I haven't even backed the locost out of the garage this set of days off, but I've been busy with my grandpa's old speed boat. It's not really all that fast, but we had it out yesterday for the first time and had fun. It's an old fiberglass boat, 13'6" long and 4'8" wide, not to mention light and minimalist, so it kinda fits with the Colin Chapman ideology. The motor is a Johnson 35 HP from 1959, pullstart only. It will do about 25 mph according to the GPS in my phone. The trailer was last insured in 2004, so I'm pretty sure the boat hasn't been used since at least then. It needed a bit of cleaning and put the rear seat back in. On the outboard I had to fix a stripped spark plug hole, change the oil in the leg, and clean the fuel filter. I looked up some info on the motor online, and the general consensus is the water pump should probably get a new impeller, but other than that, these old outboards run almost forever when looked after. I might try to fix the decompression system to make starting it a bit easier though.
https://youtu.be/qriQexDwC6gKristian
_________________
V6 in a book frame build. Now registered.
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=7587viewtopic.php?f=33&t=18172