Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire If they brought them back, would you buy them?

You can still buy two stroke outboards, the evinrude ETEC.

Any other two stroke outboard you can keep, they were all pieces of crap. The newer 4 strokes are 100X more reliable.

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of nostalgia there is for junk.

No on the Beetle, Corvair, and the Norton,...too much maintenance required on all three. Especially the Norton. The Eldo convertible has a serious cool factor, but I doubt if I would want to pay for the fuel to keep it on the road,...maintenance is also a factor.

The Winchester,...of course.

I'm not a fan of two stroke motors of any type.

ya I want a younger model of my wife again ?? long blond hair,big blue eyes, 105 lbs ,in her white bikini !

Had a Norton Atlas Twin 750 in college. It was a big heavy bike, and you needed to be 6'1" or taller to handle it while stopped. My buddy had a Triumph Bonnie, a more agile bike.

Both were the world's answer to any oil shortage. They would leak two quarts of oil for every one quart you put in.

Well, just send her to the Virgin Islands to get re-packaged.

ya I am going tell her that from the opposite side of the table close to the door,just in case it doesn`t go well !

There's lots of things we'll never see again.

Some for good reason.

Others for production cost/marketing issues.

Sadly, the last Savage 99 rolled out of the factory years ago.

Mass production, cheap items have largely taken the place of hand fitting and craftsmanship.

No to all. Including the 2-stroke smoker.

The Yamaha XT350 would be a contender. Honda Trail 90 as well.



Yes!

I wonder what she wants changed on you after all those years...

I managed to keep a Norton N-15 running for 3 years mainly because it was fitted with a magneto and would continue to run with half the wiring harness shaken loose. Still, it required almost daily maintenance to keep the lights functional. The monoblok carbs would flood the motor at the drop of a hat and it required the mastery of a serious learning curve to get it started. (kick starter only)

I sold it and bought a '77 Harley Davidson XLCR with an electric starter. The electric starter was an unbelievable luxury after having to kick that high compression Norton engine to life for three years. In fact, the old iron head XLCR proved to be a very dependable motorcycle. It blew the transmission once, but other than that I don't recall having any problems out of it.

2 Strokes yes...everything else no way

With the prices they get for 70-80 year old Cubs, new ones would sell like crazy.

Shhhh! Don't let my collection of two-strokes hear that! They have never considered doing anything except run... And very efficiently at that!

Used to own a '69 VW squareback and a 72 Eldo convertible. Great cars, but there are many cars (and trucks, love my Tundra) I'd rather own today.

2-stroke outboards rule. I still have two, a 3-1/2 hp Tohatsu and a 15 hp Johnson. Can't beat their power/weight ratio and simple maintenance.

Sako Finnwolf

When it comes to cars from the past and how they actually drove the rose colored glasses tend to have a pretty deep tint.

None of those planes. And I'm a wee bit familiar with the Skymaster. If they started making Navions again for a reasonable price, they'd sell.

1st gen Ford Bronco. Please.

On the OP's list I'd go with 2 stroke outboards .. I think.

I'd add

- pickups packaged for work use instead of soccer moms and old men dragging camp trailers on pavement
- Willy's jeeps .. flatfender era .. while they lacked creature comforts, they'd go places current jeeps won't fit.
- quality external frame packs - I still use my old Kelty when the loads exceed about 35 pounds
- Winchester 94s at prices appropriate to beginning hunters
- Ruger security (etc) six series

Cassette tapes



Mike