A TRULY nice guy!!! - The Hull Truth

bulletbob · 07-21-2003, 07:49 PM

Just wanted to let you know about a very nice guy on this forum,and the great kindness he showed me.He goes by the username DOOR#3,wish I could tell you his real name ,but I probably shouldn't. Anyway, I posted here about a Stingray Hydrofoil I was about to purchase[about $35]. as my Aquasport 175 porpoises and plows and I think a foil may help.He told me he had one he took off a boat of his,and that I could HAVE it for the cost of shipping.He sent it today UPS,and because his company gets a bulk discount the shipping was only 3 or 4 bucks and not to even bother with it. How about that??!! Just wanted to let you folks know about this great guy and the very kind thing he did for a complete stranger.Some pretty nice people around here don't cha think?? Thanks again to DOOR #3!!!!! bob

CrookedHook · 07-21-2003, 07:53 PM

Does he have a Furuno 1850?

Seriously, Glad to see that. There are some nice guys left.

Ted

Door#3 · 07-21-2003, 08:21 PM

Thanks for the recognition. I now have one less thing cluttering up the cellar. Make sure you drill the holes in the right place on the cavitation plate. You only get 1 try

BTW, I'm still trying to give away a 5.5HP 1959 Johnson Seahorse motor with tank. This one is harder to ship so I've tried & failed to give it away locally. I don't want to throw it away because I grew up with this motor & it has sentimental value. It has new ignition parts, good compression, and the tank is rebuilt. It will not start because the carb float is mis-adjusted, but it will run if I spray fuel-oil into the intake. Free to a good home...

trouty · 07-22-2003, 04:00 AM

Door #3

If no one here takes you up on the very generous offer - you should post it over at the WMI boating board frequented bye seahorse and Dunk.

Dunk tends to restore old outboards, and Seahorse as his name suggests is an ol OMC mechanic of many years experience - between those two - if they can't get it into tip top shape and find a deserving home for that OB on some deserving fellows duck punt or something I'd be very surprised.

Cheers!

Carolina Custom · 07-22-2003, 05:42 AM

Door#3, email me at dfaust@seplastics.com, I think I can take the motor off your hands if you will pack it up, I will pay the shipping.

AGULHAS · 07-22-2003, 07:04 AM

hey trouty how about : i'd love to have a beer with duncan, i'd love to have a beer with dunc. we drink in moderation and we never, ever, ever get rolling drunk. we drink at the town and country where the atmosphere is great. i love to have a drink with duncan cause duncan's me mate.

not bad for a transplanted south african living in texas. you think in the 2 years i spent traipsing around the world i hung out with too many ozzies?

by the way can you guys play cricket yet. i figure the rugby is a write off with that wonderful all black team one island over.

Door#3 · 07-22-2003, 07:28 AM

Thanks for the info Trouty.

dfaust, you have mail...

marti · 07-22-2003, 07:32 AM

well what can I say there are many nice guys in the forum willing to do the little extra that's requered(or some thing like that)to help people you just have to find them and that looks sometimes real pushy but my talk with trouty put me back on the trail and I have to juse not only my hart but also my brain to get the "nice little walkaround" overhere.

greetings from holland
marti

modunlavy · 07-22-2003, 07:36 AM

Just wanted to say I have had similar experiences with members of this forum...more than once. I have bought several items from board members and have had a few items given to me (including shipping also). The purchased items were at fair prices and exactly as described or better. Nothing but pleasant dealings.

I only hope I can do the same for other people some day.

Sure wish I could get the same out of some of the local marine businesses!!?

CrookedHook · 07-22-2003, 07:49 AM

I'll take the motor if no one wants.Just e-mail me me with shipping charges

Ted

trouty · 07-22-2003, 11:28 AM

Agulhas thats a Aussie beer drinkin clasic - probably one of Slim Dustys if memory serves.

"Moderation" is the name of a hotel (bar)...so that pisstanks can claim they 'drink in moderation'...

They have a clock there with the numerals on the clock face reversed...but the hands travelling in the normal clockwise fashion - the longer you stay the earlier it gets!

If you can sing slim Dusty's "I love to have a beer with Duncan" song that automatically makes you a bonafide Aussie bye default!

Hell - in most towns it'd get you the keys to city hall!

Cricket - well we are doing OK there...but the rugbys another story - darn Kiwi all blacks keep getting up again...

Now Footy - thats one you gotta master to be a real Aussie - when you can get that pointy ball them grid iron folks like to throw, and wearing no padding at all just shorts and a shirt, run 50 yards bouncing the ball, while ducking and weaving thru all the other teams defenders, then line up while still on the run and drop kick the bugger 70 yards straight thru the middle of the goals.......THEN and only then do you get full citizen status!.

Sadly the drop kick is now a lost art with the younguns these days all reverting to the much easier quicker and more reliable drop punt...but the drop kick remains the REAL mark of a true blue aussie football legend.

For those who don't know - the fabled drop kick is where you get that pointy ball, and while at a run pace you "bounce" it down in front of yourself as you time your kick to connect with it just as it bounces back up off the ground about 1 inch.

This imparts a backward spin to the ball, which allows it to travel long low and fast, dead straight for 70 - 80 yards into a headwind.

If you stuff up in the bounce or the timing of the kick, usually it goes anywhere but where you intended.

If you can connect with it when it's still rebounding off the ground you can "drive:" the ball with a rearward spin about it's longuitudinal axis balance point at high velocity at about head height, which is great for placing it onto the chest of your teammate some 50 yards away, who catches (marks) it and is awarded a free kick (usually at goals) for his effort of catching it midair.

This is called a drop stab pass.

Climbing up the shoulders of team mates or opponents alike, is allowed in order to gain height to catch the ball midair.

Anyone says white men can't jump has never seen an Aussie rules footballer make 15 ft elevation bye running and jumping off somone elses shoulders whose already in the process of jumping to catch the ball himself.

If you don't actually "catch the ball mid air" - you get nothin other than the thrill of hitting the ground without padding from 15 feet up...with your head most likely!

Seems to me we should send a Aussie rules exhibition match to the USA just for fun...

Sure would be fun to go to the footy with you all.

Cheers!

cgrand · 07-22-2003, 12:02 PM

trouty

when ESPN first came on the air, they had a lot of airtime to fill, and often showed "australian rules football" matches. they havent aired them here for years, but for a while there it was sort of a cult fascination for some.

you're right- those have to be some tough sonsabitches to play that game without pads or anything

Pacific 19CC, Yamaha F100

AGULHAS · 07-22-2003, 01:02 PM

trouty the springboks kind of are on a slide and have never been into cricket. aussie rules is fun to watch even if nobody else plays it. seems like an a footrace mixed with rugby. yes of course it was slim dusty and i am glad for the info on "moderation." still wondering how waltzing matilda failed to become your national anthem.

Door#3 · 07-25-2003, 07:26 AM

Barnaby55,

I tried sending you an e-mail but the address in your profile didn't work. Are you still interested in the motor?

The message I sent is below...
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I saw your post on The Hull Truth. I sent a message to the 1st responder who was interested in the motor but there has been no response so I'm sending this message to you.

Last winter I began a cellar cleanup project. Part of the job was to get rid of 4 outboard motors that I'd been storing in various states of repair. This is the only one that I did not finish the work on to get it in sale able condition because the fishing season started up here. I'll describe the condition of the motor in a little more detail.

- 1959 Johnson Seahorse 5.5HP

- Red cowl that has UV fading

- Good compression (don't know the #'s but you can tell when turning it over)

- During the winter I replaced the ignition coils & plugs. There is a good spark to both cyls.

- Changed lower unit oil

- Disassembled & cleaned the carb. I must have messed up the float when I did this because now it will only start if I spray fuel / oil mix into the intake. I remember the trail and error float adjusting that goes on with these old carbs (cork float!).

- The manual low & high speed mix knobs on the front of the engine need some work. The splines inside the knobs are worn so they can slip when turning them, which you have to do to run the engine normally.

- I replaced the main gasket on the external fuel tank which works fine. There is some leakage from the around the little pump mechanism. If I recall correctly I was re-building that tank every 3 years or so when I was using it a lot. When I had the tank dis-assembled I scraped most of the accumulated varnish from the bottom of the tank.

Summary: A mechanically solid example that will need a small amount of work to get it running but quite a bit more work if aesthetic restoration is the plan.

If you want the motor it is yours. I have no clue how to ship something like this. Perhaps you have some ideas?

A couple of pictures...