Outboard Bound

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May means fish­ing. Fish­ing means boats. Boats mean out­board motors. And there is no bet­ter place to take an old out­board for the repair You put off last fall than Twin City Out­board down in Sav­age, MN.

Twin City is an old joint packed to the rafters with motors dat­ing back to 1906. Gas motors, trolling motors, duck hunt­ing motors, 2-stroke motors; You name it.

This is the third time I’ve taken the motor down there. It’s a 1964 John­son 9.5 which I bought used about 10 years ago. It takes a lot of abuse, so, it needs a lot of help. But it’s a good horse and a good sec­ond motor for a small boat if You don’t need to go too very far too very fast. Every time I get it fixed it costs around two hun­dred dol­lars and takes about two weeks and lasts for about two years.

Nice to know there are things You can still count on.

May 13, 2011

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