Re: [omc-boats] Model Clarification

That's a pretty cool story. Whatever happened to your Dad's V6 Rogue?

I'll bet more than one 16-footer had a V8 factory installed too.

Does anyone on this list have a Rogue or Surfer where they have replaced the
small block 307 with a 350?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Halweg" <glennhalweg@...>
To: <omc-boats@...>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Model Clarification

> Hey Lee,
>
> My dad had the only Rogue built with a V-6. Was built for one of Evinrudes
> nephews but he didn't like it. My dad was Plant Manager at the boat plant
> at the time. We kept it in a slip in Waukegan Harbor from 1970 till 1985
> when both my brother and I got permanently laid off from Johnson Motors.
> It was also the last boat ever built by OMC.
>
> Glenn
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <lib1@...>
> To: <omc-boats@...>
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 2:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Model Clarification
>
>
>> Happy to clear it up. It's hard to keep all the names and models
>> straight, 4 sure.
>>
>> What's interesting about Evinrude and Johnson boats is they didn't always
>> duplicate each other's models.
>>
>> It's also interesting how they dropped a model or deck mold only to bring
>> it back again, as in the case of the original V8 1966-67 Rogue (I) with
>> the fold-flat windshield. It then cameback for 1970 as the Johnson Tide
>> Rider/Evinrude Sport Fisherman (but only powered with the 120 hp 4 cyl
>> Chevy II).
>>
>> It seems odd they never offered the V6 Buick in the 19-ft'ers.
>>
>> Lee
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Phil Budne" <phil@...>
>> To: <omc-boats@...>
>> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 9:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Model Clarification
>>
>>
>>> Lee wrote:
>>>> For 1969 Johnson had two 19-footers. The open-bow Surfer which was
>>>> powered
>>>> by the 307 Chevy V8 (210 hp) and the 4-cyl 120 hp "191." The 191 was
>>>> also
>>>> open-bow like the Surfer but was aimed at fisherman and and open rear
>>>> deck
>>>> designed to accommodate custom "fighting" chairs. Evinrude had the
>>>> closed-bow Sport Fisherman 120 and the sliding-hatch Rogue II 210.
>>>>
>>>> In 1970, there were three 19-footers: 1) The open-bow V8: Johnson
>>>> Surfer
>>>> (Evinrude Dolphin 210); 2) The sliding hatch deck, V8: Johnson Trade
>>>> Wind
>>>> (Evinrude Rogue II) and 3) The fold-flat windshield, closed-deck 120 hp
>>>> Johnson Tide Rider (Evinrude Sport Fisherman 120) similar to the
>>>> original
>>>> 66-67 Rogue (I).
>>>
>>> Thanks for clearing this up for me!
>>> phil
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