Offshore Outboard Today I went to Bruce B's house to pick up his old outboard. By old I mean 54 years. He and I formed a gentleman's agreement back in October that he would hold the motor until my transom was completed. Well it is (I'll update that soon) so we successfully mounted it this afternoon. To back up a bit, my first vision for power was to get a couple of matched 1950's-era 40 hp motors for propulsion. This was quite common in the 50's because the biggest outboard you could buy was about 60 hp; not really enough for water skiing behind a 20' boat or going much faster than 20 mph. I soon found that finding good twin engines would be very difficult, and likely involve too much time and money. So I searched eBay for engines built into the mid-60's, but found mostly junk or fully restored examples for big bucks. Enter Bruce. His father, who picked up their 1958 Skagit Express at the factory and trailered it home to Spokane, bought a 60 hp engin...