Golden Javelin dilemma

[Steve Petschel]

Just purchased a 1957 Evinrude big twin 35 hp electric start. After cleaning the blue paint off the ID tag, it turns out to be a Johnson RJE-19 with an Evinrude hood and most likely Evinrude powerhead.
Powerhead is painted blue with some bits that are white. Everything below the powerhead is painted blue over white. Recommendations, do I try to restore it as a Javelin or, make it presentable and just use it?
Steve

[Bob Wight]

Well, it’s ultimately your choice. Personally, I’m always a proponent of full restorations so if it were mine, and I had the chance to have a Golden Javelin in my collection, no doubt I would put it back to it’s original Javelin style. Great find!!

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20

“Every 20 minute job is only a broken bolt away from a 3-day project.”
"Every time you remove a broken or seized bolt an angel gets his wings."

• This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Bob Wight.

[Steve Petschel]

To restore, it would need the correct hood and trim plus the Johnson starter and generator brackets. Not sure if the cost would be worth it. Just went out and scraped some paint on the powerhead and found white under the blue, also some bronze. So it appears that the powerhead is most likely the original.
Steve

[Bob Wight]

Yes, you would need the correct hood and brackets. You could see if you could locate those first and see what the cost would be before deciding on how to proceed. Might be hard to find a cowl for sale by itself – you might be able to find a Javelin parts motor somewhere. I had a chance last year to pick up a Javelin that had a stuck powerhead and bad gearcase and decided to pass on it, but wish now I’d bought it just for the cowl and other parts.

It won’t cost anything to look around for the parts you need and knowing there’s a Javelin under all that blue paint, I’d be all over it!

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20

“Every 20 minute job is only a broken bolt away from a 3-day project.”
"Every time you remove a broken or seized bolt an angel gets his wings."

[lloyd]

I have twin Javelins on my Alumacraft Super CS. I think I have an additional cowl in my pole barn. Where are you located?

[Steve Petschel]

Lloyd, I’m in east central Minnesota, Mora MN to be precise. If you have a spare cowl I’d be happy to buy it. I am not familiar with the CS model, mine is the FDR model.

[Bob Wight]

Steve – you just found the biggest piece of the puzzle!

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20

“Every 20 minute job is only a broken bolt away from a 3-day project.”
"Every time you remove a broken or seized bolt an angel gets his wings."

[lloyd]

I have an FDR also. Not sure when I can get to the pole barn to check and see what i have that you need. In the meantime here is my phone number so we can stay in touch. 231-929-7479

[joecb]

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Joe B

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