What year is this monster?

[Beno]

I ran across this cast iron monster at a swap meet

On the flywheel..  it says Evinrude.

No sign of a gas tank!

[RICHARD A. WHITE]

Guessing 1914 or “maybe” later….
Odd part there looking like an accessory something back of the tilt quadrant..not seen one of those before.

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[Tubs]

Looks like its a pile of parts to me. Part of the kill switch from an early Johnson? Possibly someones attempt to keep a motor running from decades ago? Wonder if may have ran at one time.

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

[TOM GOEPFRICH]

If it’s really a “monster” maybe it’s a 3 1/2 HP RPM.

[JOSEPH BRINCAT]

What Richard saw… that bracket.  Was there an option or after market accessory for an underwater exhaust? The bracket looks like it would fit a down tube.

Joe B

PS, yes , I just checked Arlan Carter’s book…underwater exhaust was offered as an option in 1913 Evinrude RBM , cost $5.00 if ordered on the motor  or $7.00 as an accessory.

[PM T2]

it wouldn’t be the 3.5 hp version of an Evinrude, because one of the “tells” of that motor is the lack of a casting core plug between the mixer port and the spark plug.

The two-piece crankcase design suggests that its prior to the 1916 model year. I can narrow it down to 1914-15 at best, and its a two HP model B or model D. The compensator/shock absorber on the driveshaft tube is something that was first seen around 1914 and was most commonly found on the model B & D (non-reversing models).

The loop casting between the tilt quadrants is indeed most likely a support bracket for an underwater exhaust pipe. As Joe B stated, the underwater exhaust option first was available on the 1913 models. It could have easily been retrofitted onto a later motor, and was also probably available as an accessory but I’m too lazy to check my Evinrude catalogs at the moment.

Hope this helps.
Best,
PM T2

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