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[crosbyman]

Needs and wants.. serious issues to consider. "wants" sure they are all wants…. "needs" even less boating wise … since I only have one rig.

I need oldies because they keep me active physically and mentally ( I don’t like crosswords) . Last summer I sold 3-4 at $150 incl. parts and labor so no big gains there but at least I have more room and friendlier neighbors that are now more appreciative of these 60 year old oil burners.

Youv,e seen my 6R74c story and am pleased pink to report the new coils are snapping like mad at close to 5/8 inch timed dead on with the ohmeter method.. total satisfaction 😀 and pride of accomplishing another oldy revival.

never paid more than $60 , one QD was free, a JW at $20 one FD $25 etc…

I don’t smoke 8$ cig packs, drink beer in the summer only, drink even less booze and I don’t play golf at $50 a round . One less Casino night pays for a whole year’s worth of my hobby so what the heck I splurge 🙂

I am 68 and if I croak my son will have a whole bunch of tools and oldies to sort out 😆

Joining AOMCI has priviledges 🙂

[outboard315]

I tend not to buy anything more than an hour from me. I did buy a 3hp Evinrude lightwin that I didn’t really want but it was too clean and the price was right, even though I already had one.

[necks]

I look at collecting and repairing outboard motors as therapy. Started collecting after I retired, keeps you going, using the brain, makes you think, keeps muscles from tightening up. You learn what makes a motor tick, how to go about fixing problem.
Its satisifing to get a motor running like it should, whether it be a fishing boat or a runabout with a outboard that you rebuilt.
You got something you can depend on, that didn’t cost you an arm and a leg. Sell a few outboards once in awhile, to at least break even. Its a nice feeling to hear that outboard running like a fine swiss watch that you just repaired.
So therapy isn’t cheap, as long as your having fun, and waiting for the next AOMCI swap meet comes along.
I guess you can always sit in the house and watch t.v. and get fat

[The Boat House]

I don’t by motors I don’t want unless they
are in a buy one you buy then all deal.
Met a guy who had a couple motors for
sale. Told him I probably wouldn’t
interested but I would be glad to come over
and tell him what he had. Usually I get there
and they’re 50’s – 60’s motors. He actually
had an OA-65 and a Fisherman. Both were
nice examples with the OA-65 missing
its flywheel (the rope sheave was there)
and the fisherman only issue was a broken
transom clamp. They were both pretty dirty
but looked to have been in dry storage. I
decided to take the OA-65 but wasn’t
interested the Fisherman. He only wanted
$40.00 dollars for it. I asked him if it
would be OK to list in on our For Sale
board with his information and he said yes.
I don’t know if anyone ever got it .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko0JRoHonPE

[bullie]

Tubs, you sir can do magic. I would love to hang out with someone like you for awhile. I have a couple that I would like to make pretty again but for someone with no experience, or any real skills other than being able to put a kit in a carb, it seems a far away dream. Love looking at your projects though.

[The Boat House]

It helps if you start with a nice motor but its mostly
just cleaning. Turned out to be a very nice motor
under all the grunge. Notice that the water lines
still retain almost all of their original nickel as
did most of the other plated parts. Plug wires, made
some gaskets and another flywheel was all this one
needed.

[jimmy]

Very nice. 😀

[Alan]

Hey, for $60, how could ya pass it up?
As a psychologist, I’d say it’s only an addiction if it impairs one or more important life functions.
(Or, maybe I’m just rationalizing my own life choices).
If it brought you some joy, (for $60), and didn’t shorten your life or get you yelled at, then I think you could be doing much worse things with your time and money, (rationalizing!) As mentioned earlier, working on old machines is theraputic, for me anyway.
Have fun and happy motoring!
Alan

[jeff-register]

i hear you Frank, Something 4 nothing, What do I have a DR 700 for? Won’t fit anything! 😳

[20mercman]

I think that most of us fall into this dilemma at some point. No matter what your limit, it is easy to get there. My son Kevin and I have in the area of 80 motors currently. This is really too many for us, but that still didn’t keep me from bringing home a KF-5 and a KF-7 from a recent meet. 🙄 The thing is, I already have a KF-5 and KF-7! The KF-5 needs a lower unit, and was cheap. The KF-7 is a 1950, my other one is a 1949, (The only two years they were made). I would really like to send the KF-7 to another home, we will see. We seem to find that getting more than 25 motors on the water each year is a challenge, so adding more will them not make this any better. I love to build these things, often from parts or from total hulks, so that is a lot of fun. The problem is finding time to run them and keep them in good serviceable condition once they are restored.

I have several motors that should be redistributed to other collectors or fisherman. I plan to finish the restoration of a couple of 110’s to send to family members, so that should take care of two of them. I really don’t need three KE-7’s, even though they are 47,48,& 49 motors. Two KG-7’s, 50 & 51 two KH-7’s, 7 Mk-25’s….you get the idea. I am trying to rethink the 5 motors in the Scott Atwater/Corsair collection. Fine motors, but kind of out of my Mercury focus, and perhaps they could be better served elsewhere. They are safe now, but do take up space that is hard to come by. And even with all that said, I freely admit that I am actively working to acquire some parts to assemble another 1974 Mercury 200! 😕

Steve

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