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I know that this belongs in the dockside chat forum, but I wanted members and site contributors to be able to see what the benefit of this club offers.A little while back a gentleman by the user name of MonteNZ was inquiring about a 1947 Scott Atwater 3.6hp motor. It was his dad’s and was passed on to him after his dad passed. Like the rest of us, he spoke of memories of fishing and riding with his dad and the 1947 Scott Atwater 3.6hp motor. Naturally, the years takes a toll on these old beauties, so he wanted to revive it back to glory again. Thankfully with the help of several members and tedious hand crafting ingenuity on Monte’s part, he has done a great job of restoring his dad’s old motor.
Monte, i believe, lives in New Zealand. He has plans on bringing his motor to a boat show and wants to organize an antique and vintage motor display at the boat show. He states, his little motor has drawn some interest.
Here is the email that Monte sent to me and I want to share it with the members.
quote :At last some photos for you of the rebuild!!!!!You will see that the Scott is nearly complete except for the tank
transfer, which I hope to put on in the next day or so.I am very pleased with the way the quadrant came out……even if it
did take 8 hrs. of carefull machining and hand work. I don’t have a
milling machine, so I had to revert to using a drill, hacksaw and
files to do the slot which is where a lot of the time went. I managed
to borrow a knurling tool off a friend to do the knurling.Some of the counter sunk machine screws holding the two steel plates
to the clamp brackets that alow for the tilt positions of the motor
to be altered, were missing, so I had to make new ones. Fortunately
dad had the necessary dies. Would you believe I made them out of some
steel rod off an old lawn mower that a friend chucked out ages ago.I was a bit surprised that it took two rattle cans to complete the
painting and I had to use an orbital sander to get all the old paint
off the trunk.The gears in the gear box were just like new when I cleaned all the
old grease out…….no rust! I filled it with Corn Head Grease as
reccomended by the guys on the Aomci website……..even found the old
grease gun that dad used when I was a kid.It ususlly starts from cold on the second pull after one pull with the
choke on with the knob showing 6 at the 12 oclock position and high
speed with 4 at the top.I am running it on a 16 to 1 ratio of Outboard Oil (Valvoline) as per
the original instructions.Well,thanks ever so much once again David, for your help……it is
very much appreciated and I hope it gives you satisfaction to see the
end result of your input.I only wish dad was around to see the end result. I hope to have it in
the Auckland Hutchwilco Boat Show in May next ……..a group of us
hope to set up a vintage outboard display there. I also took it to the
Classic Wooden Boat Parade down at Lake Rotoiti on Feb the 7th and it
created a lot of interest……hopefully it might inspire others into
restoring old outboards. I will find the website for viewing the
photos of the event and let you know.Best wishes
Monte.PS. David,I thought it might be of interest to members like you to put
these photos etc up on the website, but I don’t know how to do it.So
if you would like to put it up, you are most welcome to do so. On the
other hand you might like to wait until I have the transfer on the
tank…….what are your thoughts?There are pictures of the handcrafted sleeve that is used to make the tiller into a carry handle. He made that from pictures I sent to him. The original was corroded and broken. Also portions of the mounting bracket was fabricated by Monte as well, if I remember correctly. What craftsmanship!!
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