Elto serial number years

[kees]

quote Oltimer:

My Johnson list for 1925 as follows: 20,001 – 30,559

right, my Johnson list too
but we are talking about the outboard brand "ELTO" 😉

[kees]

quote Tubs:

quote kees:

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anybody knows why the year guide serial numbers in our books are not complete ?
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😕

My guess it is simply a typo.
I suspect it should be 20001 – 29999
Hard to say when it occurred as it is
reflected in several listings.

very good point Tubs, you could be right !
🙂

[oltimer]

quote kees:

quote Oltimer:

My Johnson list for 1925 as follows: 20,001 – 30,559

right, my Johnson list too
but we are talking about the outboard brand “ELTO” 😉

Kees, I was very much aware of that when I posted. I started thinking before I wrote on what was being quoted; that it is very odd that both companies have the same starting serial #’s for that year, and ending differently?

[kees]

quote Oltimer:

quote kees:

quote Oltimer:

My Johnson list for 1925 as follows: 20,001 – 30,559

right, my Johnson list too
but we are talking about the outboard brand “ELTO” 😉

Kees, I was very much aware of that when I posted. I started thinking before I wrote on what was being quoted; that it is very odd that both companies have the same starting serial #’s for that year, and ending differently?

Okee , yes, that’s a way of thinking, you have a point
products of both companies were selling good, so
there cannot be a big difference in total production numbers
😉

[RICHARD A. WHITE]

Johnson and Evinrude at the time were not the same….and yup it is a typo in the book

http://www.richardsoutboardtools.com
classicomctools@gmail.com

[garry-in-michigan]

A lot was lost as Evinrude changed management from 1914 and 1929. Then things got really confusing during the depression with some layoffs and short working hours shuffled people around. Slow moving parts were pulled out of stock to build new motors for sale. Things picked up in the mid to late ’30s. After Germany & Japan became partners war work kept the factory very busy 1941 through 1945. Then they went to three shifts to meet the post war demand. New people needing file space had a tendency to pitch the "old crap" to make room for current production. When Jim Webb got ready to retire in the early ’60s, he tried to find all the old records to save for postarity. Much was missing and was filled by the memories of the other "old fellows" who were also ready to retire. The gaps you find may be the result of "Old Timers Disease". . . 🙂

[Tubs]

Just happened to stumble on to this.

A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.

[ADAM GIBB]

Thanks Tubs,
It seems that that range is left out of most publications.

The motor came with the original paperwork which included the warranty card. Dated July of 1925. I bought the motor from the grandson of the second owner. The second owner acquired it from the original owner when he bought his lakefront house. The motor has been in the same garage since it was new 91 years ago I felt a little bad taking it away.

[Tubs]

Its funny how some find value in knowing
the history of stuff. I have a few things
that I personally knew the people that got
them new. One is a family item the others
were friends of the family. One is an outboard.
The others go back over 100 years.
I just cant see letting them go.
Interesting that you value this motor more
than the family from where it came.
I’m trying to keep pictures of the people
with some history to stay with the things
I have after I’m gone. Hoping they end up
with someone that values knowing their history
as we do.

A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.

[Scull]

Hi I have a super elto light twin serial number J50577 have you any idea of its age patended 1924 and 1925 it is the rudder version I suspect it 1926 also any idea where I could source parts thanks

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