1. Mercury
Merc 1000 wooden motors.
These wooden motors of the white and black Merc 1000 are all hand whittled
with home made decals on them. They are one quarter scale and have a
working transom bracket. I happen to have both of these motors and they
are very impressive to see in person. Both of these motors are 15 inches
tall.
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2. 1960 Mercury Merc 800 wood motor:
Neat
looking replica of the nice looking 1960 Merc 800. I always liked the
black wrap around on this motor. Notice the working Dyna-Float shock
absorbers on the side! This motor is 18 inches tall and the tallest of
all the motors on this page.
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3. 1956 Evinrude Big Twin 30 HP:
This is a very nice wooden replica of the 1956 Evinrude Big Twin. Notice
the correct color pattern, including the white front cowl plate, and the correct placement of the side decals.
This motor is 11.5 inches tall.
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4. 1957 Johnson Golden Javelin 35 HP:
A
very nice wooden replica of the famous 1957 Johnson Golden Javelin.
Notice the authentic gold paint and chrome. Also, notice the bolts and
nut heads on the motor! Nice detail. This one is missing the
Johnson decal on the port side but it's present on the starboard side.
This motor is 12 inches tall.
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5. 1957 Johnson Sea Horse 35 HP:
This is a real nice wood replica of the cool looking 1957 Johnson 35 HP Sea
Horse. It has the authentic Holiday Bronze paint on it too! I like
the nice touches like the tiller handle in the fold up position. This
motor is 16 inches tall.
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6. 1952 Johnson Sea Horse:
One of
the famous all around work horse motors from Johnson. I believe this is
from 1952. Please let correct me on the details for this one.
Great detail on this one and a vibrant decal on the sides. This motor is
15 inches high.
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7. 1957 Firestone 10 HP:
I'm
particularly proud of this one because I helped in getting it done. It's
a near perfect replica of the 1957 Firestone 10 HP outboard motor. This
is one of the motors I do have. There were only two made so it's pretty
unique. The colors on it are great and it even includes the tiller
handle and manual rope pull handle! Very impressive to see in person.
It's 15 inches high. Compare the three pictures of the wooden one-third
scale model on top to the two pictures of the real motor on the bottom!
Pretty good, don't you think?
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8. 1960 Gale Sovereign 60 HP:
This
is a very nice replica of the "Holy Grail" of toy outboard motor
collecting which is the K&O version of this motor. Notice the detail
work that had to go into painting and properly decaling this motor. This
motor is 12 inches tall.
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9. 1958 Oliver Olympus 35 HP:
This is a particularly good wooden replica of the cool looking 1958 Oliver
Olympus 35 HP motor. Oliver was a tractor company that for a very
short time got into making outboard motors. The K&O version of this
motor is rare and highly sought after by K&O and Toy Tractor collectors
alike which really drives up the price. This motor is 10 inches high.
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10. 1946 to early 1950s Flambeau 6 HP motor:
One of the more
unusual and interesting motors in the wooden collection is this wooden replica
of the Flambeau engine. I need more details as to the year of this
particular motor. This is a big motor at 17 inches tall!
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11. 1903 Submerged Electric Motor:
Without question the most interesting and unique of all the wooden toy
outboard motors is this wonderful replica of the 1903 Submerged Electric
Motor. The original full scale motor is super rare and so is this wooden
scale version! This motor is 13 inches tall.
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12. Elto outboard motor:
Nice
replica of this Elto kicker. This motor is 15 inches high. Need help on the year and horsepower of
this one.
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13. Evinrude outboard motor:
This
is a nice one. Notice the details on the front with the rope pull
handle, carburetor adjustment knobs and tiller handle! Also, notice the nice
job he did on the weedless lower unit! This motor is 14 inches
tall! Need help with year and
horsepower of this motor.
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14. Evinrude outboard motor:
This
is especially well done. Just think how hard it was to whittle this
motor to show all the details in the lower leg and lower unit as well as the
cowl details. Look at the nice detail work on the front. Need help
on the year and horsepower of this motor. This motor is 14 inches tall.
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15. Neptune outboard motor:
Cool looking replica of the off brand Neptune outboard motor.
The Neptune is 14 inches tall. Need help
with the year and horsepower of this motor.
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16. Evinrude weedless outboard motor:
Nice colors and details on this motor including the weedless lower unit and
the front of the cowl! This motor is 15 inches tall. Need help with the year and horsepower of this
motor.
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17. Group shot of the
Wooden Toy Outboard
motors: Nice front view of all the above wooden toy outboard
motors. Nice collection! Note the nice advertising sign for the
1957 Switzer Craft Shooting Star. This was a custom made sign and I have
one of three of them.
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18. 1957
Evinrude 35 HP Wood outboard: This
wooden motor was carved by Wayne Bearce. It is truly
amazing. Look at the details on this motor. Notice that it's
roughly the same size as the K&O motor. Many of the details on the
wooden motor, like the gear shift lever, are better than the K&O motor.
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19.
1956 Scott-Atwater 33 HP: This wooden motor is owned by Ron
Wenzel. Check it out sitting next to the K&O version! These
motors are huge. As you can see, even the decals are nicely done on the
motor. Thanks Ron!
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20.
1959 Mercury Mark 200: Another fine example of a motor made
for Ron. Notice the great detail and the articulated transom
bracket. Also, the correct front decal. They are so big that they just dwarf the K&O version!
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21.
1959 Evinrude Lark 35 HP: Another great motor by Ron.
This one is nicely done including the decals.
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22.
1957 Buccaneer 25 HP: Another
one of Ron's motors. Awesome detail. The color of the paint looks
to be off, I think it should be green and not the bluish tint, but
otherwise a great motor.
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23.
1958 Viking 25 HP: A really cool looking motor. These
motors were made by OMC and were the same as the Gale Buccaneer brand
motors. Great color. Another one of Ron's motors.
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