Johnson Evinrude Vintage Twin Outboards
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2015
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Testing twin outboards on a 1958 Feathercraft Hawk. Running the closest pair of outboards we had. 1954 Evinrude 25hp, and 1953 Johnson 25hp. 31 Mph with 14 pitch Michigan bronze props.
This 1958 Feathercraft Hawk is the test mule for vintage outboard motors, hope to have some interesting antique outboard motor video this summer from our 2017 events.
The big twins are a flyin!
Love this! Do more showing together and separately.
I love your video. It impressive how fast it gets up in a plane. It’s become my inspiration to put together twin 1969 25hp Evinrudes on a 1966 14’ fiberglass SpeedLiner. The fiberglass hull is heavier, a slight disadvantage, but hoping it’ll be as responsive.
Nice Video, Great job on hooking the motors up!
I like that! Thanks for the ride!
It's nice in the middle of winter to help day dream about spring.
That is just too cool! Love it!
Thinking of doing this with my 67' Crestliner. I have a pair of 73' Evinrude 25's to do it with. The thought crossed my mind as a joke but this video has got me seriously considering it now.
The 53's are loud, 73's would be a lot more tolerable
It is great fun setting boats up a little different.
Love it. Getting excited to see the ice clear so I can get some of mine out on the water.
Me too, the ice is almost gone. I have a couple new motors to try out, it's getting close now!
Still awesome!
a single 50hp set up right would really fly!
Great video, thanks. With that light boat, you'd need more pitch to take advantage of the hp and way more speed. I'd be interested in how fast it went/would go with just one of the motors. I suspect not a whole lot slower with just one person aboard.
We used what we had to try it out, and it was fun for a day. I plan on using a matching pair of 18 hp Evinrudes when I can get that sorted. It'll be nice to be able to carry the motors out to where I keep the boat.
I had the same two motors...And more.
You might be able to find brass 2 blade propellers. You can increase the pitch and cup them. It would be ideal for this application. You don't want them revving too high with the standard 3 blade.
Those motors are super tough, you probably noticed OMC downgraded the aluminum alloy after 1960. That's why the thicker castings...
Cheers 🍻
what an accelration
are you going to get a matched pair of vintage outboards
Are they both 25's? I have '57-18 Johnson that runs sweet and a '58-18 Evinrude that is not running. However, when I get it running I plan on doing a similar video here in Niagara.
I ran a pair of mismatched 18 hp Evinrudes. Much quieter. There is a video on my channel. Those were both 25hp, sounded like a WWII bomber.
BTW, kind'a hard to believe that, when they were manufactured, these where the most powerful outboards OMC made! 1956 was the first and only year of the 30 hp, followed by the 35 in '57 thru '59, with the enlarged block 40 in 1960. Fifty-eight ushered in the gas-guzzling Fat Fifty. Merc already had a four-cylinder motor of at least 60 hp in '57, and it was probably better on gas than OMC's 50. It couldn't have been worse, judging from accounts I've heard of older boaters who owned those motors. Gas was only around 23-27c a gallon back then, but minimum wage was around $1.35! So filling up multiple six gallon tanks at almost 2 buck each was actually a hit to the wallet.
how fast in knots?
Kool as.
You know, it's funny, my Grandfather ran this exact mismatched setup on his old boat. Always drove me nuts. In 40+ years you could never find a couple hundred bucks to buy a third motor that matched one of the other two??? Nope.
I run a 9.9hp. Mariner together with my 75hp johnson stinger all the time on a 16' Glasspar mini cabin cruiser. works perfect. The perfectly matched thing is just an 'urban myth'.
@@highwatercircutrider Stinger is a classic...Can't match it ;-)
@@andykerr3803 lol, yes ,but a 70hp Johnson or Evinrude would work also
@@highwatercircutrider I was getting about 50 hp out of them. The mods are easy.
They are fun to work on. Check the weights of the 70 hp.
It may be 300 lbs*. My big twins were lightened, mostly the flywheel, but about 110 lbs. Did you see the acceleration?
Even faster with a light flywheel, but those cross flow motors have better (efficient) low and mid range. Loop charged have more top end but are usually gas guzzlers overall. Plus you won't get stranded.
*My Merc 65 4 cylinder was way over 300 with power trim.
Cheers 🍻
Coooooool
What size boat was this on?
14 ft 1958 Feather-Craft Hawk I
both props spinning the same directiom?
Yes, didn't seem to be an issue at all. They are not really big motors
UpperCanadaChapter-AOMCI AntiqueOutboardMotorClub do you happen to know the control set up
The later Johnson's with the front-to-back split cover were a LOT better looking, especially when they went to the red paint instead of the rather ugly green. I happen to like green, but on a boat it looks pretty drab. Very few boats were painted green so what made OMC think the green outboards would go well with the popular hull colors? Merc played it safe with white then the Quicksilver black. There's a joke about why Merc's from the 1960's were called "welfare motors" but I'll leave that to you to search for!
The later Johnson front to back split cover were a lot easier to service on the boat. No screws to remove with no fear of dropping them in the lake. The rear sparkplug cover on these early motors are often missing, presumably there are many at the bottom of the lakes...
@@ianp6077 Yeah, I just noticed this Johnson has side-split covers; hadn't seen a Johnson like this that old before. Sure looks butt ugly! They did improve the styling of the Johnson's not long after with the front face plate and the semi-recessed starter handle. Evinrude's remained butt ugly until the Lark came along. The fiberglass covers improved the Evinrude as they were forced to get rid of the side-split covers. I own a '58 Johnson 18 but I wouldn't touch one of the early 1950's Johnson's at any price.
@@ianp6077 PS You can buff yhat Ecole motor easily to look like chrome. The Johnson cover will be be especially nice.
Like I said, 50's motors had high nickel alloy.
Look! It's a Johnrude. Or, a RudeJohn!