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  • #9544
    bill-loveland
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      Picked up a Senior Speedster yesterday with serial number 310 0716P.

      Any idea what the "P" denotes?

      Also, is anybody making repo’s of the gearcase nose cone and the gas cap (female thread)?

      #73425
      pm-t2
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        Canada Member - 2 Years

        Not sure what the "P" is about. Maybe ask Harry Nicholson or Sam Vance, not necessarily in that order.

        Gas cap fits many other Evinrudes and Eltos of the time period, even a cap off a 4 HP Fisherman or Sportwin would work.

        Lower unit nose cone – which one is which?

        One is circa 1930, the other circa about 10 minutes ago

        Best,
        PM T2

        #74095
        bill-loveland
        Participant

          So I gave Sam Vance a call, and he was stumped – best he could offer is that maybe it was returned to the factory for some re-work – asked me to check if the serial number appeared on a freeze plug or the crankcase, so I checked – nothing on the freeze plugs, but the crankcase….

          first, here’s the tag:

          #74096
          bill-loveland
          Participant

            and the crankcase?

            Must be the "P" stands for "Pile of washers"
            😆 😆 😆 😆

            #74118
            pm-t2
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              Canada Member - 2 Years

              my model 311 also has the "P" stamped into the serial number plate.

              PM T2

              #74137
              garry-in-michigan
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                Lifetime Member

                I believe your model 311 was a 1930 electric start Senior Speedster built on special order from surplus spare Parts. At that time Ole, although still working at the factory six and seven days a week, had taken his name off the payroll, while the factory assembly workers were only working three days a week. 95% of the motors sold cost less than $150. Bess at his side doing the work of secretaries they could no longer afford. In ’31 and ’32 Ole put in $50,000 of his savings to keep the business afloat. Bess litterally worked herself to death in 1933, then Ole died of a broken heart in 1934 . . . 🙁

                #74153
                squierka39
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                  US Member

                  Now I have to look at mine and see if it has a P after it.

                  #74156
                  bill-loveland
                  Participant

                    I have three other 310’s – none of them have a letter

                    I also have a 311 clamp bracket (and tag) on my 1930 electric start Quad – again, no letter.

                    #74159
                    49morphew
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                      US Member

                      Mine doesn’t even have a tag.

                      #74172
                      bill-loveland
                      Participant

                        What do you have for a flywheel?

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