I am Will Shaw, 71, and when I was 6 or 7, my Grandfather gave me his 1950 Johnson Seahorse 2.5HP. I had so many great memories of that motor that I began to buy them (and the 5HP model) at garage sales, auctions. I must have 7 or 8 by now. I’ve been looking for someone who could rebuild the carbs for 42 years.
Recently moved to Interlochen MI, and just stumbled across Lloyd Lautner on Long Lake, not 5 miles away!! Talk about a “small world!”
I would very much love to ‘apprentice” with you this winter, and perhaps do my small part to keep the old Johnson tradition alive…my email is mail@mygemsmith.com and it would be an honor to buy you lunch at Oaky’s whenever you are free. I would also pay for help from you in rigging my most recent boat, a 1952 mahogany Wagemaker Wolverine and the 1954 Big Twin Evinrude that came with it.