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    Blown Gear Case? It's not the Shear Pin....1967 Evinrude 80HP

    What started out as my Senior project in high school is still a work in progress after my second year in college http://forums.iboats.com/boat-restoration-building-hull-repair/first-boat-project-442612.html I have a 1967 Evinrude Speediefour V4 80hp manual shift OB. It was serviced last summer...
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    Classic Boat in Mad Men

    I was watching one of my favorite shows, Mad Men, which takes place in the late 1960's. In the last episode this little gem was in it. Any comments on it? (the scene was suppose to take place in up-state New York)
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    Tips for Installing New Impeller on '67 80hp Evinrude

    I have been restoring an old runabout for a few months now (you can check it out in the link in my signature) It came with a 1967 80hp Speedifour Evinrude outboard. I decided that I should replace the impellar. I have never done this before nor have I really worked on outboards. Im using a...
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    TAP Resin Types

    So i'm in the process of replacing the transom and core on my runabout, so that mean poly resin. I got a quote for US composites and shipping to Cal was just to much. HD has 3M poly for $37 a gallon. Then I looked at TAP, they have a store in my city. They has two types. One they call...
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    Starter Issues?

    So i bought a 1967 runabout with the original 1967 Evinrude 80 hp OB. Decided to try and start it today. the PO said it ran but needed to have the carbs clean. We used the new battery out of my truck to try and start it(electric start). But we didnt have any luck. Just made a loud clicking...
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    Will this work to test my OB in?

    I have a 1967 80 hp Evinrude OB that I just bought on a boat. i was told it ran and i want to test it. The water intake is under the cav plate so muffs wont work. The cav plate is 23" long so the only thing i could find was a tub we use to store x-mas things. If filled, there will be about 8...
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    First Boat Project

    So, for my senior project a good friend of mine and me are buying and restoring an old runabout. Its a 1968 with a 80 hp Evinrude. We have been looking for a boat under $400 for a month now, and after being to cautious and loosing too many good leads we finally found a boat. We we and checked it...
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    Boat Seat Foam

    So im restoring an old runabout for rectrational use. Im using pedestal seats for the front two seats but want to build a bench seat for the back. Im looking at marine grade foam, but im on a budget and was wondering if it would be ok to use non-marine grade foam. Im am, however, using marine...
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    Shifter Control for 1963 75hp Johnson

    So I'm very new to boats and outboard. I just started to restore a 1963 Hydroswift with the original 75 hp Johnson outboard. When i bought the boat it did not have the shifting control. Im trying to find one but i dont know which one i need. Is it the Hydro-Electric? Thank so much for any help!
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