thunder wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:37:12 -0400, HK wrote:


That engine probably dated from the late 40's...maybe.

Can't say. They bought the house in 1955, and by that time it looked quite used. I was looking to see if I
could find a picture online, but couldn't. It did look similar to this, IIRC, but it had a tiller not the high tech
steering on this motor.

http://www.infoblvd.net/sah/OMC_Motors_5a.html


That looks like the 50-hp Big Four that Evinrude came out with right
after WW II. It's ancestor saw service in the war on the back end of
small troop assault boat.s

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:19:05 -0400, HK wrote:


http://www.infoblvd.net/sah/OMC_Motors_5a.html


That looks like the 50-hp Big Four that Evinrude came out with right
after WW II. It's ancestor saw service in the war on the back end of
small troop assault boat.s

I'm going on a childhood memory, but this motor wasn't a 50 hp. Hell, that would have sunk the
boat. ;-) Twenty-something was the number I recall, and it definitely had a tiller. I also can't remember
the number of cylinders. It was probably just two, but it was a very loud two. Do you have any idea when
they started putting cowlings on motors? I had thought it was pre-forties.

thunder wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:19:05 -0400, HK wrote:


http://www.infoblvd.net/sah/OMC_Motors_5a.html

That looks like the 50-hp Big Four that Evinrude came out with right
after WW II. It's ancestor saw service in the war on the back end of
small troop assault boat.s

I'm going on a childhood memory, but this motor wasn't a 50 hp. Hell, that would have sunk the
boat. ;-) Twenty-something was the number I recall, and it definitely had a tiller. I also can't remember
the number of cylinders. It was probably just two, but it was a very loud two. Do you have any idea when
they started putting cowlings on motors? I had thought it was pre-forties.


You mean the full cover type cowling? I really don't recall.

If your old engine was a two cylinder, it might have been the 22 hp
Speeditwin. I'm no expert on this. We used to have one around here, but
the female horse's ass from australia chased him off.

Another problem is that evinrude reused its names. There were several
Speeditwins of various horsepower.