were you happy to get it for what it cost? If so, then its worth what you paid, that much I can tell you.

For some reason they’re not terribly popular among collectors. Its kind of a mid-range motor and for whatever reason folks seem to prefer either something bigger or smaller than the Fastwin. I’ve never run one so I can’t tell you what it can or can’t do on a boat.

I’ve walked away from them for several reasons, but the asking price was never one of them. I’ve seen them priced from 75 to 150 bucks. Many times even the 75 dollar motors went back home with the vendor. Kind of a shame, because I’m sure they are just as good s motor as any of the other 1929 Evinrude motors.

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Well… I’ll ask the question “how honest do you want to be when it comes time to sell it”?

Because there are collectors who will tell you they’re “only trying to get back out of it what they put into it”, and you’ll have no idea if they’re being truthful with you, or if they scored it cheap and are marking it up to max out their profit. You’ll also learn that there are motor sellers whose word is their bond and they back it up with their actions by treating people fairly and honestly. I’d say you benefited from just such a person with the acquisitions you made today.

That being said, the motors you’ve posted in this forum are likely easily worth a total of 325 dollars. if thats your total investment, then I’ll ask you what you expect for a return on it. If you sold three of them for $100 each and kept the 1922-23 Johnson you’d have almost all your money back and still be keeping one of the best antique outboards plus another one plus the stands.

You got a good deal on the five, so I hope if you decide to sell some or all of them that you pass that good deal along to the next guy. I don’t have an issue with somebody wanting to make a modest profit in return for their time and effort and all that, but I’m not keen on helping anybody decide just how high of a price they think they can flip stuff for when they picked it up pretty cheaply in the first place.

There really isn’t a market price, per se. It comes down to what a vendor and buyer can agree on. How bad does a guy want to sell something? How much demand is there for it? There’s no Kelly Blue Book for outboards, although we have a “price guide” that was published in the second edition of Peter Hunn’s “The Old Outboard Book” almost 25 years ago. Using the term “market value” really doesn’t apply to this hobby, tho many will disagree with me on that.

I think most newbies probably overpay for at least one motor when first entering into the hobby. It happens. It happened to me when I first joined the club and I’ve seen it happen to others. There’s no substitute for experience, and if a new collector doesn’t have a mentor type person they can lean on for advice then they may buy something then realize later “oh shoot, I overpaid”. Just have some faith that it all evens out in the end, and always remember that he who has the most toys when he dies is still dead.

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