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I have recently bought a '79 Evinrude 6 hp that seems to be a real keeper and I would like to have at least one extra prop. The prop on now is a 2-blade pin drive, 8 x 71/4. I just got told about a 3-blade prop that may fit. Anyway, I'm wondering how may possibilities there are for this '79 6...

Thanks for that info folks.... I would be using the 10 footer mostly in lakes but also near inshore in North Puget Sound. We lived 26 years in the San Juan Islands and I fished all around out there using a SeaNymph 12R with a 15 Evinrude. I never got in trouble, on the other hand when you launch...

Thanks for that information.

I'M CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF A COUPLE OF OLDER 10 FT. ALUMINUM BOATS, ONE SMOKER CRAFT AND ONE HARBERCRAFT 'CLASSIC". WILL THE SERIAL NUMBERS GIVE A CLUE AS TO THEIR AGE ? WHILE I'M AT IT, I'LL ASK FOR COMMENTS ON THE RELATIVE QUALITY OF THE BUILD OF THESE TWO BRANDS. SINCE I'M CONSIDERING...

Thanks Pappy, The motor turns out to be a '92. I got the twist throttle off, at least all the removable parts and got the ball connection apart at the end of throttle shaft. The throttle shaft is still unmovable.

I bought a "parts" engine because I have a '92 Evinrude 15, electric start, and the parts engine seems to be the same vintage, I will check the numbers to see what it actually is, certainly not newer than my'92. The parts engine was said to be "running" 5 years ago when stored under cover. We'll...

Crappie.... thanks for that info... I'm slow on replies because we are buried in remodel project for the smart half of this lashup. gdug

RUFFHUNTER, Thanks for that summary... without the canopy on the truck my choices would be almost unlimited. It seems like all the current and most modern 10 foot Jon boats trend toward the wider beam. which is generally more desirable. I will just be patient and one will turn up that will slip...

I'm looking for a Jon boat that will slip into my '03 Toyota Tacoma bed that has a Snugtop canopy. We've got 40 inches between the wheel wells, which will accept the chine width found in a lot of different jon boats but a limiting factor on the beam at the gunnels is the latching mechanism for...