1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

[samo_ott]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

Yamhill? Never heard of it. Of course I've never been to Oregon though... How big is it?

 

[1946Zephyr]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

Yamhill? Or Oregon? LOL Yamhill is probably just over 1100 people now. It sure has grown a lot in the last 5 years. There are three new housing developments that has really perked up the size a bit.

 

[samo_ott]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

Geez... And I thought my 6,000 folks town was small!

 

[1946Zephyr]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

After sitting in the house for a while and havin a cold beer and arguing with my wife, I went out and hit the pull rope and it fired on the first pull. I like this old motor.

 

[samo_ott]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

Hey, that sounds like some of my nights also!

 

[1946Zephyr]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

yea. you know it's funny, when I see pics of neatly restored outboards in someone's living room. I say: "Hey, there a single man" LOL Oddly enough though, my new lady likes to hang out and watch me work on my projects and also helps out.

 

[bktheking]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

yea. you know it's funny, when I see pics of neatly restored outboards in someone's living room. I say: "Hey, there a single man" LOL Oddly enough though, my new lady likes to hang out and watch me work on my projects and also helps out.

Your lucky, mine just lets me spend money on them, I guess beggers can't be choosers.

 

[1946Zephyr]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

Well, I replaced the broken swivel tube in this "diamond in the rough" I found an ad on Craigslist for a couple OMC tanks for $10.00 each. So, I went down and snatched them up. Well, while I was there, I spent some time chattin with this ol' boy and asked him if he had a swivel tube for my old 18. There was an endless supply of old Merc parts but very little OMC stuff, but he happened to have what I needed. $20.00 and the part was mine.

 

[phineas]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

i love the 18's I have a few, my obsession with out boards started with a '58 i traded for a pr of old tires in holiday bronze with a blue rude lower with the original in a box, then something happened and i wound up with a trailer full of old motors and boxes of NOS parts. Then I put the word out i was looking for old motors people were tired of tripping over. I have now a matching pr of '58's, a matching pair 1960's and a newer rude still waiting for me tp match it up with a lower and a 64 with a cracked block waiting for me to take the powerhead off another rude with no stator plate or lower. I love them as everything interchanges, not that heavy to lift by myself, and can push a lot of different types of craft, fast on a small boat and steady but sure on a bigger one , even a pontoon boat if your not in a hurry.

 

[1946Zephyr]

Re: 1957 18hp Evinrude. (an iBoats favorite)

Yea, one of my first outboards was an oldie like the one I posted here. It was in a bit better shape than the one here, but once I get moved, that will change.

I read a pretty good article on the old 18, being a favorite among the crabbers, several years back and the 57 - 58 model was of course the favorite. That, of course was because of the quality of the parts that put it all together.