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1956 ,30 hp johnson 13 years 7 months ago #13644

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is this motor worth anything,its just down the road from me and attached to a 1956 (or so, im guessing)scotty craft,thats in really bad shape,and a trailer thats junk.
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Re:1956 ,30 hp johnson 13 years 6 months ago #15327

hey john, i think the motor is worth something. if it's complete, nothing serious broken with it and has decent compression, it would be worth $100-$150. it's a long shft too, so that makes it somewhat unique. if it were down the road from me, i'd snag it. scott

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Re: 1956 ,30 hp johnson 13 years 6 months ago #15377

Those motor with the clam shell hood are getting hard to find. Might need coils and for sure and impeller. But if it truns over I would get it if not priced to high. They are good motors I have one.
Mike aka pathfinderz1

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Re: 1956 ,30 hp johnson 13 years 6 months ago #15447

The 56 30hp was a 1 year motor being only a slightly tweaked version of the 25hp from 1955. They have a habit of blowing up if run hard on less than a 24:1 mix. That said I have a 56 30hp Evinrude that I run the prop off of every summer and it runs flawlessly! Personally for a motor in the condition of the one you have found I would want to own it for well under $100.00
Al

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Re:1956 ,30 hp johnson 13 years 6 months ago #15468

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What would be the difference between this motor and a 1956 Johnson Javelin?

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Re:1956 ,30 hp johnson 13 years 6 months ago #15484

Trim. The Javelin had some extra chrome and painted bits tacked on. Yours looks to be electric start, so that wouldn't be a difference. All Javelins came in electric start form...

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Re:1956 ,30 hp johnson 13 years 6 months ago #15531

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Thank you for the info.
John
I did not mean to hi jack here. I just had a question about the same kind of motor. Sorry about that.
Neil

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Re:1956 ,30 hp johnson 13 years 6 months ago #15701

Wow ... didn't know it was a 1 year only motor. Have 1 that runs on the back of my 1963 Hiawatha.

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Re:1956 ,30 hp johnson 13 years 5 months ago #17706

I'd check out the trailer too, if its one of the popular vintage ones it could be worth more than the motor in parts.

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