"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message

I had a 5HP of the same vintage.

Same here ... used it as a teenager in the late 50's on my "duck hunting
rig" for Gulf tidal marshes, mounted on a two level transom on the homemade,
11' flat bottom Jon boat that Dad and I made out of marine plywood and then
fiberglassed ... high tech for the time.

I don't believe that I ever gave that Johnson 5hp a pull that it didn't
start.

It was a great motor to trust a solitary teenager to, in an area where the
water often disappeared when a Norther coincided with a low tide and you had
to wait until the next tide to get back in,

They'd call out the CG if that happened today.

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