What year is this Evinrude 25? What would be a fair price?

[wlpendley]

Can you tell me what year my Evinrude 25 was built? <br />Model: 257029     Serial: E0003874     Is this a 1978 model?<br /><br />And what would be a reasonable price for this motor?   It's a manual start, 18" shaft, with a SE Sport 30 hydrafoil.   I had the water pump rebuilt last year.   It starts pretty easy and is very reliable.   <br /><br />But it's pretty scruffy (lots of scratches, peeling decals, etc.)<br /><br />How would you price it?

 

[oregonducker]

Re: What year is this Evinrude 25? What would be a fair price?

Looks like that's a '77. Hard to say what it's value is. Lot's of variables there. I paid $500 for '72 25 horse a few years ago but I was able to look it over and test it first and I needed a 25 horse motor.

 

[wlpendley]

Re: What year is this Evinrude 25? What would be a fair price?

Thanks oregonducker. I'll ask $475 for it and see if anyone near Fort Lauderdale is interested.<br /><br />btw, I see on the diagram at--<br /> http://www.iboats.com/ref/shaft_length.html <br /><br />--that a 15" motor shaft is "short" and a 20" shaft is "long". If I measured this correctly, it has an 18" shaft. What do I call that length? "medium shaft" ??

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: What year is this Evinrude 25? What would be a fair price?

Round down (within reason), so it's a short shaft. If it's a salt-water engine, the value would be less. But no harm in asking.