roger wrote:

On Jul 19, 7:35 am, richard wrote:
My wife and I will be traveling to various harbors in Maine by car
this weekend with our inflatable dingy (deflated) and an old 2-horse
power outboard engine. We will arrive somewhere, inflate the boat and
spend a few hours cruising. It is a great way for us to see some
beautiful places in a very short amount of time. The outboard is so
old that it must be kept straight up or it tends to leak. My question
is: any ideas on how to travel by car with an old outboard engine? In
the past the car has smelled of gas.

What a fun trip you have planned and economical way to "cruise"! If
nothing else you could just add enough gas to putter around then run
it dry prior to storing it in the trunk. Try storing it with the
carb. side up.

I would add storing it with the engine head higher than the gear box.
Otherwise,
you can have residual water drain from the gear box into your cylinders and
eventually rusting them in place.

Sherwin