Perpetual Easter egg hunt…What does he mean by that? Well I can’t speak for all but I am always looking for something unusual in the outboard field. The other day I found a Milburn Cub, did not have any idea they existed until I consulted the Old Outboard Book. It is a nice original motor except the tank has been painted the wrong color. Pretty easy fix but a weird color of off-red. After doing this for a few decades I still find it fun to find something like this for a reasonable price, not club cheap price, but reasonable. The little motor is air cooled, substantially built, 2.5 HP by some aircraft guys that came out of Fairchild Aircraft Company, sold in ‘49 and ‘50, soon morphed  into another name for a few more years before fizzling out. It sold for $69, prepaid to a destination, if you paid with your order. Mine has the $3 upgrade exhaust, nothing but the best. It was also sold as a premium for an unknown advertiser that I am trying to find out who that was.

 

Keep on Looking !

John Slator