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Ducktwin!
Garth Almgren wrote:
Around 8/15/2007 3:42 AM, HK wrote: Anyone remember these or actually have one? Nothing so fancy, with a full cowling and all. :) http://www.smalloutboards.com/j272.htm I've got this exact model sitting in my Dad's garage. It pushed Commando's Penn-Yan around from 1942 until about 3 or 4 years ago. It still runs, but it finally became too balky to be worth the trouble of clamping it to the dinghy's transom, so we replaced it with an electric motor. That's not unlike the handwrap and pull my dad gave me when I was about seven years old. Of course, mine came in a box, disassembled, and I had to put it together to get it to run. I had a lot of help, though! |
Ducktwin!
"Garth Almgren" wrote in message http://www.smalloutboards.com/j272.htm I've got this exact model sitting in my Dad's garage. It pushed Commando's Penn-Yan around from 1942 until about 3 or 4 years ago. It still runs, but it finally became too balky to be worth the trouble of clamping it to the dinghy's transom, so we replaced it with an electric motor. The Johnson 1.5hp shown in the above link is a 1968 model which was first introduced that year. In later years it evolved into a 2hp size with a recoil starter. It is not a ducktwin, which was an olive-brown painted twin cylinder 3hp. |
Ducktwin!
"Billgran" wrote : The Johnson 1.5hp shown in the above link is a 1968 model which was first introduced that year. In later years it evolved into a 2hp size with a recoil starter. That particular motor in the link is 1969. It was first introduced in 1968. |
Ducktwin!
Garth Almgren wrote:
http://www.smalloutboards.com/j272.htm I've got this exact model sitting in my Dad's garage. Anybody here know what it sold for? Or even what the asking price was? If price or more info is on the site, I missed it. Just curious. Rick |
Ducktwin!
Around 8/18/2007 4:33 AM, Billgran wrote:
"Garth Almgren" wrote in message http://www.smalloutboards.com/j272.htm I've got this exact model sitting in my Dad's garage. It pushed Commando's Penn-Yan around from 1942 until about 3 or 4 years ago. It still runs, but it finally became too balky to be worth the trouble of clamping it to the dinghy's transom, so we replaced it with an electric motor. The Johnson 1.5hp shown in the above link is a 1968 model which was first introduced that year. In later years it evolved into a 2hp size with a recoil starter. It is not a ducktwin, which was an olive-brown painted twin cylinder 3hp. Thanks for the info. As soon as I wrote that I had my doubts about it's age. Since it's older than I am, obviously my info about it is all second-hand. :) -- ~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat" "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame ~~ Ventis secundis, tene cursum ~~ |
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