missing all the electrical parts, and stuck hard. MK15 stuck tight. K-50 stuck tight. PO had the carb mounting flange broken off the crankcase casting.

I bought the 1914 Evinrude, the exhaust manifold and can are gone, the cylinder has a weld repair from being split open, and the tank is banged up bad on the starboard side. Oh well, there are always risks associated with going to look at a pile of old iron…… some (or all) of it may end up following you home, whether you want it to or not!

Best,
PM T2

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...