As I mentioned in my earlier thread, I'm currently looking to buy a small row/fishing boat to use with my kids.
In looking through the ads on craigslist, I'm finding that many people are selling older outboards (1970s and older), either separately or included with a boat. Many of the ads claim that the motors are still in fine working order.
Anyone have experience finding parts to keep these older motors running? Are they still readily available, or if something goes wrong will I be stuck combing the Internet trying to find hard-to-get out-of-production parts and then paying big bucks for them?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
In looking through the ads on craigslist, I'm finding that many people are selling older outboards (1970s and older), either separately or included with a boat. Many of the ads claim that the motors are still in fine working order.
Anyone have experience finding parts to keep these older motors running? Are they still readily available, or if something goes wrong will I be stuck combing the Internet trying to find hard-to-get out-of-production parts and then paying big bucks for them?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.