I have problems going by year. Certainly the cast iron monsters of the thirties are dinosaurs that were last seen in 1950. However many more modern vintage outboards were seen in 1946. Many of these died out in the ’50s. The revolutionary Johnson QD-10 of 1950 is certainly a step above the KD model it replaced. Put them side by side and it is hard to believe they came from the same factory. I (being a dinasour) have problems putting them in the same clasification. What we now call 1950 outboards as classics, I see as vintage. The modern classics started in my book with the advent of electronic ignition in the 1970s. These also included better fuel efficiency and 50 to 1 oil. However it seems after fifty years a little late to reincorporate as the "Vintage And Classic Outboard Motor Club Inc.". . . 😀
