There’s a guy with a five & half horse Johnson on his lawn for sale. there’s no price on it. This motor is a copper-bronze color and looks to be complete. There is a picture on this website of three of these motors in different horsepowers. This one is a little faded in color but the same motor. The only damage i see is a broken shifter handle. I was wondering what years had the copper-bronze paint job and what it may be worth. I don’t want to knock on the guy’s door until I hear from some of you guys.
1956 is all bronze except the wings and decals. 1957 is bronze sides and white top / center, 1958 is the last year for bronze and basically the inverse of 1957 with script "Johnson" on the sides.
-Ben
Making some assumptions – if the motor is basically sound – turns over with compression in both cylinders, nothing beyond the shift handle broken, it might be worth offering $40-$50. If it has a gas tank with it, add another $25 to your offer. If it is shown to have new coils in it, add another $25. If the guy can actually run it for you on the included gas tank, maybe go a little higher, still. I wouldn’t go over $100, unless it’s really nice and can be shown to run…
Making some assumptions – if the motor is basically sound – turns over with compression in both cylinders, nothing beyond the shift handle broken, it might be worth offering $40-$50. If it has a gas tank with it, add another $25 to your offer. If it is shown to have new coils in it, add another $25. If the guy can actually run it for you on the included gas tank, maybe go a little higher, still. I wouldn’t go over $100, unless it’s really nice and can be shown to run…
Dang, motors sure are cheaper up there than down here. 40 bucks for a 5.5? I wish.
Making some assumptions – if the motor is basically sound – turns over with compression in both cylinders, nothing beyond the shift handle broken, it might be worth offering $40-$50. If it has a gas tank with it, add another $25 to your offer. If it is shown to have new coils in it, add another $25. If the guy can actually run it for you on the included gas tank, maybe go a little higher, still. I wouldn’t go over $100, unless it’s really nice and can be shown to run…
Dang, motors sure are cheaper up there than down here. 40 bucks for a 5.5? I wish.
$40-$50 for one with unknown issues – you can easily drop another $150 into one to get it going again, then find a tank. Coils, points, condensers, hoses, carb kit, water pump impeller, possibly a shock absorber in the lower unit, and like I said, that was an opening offer. If the motor really looked clean, it can go up from there… Better to start low and go up, because you can’t go back if you start high…
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