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h.Witten, this is an issue that needs to be addressed by this club. A 1950’s outboard is 68 years old this year. If that’s not an antique I don’t know what is! The motorcycles guys are alot bigger than us and their cut off line rolls over every year. This year the classic/antique break is around 1980. I reference the motorcycle guys because outboards were original motors from the french company DeDion Bouton, first used on bicycles then motorcycles on the wooden tracks. Some where around the begining of the 19th century Glen Curtiss built motors under license from DeDion Bouton sold them to Waterman to use on the first outboard. Enough history, maybe we need a third class, Antiques, preclassics, then classics?
Pick up a copy of "Motorcycle Classics" magazine sometime. The old board tracker cycles from 1910 look like our beloved Waterman only water cooled.
dale