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Hello All,
***I posted this on the AOMCI Facebook page but I wanted to share it with you all.***Let me introduce you to the winner of the ugliest outboard competition. It is a 1960’s Neptune Mighty Mite. This motor has the distinction of sitting underwater for about a month. Everything was full of silt and had to be removed. I am talking the carb, crankcase and even some in the cylinder. After a lot of cleaning and recleaning, I finally got this one running. I had to replace some packing material to make the water pump work but now this is a great running little motor. From wide open to barely turning over. I chose to do my favorite Tonka paint scheme in Sunburst yellow and gloss black. Now that this project is finished this motor is up for sale. I like this paint job because not only do people get a kick out of it but it makes some collectors heads explode. Then comes the lectures about what I should of done with a motor they don’t own. I don’t color within the lines guys. This motor was destined for the garbage pile and I rescued it. Doing this kind of work gives a person a chance to own a nice running outboard for the price of a Starbucks Latte (Just Kidding) There is a lot of people who cannot afford a new outboard so I give them the $75 solution.
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
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