Can anybody help me find info regarding this motor? I think it is a
1964, but that is negotiable. The cover clearly says "Starflight IV",
and the plate on the mount says 60 h.p. I have looked everywhere and
can't find any info, or even a mention of this motor. Any info would
be appreciated.

On Oct 3, 6:28?pm, wrote:
Can anybody help me find info regarding this motor? I think it is a
1964, but that is negotiable. The cover clearly says "Starflight IV",
and the plate on the mount says 60 h.p. I have looked everywhere and
can't find any info, or even a mention of this motor. Any info would
be appreciated.

What you've got is a beefed up "fat fifty".

Evinrude introduced 50-HP V-4's in 1958. 50-HP was at the top of the
chart in those days. The motor was sold in two trim levels, with the
basic work-a-day motor billed as the Four-Fifty (4 cyl, 50 HP) and the
same guts in a dressed up case selling for a premium price as the
"Starflite".

According to "The Old Outboard Book" by Peter Hunn, the engines were
available with an "optional 10-amp heavy duty alternator....Although
officially the first US-production V-configured (with cylinders
pointing aft) outboard, this model is better known for its heavy fuel
consumption. At even half to three-quarters throttle, a Starflite
could quickly drink dry a 6-gallon gas tank."

Also from Hunn: "The Fat-Fifty was finally upgraded to a 75-HP model
in 1960. Things went well for this big Evinrude until its conventional
two-lever shift/speed control as replaced in 1961 with an electro-
magnetic gear changer. Initial diffivulties with the Selectric push-
button shifter left a few Starflite 75 owners echoing "French" (as in
'pardon my') across North American waterways.

I din't find anything on your 60 horse specifically, but there's some
info on its immediate ancestry.