On Nov 13, 6:37 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:14:01 -0000, Solomon_Man
wrote:

1) Has anyone online here ever went through this process and gotten a
title?
2) What is the rough value of a running (wishful thinking) 35Hp
Evinrude outboard motor from the 1950s worth? What are parts worth?
Whats the big deal on 50 yr old motors, I understand the legalities
behind titles and such but they have not been registered in 30 yrs.
3) What is a typical outboard motor (25-45 Hp), running,used, not
older then 20 yrs, with title going for today?
4) What would you do in this situation?

I'm sort of intrigued by the whole outboard title thing - are you sure
outboards are titled in Ohio? That doens't make any sense.

With respect to value, it's all relative. If the engines are rare
examples of outboards for their era, they are worth what ever a
collector will pay for them.

As operating engines for use, maybe $50 each - not much more than that
certainly. Models 20 years old or there abouts - maybe $100/125 in
perfect running condition.

As parts - probably not much as not many engines of that age are still
running requiring parts.

A certain member of this august body excepted. :)

All,
Here is the rules for Ohio in a nice flowchart;

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/2782/default.aspx

basically anything greater or equal to 10 Hp needs a title whether
outboard or not.

I am intrigued by the prices you quote. To be honest I have only been
in a marina sales floor once in my entire life and that was to pay
launch fee at the local marina for a friends boat. Since that marina
was bought out by the City of Toledo for Expansion plans of our
downtown, I know of no others. I thought about this last night on the
way home from work maybe I need to price out a used motor somewhere
but where?

Would a marina have used outboards for sale? Is this a common
occurence?

Basically I am in a rock and a hard place. I can not legally get rid
of them responsibly. I am a stubborn old fool and will end up probably
doing both one and two choices I mentioned previously to get the title
to just get rid of all of them. This does not solve the problem of the
need for a motor for the one boat. In all reality, I would love to
have a backup smaller motor so that I can go in lakes that require
10 HP in our state specifically around the Hocking Hills Region as I
spend a week each year there.

Anyways if I saved up to close to $600 for a motor you would think I
should be able to get a decent running outboard in the neighborhood of
25-40 Hp? Correct?

Thanks,
Chris