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I also remember the big Scott's as being rather noisy. A high school buddy of mine had a Crestliner with a 35 hp Scott and it was much louder than the Evinrudes we ran on our boats. 30 & 33 hp, then 40 hp, there was no 35hp Scott / McCulloch. They were noisy, the cowls were much simpler than the clamshell OMC brands, but Scott had fiberglass cowls starting around 1957 and Johnson/Evinrude caught up a couple of years later. The Johnson/Evinrude 35 & 40 went to a complicated noise reduction system involving an outer metal shell, & a large doughnut gasket near the waterline, and an intake silencer in the lower cowl. They were quieter, the Scott / McCulloch kept the simpler design that OMC retained for the value-orientated 28hp & 33Hp, and the Gale 35hp, w/o the full silencing treatment. Rob I knew it was somewhere in the 30+ hp range. I didn't realize all that was involved in making the Evinrudes quieter, however. Interesting. Tom. |
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Around 9/26/2005 6:13 PM, trainfan1 wrote:
It's a McCulloch. The Los Angeles based chain saw manufacturer took over the Scott-A****er company from the namesakes in 1956, the name was soon shortened to Scott, & by 1964 it was McCulloch. Same company, just a name morph. Your 7.5 was based on the popular "Fishing Scott" rooted in the late 50's into 60's production. http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/badted-01.jpg http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-02.jpg http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-03.jpg http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-04.jpg http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-05.jpg I like the built-in lights... -- ~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat" "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." -Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows |
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trainfan1 wrote:
: Tom wrote: :It's a McCulloch. The Los Angeles based chain saw manufacturer took over :the Scott-A****er company from the namesakes in 1956, the name was soon :shortened to Scott, & by 1964 it was McCulloch. Same company, just a name :morph. Your 7.5 was based on the popular "Fishing Scott" rooted in the :late 50's into 60's production. : : : And didn't Scott start the low profile look to fishing motors? : Yes. : I remember : them making a big thing of the built in bailer back then. : A long-time Scott / McCulloch feature. : I also remember : the big Scott's as being rather noisy. A high school buddy of mine had a : Crestliner with a 35 hp Scott and it was much louder than the Evinrudes we : ran on our boats. : 30 & 33 hp, then 40 hp, there was no 35hp Scott / McCulloch. They were : noisy, the cowls were much simpler than the clamshell OMC brands, but : Scott had fiberglass cowls starting around 1957 and Johnson/Evinrude : caught up a couple of years later. The Johnson/Evinrude 35 & 40 went to : a complicated noise reduction system involving an outer metal shell, & a : large doughnut gasket near the waterline, and an intake silencer in the : lower cowl. They were quieter, the Scott / McCulloch kept the simpler : design that OMC retained for the value-orientated 28hp & 33Hp, and the : Gale 35hp, w/o the full silencing treatment. My dad had a 75 HP McCoullough. 3 cylinder. Very high compression and went like a bat outta hell when it ran (very high power to weitht ratio). However, it blew head gaskets like crazy and even threw a rod once. He ended up having to get rid of it due to reliability problems and went to a 90 HP Johnson that didn't outrun it. It was more reliable though. b. : Rob |
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