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  • Buccaneer
    Buccaneer
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    October 8, 2020 at 9:57 pm #218178

    What year / model might this Elto RBM “at auction” be?

    Elto-Buhl-1

    Elto-Buhl-2

    Elto-Buhl-3

    Elto-Buhl-6

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    wbeaton
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    October 8, 2020 at 10:07 pm #218185

    Johnny Cash special. Quite a feat of backyard engineering.

    Wayne
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    Buccaneer
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    October 8, 2020 at 10:18 pm #218187

    So, it’s a 49, 59, 69, lol

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    pm-t2
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    October 8, 2020 at 10:28 pm #218188

    Looks like an Elto Service A or Fleetwin type powerhead grafted onto a Light Twin tower.

    Best,
    PM T2

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    Buccaneer
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    October 9, 2020 at 9:14 am #218199
    pm-t2 wrote:

    Looks like an Elto Service A or Fleetwin type powerhead grafted onto a Light Twin tower.

    Best,
    PM T2

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    Sounds like the beginning of a good mystery…….
    “Why” and “Who Done it” ?

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    wbeaton
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    October 9, 2020 at 11:15 am #218205

    While it’s not a factory produced ELTO I do think it’s pretty cool. I admire the attempt and would be impressed if it actually works. If it was cheap enough I’d buy it.

    Wayne
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    Buccaneer
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    October 9, 2020 at 12:23 pm #218206

    Going to go pick it up Monday. I’m already resigned to the fact that I paid too much,
    but being deprived of Tomahawk this year saved me a lot of money!
    Looking forward to unraveling the mystery of this outboard…. with all your help
    of course!

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    lyks2tinkr
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    October 9, 2020 at 9:46 pm #218225

    I would bet its a 32 Elto Super A upper grafted to a 23/24 Elto C Ruddertwin lower.
    Very interesting.
    Edit, upon further review it looks like the skeg
    section of the lower unit is from a later Ruddertwin
    Its an Elto Frankentwin

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    Buccaneer
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    October 9, 2020 at 9:51 pm #218227

    It will interesting to see how much of a Rube Goldberg / Red Green creation it is.
    Of course one has to wonder if it ever pushed a boat.

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    lyks2tinkr
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    October 9, 2020 at 9:53 pm #218229

    At any rate, the Super A upper section is a good find.

    Tubs
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    October 10, 2020 at 9:24 am #218239

    You're only as smart as the person you're talking to.

    Buccaneer
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    October 10, 2020 at 9:46 am #218241

    Tubbs, you’re “Junk Yard Sandwich” should have a patent applied for!

    Also made me think of the news clips where they’d show the old
    1950’s Chevy’s, etc., patched together in Cuba in any way necessary
    to keep them on the road.

    Also wonder why we never see any outboards on the forum from Cuba…..
    perhaps the regime doesn’t allow them, but if they did, I imagine there’d
    be some ingenious contraptions!

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    ralph simmons
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    October 10, 2020 at 1:03 pm #218255

    WELL ITS WHEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT AT LEAST ITS RUNNING !
    AMERICAN ENGINE-NEW-ATAY AT WORK
    LOVE IT
    AND THEY SAID IT COULDNT BE DONE

    bobw
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    October 10, 2020 at 2:37 pm #218263

    Necessity is the mother of invention! Nice job on the Sandwitch, Tubs! Buc,please share some more pics of your hybrid motor when you pick it up.

    Bob

    1954 Johnson CD-11
    1956 Johnson RD-18
    1958 Johnson QD-19
    1959 Johnson QD-20
    1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18

    "Every 20 minute job is only a broken bolt away from a 3-day project."

    Tubs
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    October 10, 2020 at 9:21 pm #218277

    You're only as smart as the person you're talking to.

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