Under the
"Motors in the Works" heading, I said I call them the pile of parts in the
shop. Just in case you thought I was kidding,
here's a small part of my small shop. It's not usually that messy, but
with the Jaws boat and 3 or 4 motor projects going on at the same time, I
run out of room.
This is just a shot of some of my motors on the stand in the shop. There's
also a Merc 850 in-line 6 power head (the 90 ci. one) under the motors in
a box, along with other misc. lower unit parts.
Here's a few pics from the new outboard exhibit at the Clayton
museum.
More
pics from Clayton, this time from the Antique Race boat Regatta
2/20/01: Here's s
ome pics of the model boat
I'm building. This isn't from a kit, I'm
doing the whole thing from measurements taken
from the Trojan.
Some misc.
pics of 2 sets of controls
pic 1 pic 2
pic 3,
and a KG7 gas
tank
pic 1 pic 2
and recoil
I'm painting.
5/9/01: This the 1st motor that I'm restoring for someone else. It's
a '58 Mark 30H racer. It's pretty much a bits-n-pieces motor, the power head
is from a standard '56 Mk30, the lower cowl looks like it may have come from
a '58 Mk55 (it's got the holes drilled in it for the "Powered By The Famous
Thunderbolt Engine" emblem and I've never seen these emblems on a Mk30. Could
be wrong, though) , the serial # on the transom clamp is for a non-race something
(I think it's from a '58 Mk30), it's got the standard starting instructions
(shift into neutral, etc.) and no model identification , so I'm assuming
it's not original "H" equipment and the face plate emblem is '58. I'm only
doing a cosmetic resto on this one, the owner says it runs great. So far
I've got the whole thing stripped, the gear case and tower are painted and
done, the upper/ lower cowls and face plate are primed and waiting for paint,
and I found a set of chrome "trim bands" that go around the upper/ lower
cowls. I also had to swap the drive shaft, the one in the motor was in bad
shape on the top splines and I found a usable one to replace it.
Here's a few pics of the motor as it was when I got it: Pic 1, Pic 2
