TOPIC: CL Mystery boat

chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/boa/3103898863.html



Its an inboard, appears to be bb ford. Ideas?

guy just got back to me... its about 20' but thats all he knows

it looks like a johnson?but im not too up to speed on them,lol.john

it looks clse to a 64 johnson,in the libray under OMC , www.fiberglassics.com/library/OMC

I just got off the phone with him and he is going to txt me some pics later. He said its definatly a BB ford in it and the link boat only had an 88hp (I know, about right for a 460).

The problem might be that it comes with no title and in IL that can be a disasture. Luckily, he basically wants it gone so, if I can convince the wife, I might make the hr drive Sunday.

i think lee wangstad,is a pretty good expert on them,maybe he will check in,if not there alot of folks here that can tell you about this boat,john

jetboat; john-gibson,

as best i can remember from the '60s (it was a LONG time ago!), Johnson/Evinrude/OMC never built an inboard over 17.5 feet OR built a boat with a big-block Ford engine.
(most of the I/O boats had a "marinized" Chrysler/Jeep v-6 that was 155HP.)

nonetheless, whatever brand of hull it may be, i wish that it wasn't so far away, as i think that that would make a REALLY STABLE (if "bouncy") PLATFORM for saltwater flyfishing & "livelining" BIG live bait for redfish, king mackeral, ling, etc.

i HOPE that someone saves it!

yours, satx

I can see the "Johnson" name and logo just above the gunwale amidships.

Andreas

Old OMC. Neighbor had one at the lake, me a kid. Text...
Initially, in 1962-63, OMC introduced it's first boat, the innovative 17-foot, Harry Hillman-designed, modified catamaran hull (three-point), to showcase it's first sterndrive the model OMC 480, derived from the 2-stroke, V-4, electric-shift 75-hp outboard.

This hull remained in production thru the end of 1966, in sterndrive variations. After 1963, the "17" was marketed exclusively by Johnson dealers, in the USA and Canada.

Link..
hhscott.com/evinrude/all_omc_boats.htm

looks just like this one

It was no big block for sure. In later years, they used the Buick v-6 155 hp. My dad had a 69 Evinrude Explorer 16 ft. Cool rugged boat with the windshield near the front. It had over 6-feet of open floor space behind the front seats.