Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #131

Put the boat in the water the first year and run it a while before you start
major work. Make sure it is what you really want. These boats are well made
and one more year of neglect wont hurt. It is hard to find boat parts but a
little patience and ebay will eventually pay off. The OMC and motor parts
are not too hard to find. I have a 1969 Evinrude rogue and it has a serial
number and model number plate on the port side of the engine enclosure. It
has V8 and stern drive. You might check under the dash for a small plate
that the previous owner might have painted over. Good luck! Tom K.
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> omc-boats-digest Wednesday, March 3 2004 Volume 01 : Number
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> New "Sweet 16" Owner
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> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 13:24:07 -0500
> From: Ian Torrey (QNX) <itorrey@...>
> Subject: New "Sweet 16" Owner
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> Last fall, while looking for a distributor cap for the 1967 Starflite
> 100-S on my father-in-law's boat, I ran across an old Evinrude boat
> with a 1966 (I think) 100hp Johnson. I didn't know anything about the
> boat, except that it looked really cool and had the part I needed. So,
> I came home with my distributor cap - as well as the whole boat and
> motor that was wrapped around it.
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> I was curious, so I thought I'd do some research on the boat, and
> that's when I was introduced to this site. Thanks for the great photos
> and information. They made me long for my days growing up around the
> Kawartha and Muskoka regions of Ontario. It would seem I'm now the
> owner of what I believe to be a 1964 Sweet 16 (although couldn't find
> the registration plate).
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> I originally just wanted the motor parts, but now I don't think I can
> deny the calling to restore the old boat. I'm fairly mechanically
> inclined, but I don't know much about boats in general. The transom
> appears weak, and I see a couple of cracks in the floorboards. The hull
> doesn't look too bad, aside from a few shabbily repaired dings in the
> centre "v". Can anyone suggest what I should be looking for, and what I
> might be in for if I take on this project? I'd like to do a sanity
> check before I get myself in over my head.
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> Also, identifying the exact year is proving a little difficult. It
> appears to be grey-blue in colour, with a coat of blue paint slapped
> over top. Am I looking in the wrong places for the registration tag?
> Are there any distinguishing marks that might help me to identify her
> exact vintage?
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> Any guidance as I start down this path would be appreciated.
>
> regards,
> Ian Torrey
> Ottawa, ON Canada
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