Very Old Trolling Motor ID??

[Tom Smedley]

Rick and I found this old motor partially buried in silt at Kowaliga. It appears to have been down there a very long time. We brought it to the top of the concrete span for further study.

Modern trolling motors have the motor submersed and directly connected to the propeller. This one has a very heavy motor that hooked on with a transom mount and the motor was above water. The propeller is connected to the motor with a flexible shaft.

Kind of reminds me of a weed eater.

This thing is so heavy we had to use a lift bag to move it. I tried to find some sort of ID plate but it is so heavily encrusted I wasn't able to.

Do any of you old fishermen remember this sort of motor???

 

[Bob3]

I remember seeing a critter like that in a catalog, can't recall the specs though.

 

[Rick Murchison]

Hmmm... reckon we could sell the idea to shorten the tail on a longtail boat?
Rick

 

[Eris Lucan7*]

?Uhm,i cant say that is a winde or somefing wail i see no chain or lashbox for it.

So i gues its a gone E-helpengin or a boardingagregat.....tried to ident and finsd

Briton Seaguele fast boat out of ww2 had that;maybe that is that.


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[james croft]

Looks similar to a 60's era electric motor I once had. I can't remember the make, possibly a Minn-Kota. I do remember the propeller was plastic and when it broke I never found a replacement.

 

[Eris Lucan7*]

Corekt that thing looks over 100 years old.but those days the E-motors had been

bigger or smaller it must be from at earlyest up from the 30s,i stay by that Seaguel

Patrolboat theori that had a wooden dec....


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[Tom Smedley]

The prop on this one is not plastic. It is the only part of the motor that has noit collected rust. I talked to Rick about it this weekend and we are tempted to bring it up to try and find an ID plate and then put it back.

 

[Eris Lucan7*]

Sounds like you are realy need to know about,well tell us then please ...


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