Early sixties Monark Marin 4 hp

This weekend I got to enjoy one of the highlights of the year: the Juthbacka marknad. It translates to the Juthbacka fair/swap meet. It is the biggest fair of its type here in Finland and I always look forward to attend it. The thing I enjoy most is that it is a fair for the whole family: one can find everything from car parts, engines, tools, to antique furniture, clothes, kitchenware and so on.

This year I didn't find as much stuff as I would have liked to find. I need to start hoarding projects for the coming winter, you know, haha.

I did find one cool outboard motor, though. This is an early 1960's swedish made Monark 4 hp.  Got it for the grand total of 15 €! 

The engine is one cylinder, air cooled, approximately 77 cc. It has got an internal 1.5 litre gas tank plus a connector for an external tank, which is a really cool feature! It is direct drive.

I got it to run after just a little bit of tinkering but I still need to get it to run well. Here are some pictures of it. Enjoy!

Note fuel pump and connector for an external tank

A perfect combo

A classic car, a classic boat and a classic outboard. Just a lovely combo!

1973 Saab 96 V4, 195X wooden boat and a 1951 2.5 hp Johnson HD-26.

The boat has been coated with fiberglass from the outside but the inside remains the way it should be. Plain wood with a lovely smell of tar oil.

1963 Evinrude Sportwin 10 hp

Today I took my 1963 Sportwin out for its first successful outing on the lake in 20 years. I'd like to point out the word successful since last time I tried it a few weeks ago the outing ended with a shattered water pump impeller and a heat seized engine.. Oh well. Back to the workshop!

Here is what the impeller looked like after last time

I replaced the impeller and thermostat and went through the entire engine to check for damage from the seizure, luckily nothing was damaged.

Here is a short video of it running

Here comes a couple of pics from the outing. What a lovely little engine that Sportwin is!

Note the matching Evinrude Cruis-a-day six gallon tank