Gunny456 said:

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I think I was about 12. Living on our little farm on the Guadalupe River. We were pretty poor and had an old 12 ft. Semi V aluminum boat that was made by a company called Arkansas Traveller. It had a1947 7.5 HP Wizard on it. Hard as hell to start.
Well that Christmas my dad gave me a used 9.5 Johnson.
It was wrapped up and sitting under the tree. I was so excited I almost pissed my pants…. wow what a gift.
After we all had opened all the other presents the family walked across the road to my grandparents house for breakfast. Everyone was hanging out over there so I went back to our house to eye my " new" used outboard.
I was just admiring it and decided to just give a little pull on the start rope….,well…. You guessed it…. It had, I guess,?just enough fuel left in the cylinders that it fired off for about 1-2 seconds! Filling the living room with a light haze of old 2-stroke outboard motor smoke. Scared the crap out of me!!!
About that time my dad walked in…. I quickly sat on the couch…. He asked what I was doin…. I said " Oh nutthin"
He just started laughing and went to the kitchen.
He told that story every Christmas from then on.

For many years every time I smelled 2-Stroke Outboard smoke it would take me back to that Christmas morning long ago.

Best gift ever and that old motor took me up and down the Guadalupe for many, many years.

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