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- Thu May 23, 2013 7:24 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: fun pictures of your boats
- Replies: 58
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Re: fun pictures of your boats
I probably have the smallest Thompson still in use... http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8260/8809650062_4999d4226e.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8118/8809650134_5d332592f6.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2875/8809650218_1074e7ea78.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5334/8809650286_836afacc56.jpg ht...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:53 pm
- Forum: What do I have here?
- Topic: What do I have!?!
- Replies: 8
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- Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:18 pm
- Forum: What do I have here?
- Topic: What do I have!?!
- Replies: 8
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- Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:09 am
- Forum: What do I have here?
- Topic: What do I have!?!
- Replies: 8
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Hull IDs were not placed on Thompson boats until after World War II, circa 1946. So any boat built prior to that time will not have a hull ID. If it truly was a West Sytem fiberglass put on the hull, you will most likely destroy the wood trying to get it off. Maybe the company can give you some adv...
- Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:41 pm
- Forum: What do I have here?
- Topic: What do I have!?!
- Replies: 8
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- Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:23 pm
- Forum: What do I have here?
- Topic: What do I have!?!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 26879
What do I have!?!
I found a fellow locally who was trying to sell some old motors and this nice little Thompson dinghy. Got everything fairly inexpensively...but what did I get? The "dink" has the aluminum Thompson Pestigo, WI tag...so I know that it is a Thompson. It has almost all the parts still with it ...
- Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:59 am
- Forum: Care and Feeding of your Thompson
- Topic: What to name my boat
- Replies: 15
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Names
For the life of me when the time came to name our 1955 Feather Craft Vagabond, I struggled yet again. I wanted a jazz name. One night while in bed reading through the entire Count Basie library of songs from a large stack of CD's and records, my wife who was trying to read became "less than ena...
- Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:28 pm
- Forum: Care and Feeding of your Thompson
- Topic: What to name my boat
- Replies: 15
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Boat names
As I am a jazz fan and trombonist, I was going to name our 14" TVT "Tommy Dorsal" as a play on the Thompson theme and a tip of the "slide" to Tommy Dorsey. However, when the proof was sent to me from the sign shop it looked like "TAMMY DORSAL". I told my wife...no ...
- Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:51 pm
- Forum: Engines
- Topic: 1956 Johnson Javelin is finally done!
- Replies: 4
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Nice job! makes me want to restore my '57 Aniv 35HP .... I AM however looking for the Javelin script on the front, so if any of those guys you dealt with have it, let me know! :) I would post your needs on the free Webvertize scetion of the AMOCI antique outboard website. That's where I came up wit...
- Sat May 09, 2009 6:56 pm
- Forum: Engines
- Topic: 1956 Johnson Javelin is finally done!
- Replies: 4
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1956 Johnson Javelin is finally done!
Here is a link to my blog and my finished Johnson Javelin RJE-18E. I got the chrome back this week and was very happy with the outcome.
http://conductorjonz.wordpress.com/2009 ... elin-is-fi...
Now tomorrow to try it out in a 55 gallon lake!
Greg
http://conductorjonz.wordpress.com/2009 ... elin-is-fi...
Now tomorrow to try it out in a 55 gallon lake!
Greg
- Thu May 07, 2009 5:11 pm
- Forum: Engines
- Topic: My new (to me) Twin 1959 Evinrude Lark Golden Jubilees
- Replies: 12
- Views: 35531
Keep'em!
I just rebuilt two 1956 Johnson 30hp, one being a nice Javelin. They run great. I put a lot of new parts in mine. Most of the new-old-stock parts I got were from Sea-Way Marine in Seattle.
I even put NOS oversized pistons in the Javelin. Sea-Way had everything I needed.
Good luck!
Greg
I even put NOS oversized pistons in the Javelin. Sea-Way had everything I needed.
Good luck!
Greg