my cool lil motor

[Kajun]

last week i was riding along in pensacola,florida and i passed a antique shop..instead of stopping, i just called information and got their phone number..so i call the shop and ask.."do you have any antique outboards?" and the guy tells me .."yes we sure do..its a 1902 pelican, and its in great condition"...so here i am thinking i just won the lottery by finding an ultra rare outboard..i turn around and head back to the shop...run inside and the guy says..."i have to dig it out"....so i wait around and he yells "i found it"...so i go back there and he pulls out this old outboard...i then see the seagull lettering on the tank...oh well its not a 1902 outboard lol but this seagull must be very old and its in excellent condition...so i ask the guy...what do you want for it.. and he says "$200"...i tell him $150 and he accepts..i'm thinking i just pulled off the best deal in history and trying not to crack the biggest chit eating grin possible ....all the way home i'm thinking this must be a really old motor..since i didnt know very much about seagulls except seeing a few pictures of them...

i get home and find the serial and come online and look it up...FP 314A8.....well turns out it isnt very old at all....what i can gather its a 1968 forty plus.....i was hoping for something a bit older since 1968 was the year i was born lol but it wasnt to be....BUT i still had this cool lil motor and started reading more about them...and liked it even more after finding out its simple to work on and built like a little tank!! saturday and sunday i spent all day cleaning it up..today i decided to try to start it..started up after a few pulls!...prob would of started on the first pull if i had gave it alil gas instead of turning the throttle the opposite way......ran fine but i have a water circulation problem...water was coming out the tell tale intermittantly and the block got kinda hot so i shut down....gonna have to troubleshoot it....


heres some pics of it...


Before....












After...2 days... a case of bud light and some sore fingers....