value? what is worth the effort to restore?

[Mark Baillie]

Im new, so go easy,

I am not looking for a price but I’m trying to determine what is worth restoring and what is just old junk

I remember the old saying “one mans junk is another mans treasure”.

here is an example….
I came across this Scott-Atwater 1949 5 HP that looked in good shape.
I don’t have an good idea if parts are unavailable or if this was one of 1,000,000 built

This motor ended up selling for $6. I did not pull the trigger because of lack of knowledge.

is there a Kellys BB for old out boards ?

I would like to have something at the end of day that was worth the time to restore not that I would sell it.

How do you determine Value not in the $$ sense.

[fleetwin]

Well, it is only worth restoring if you like the engine and would enjoy using it, or perhaps you would just enjoy doing the project and letting someone else enjoy the engine. Generally speaking, you will probably put more into rejuvinating an old outboard than it is “worth”.
Unfortunately, I don’t know if parts are available for this engine.
But, $6 doesn’t seem like much of a gamble, even if you purchased it, then decided you are not interesting in rejuvinating it.
Hopefully a Scott guy will chime in about repair parts…

[modhydro]

Mark,
Glad to see a new person with interest in the hobby. There really aren’t that many models that are truly worth “a lot.” whatever that means. The neat thing about this hobby is that you can find engines for very little money, have a ton of fun working on them, getting them running and finally using them. Yes there are expenses along the way between parts, hardware paint decals, etc. How far you want to go is entirely up to you. Give it a try and see what you think. If you like messing with mechanical stuff and boating, there is no better or cheaper hobby.

Where are you located at? The best avenue is to find a local club and learn more. There will be some that tell you don’t even both with this engine or that brand, but like anything people have their own preferences and biases. Do what you want for you and have fun along the way.

Steve

[Rusted Junk]

Mark,
Looking at that motor it is worth a little effort to get running, it seems to be all there as far as pictures go. If you could have bought it for $6 even better. I am working on a 1950 Corsair 7.5 which is a Scott Atwater motor, I got this for $10 that was not as nice as that and never thought it would run again, but after looking at the motor it had good compression and after a little magneto work, new condensers and wires, plugs , resurfaced and set the points, cleaned the carburetor I did a test fire and it popped right off on a shot of fuel into the carburetor. I will have about $150 into this motor , it’s not a 100 point restoration but more of a rustoration project. I will do some body and paint work then put it on the boat and run it around the lake.
The fun is bringing them back to life, then I usually sell them, don’t make a dime doing it but it’s fun to tinker and learn along the way.
RJ

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