OMC 6 Gallon Marine Gas Fuel Tank Restoration

Disclaimer: It's for a gocart I'm building. So the color does not matter, it will never see the waters again. The Hammerite green was my personal choice, neither does it matter if the fuel lines were powder coated, I am only using the main fuel out, not the return so it's okay. The inside of the tank was vacuum cleaned, it's clean inside, no dust (I checked). I got a bunch of comments from fellow restorers that are concerned and I understand. Thank you all for your time and input I really appreciate it. But here is a tip from AJ, Hammerite is enamel based, enamel paint and gasoline are not friends. If my oven was large enough I would rather powder coat it, I am in the process of upgrading my oven to a larger one, and I will probably make a 5min video of me removing the green and powder-coating the tank so the gasoline does not damage the finish. Gasoline removes the Hammerite paint :-X. Thanx guys.

Good day Ladies and Gents! I found this beautiful 6-gallon outboard gas tank while shopping at a garage sale, and as you can see it came home with me!

I hope you enjoy the video.

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A little history.
Ole Evinrude was born in Gjøvik, Norway on April 19, 1877; five years later, his family emigrated to the United States, settling near Cambridge, Wisconsin. Interested in mechanics from an early age, Evinrude became an apprentice machinist at age 16 and eventually a master pattern maker, as well.

Along with a growing number of people at the turn of the century, Ole Evinrude was fascinated by the potential of the newly developed internal combustion engine, and he set up a firm to build small engines.

While Evinrude concentrated on the mechanical and engineering aspects of the new firm, he entrusted the bookkeeping and business end of the firm to his assistant, Bessie Cary. The story surrounding Evinrude's invention of the outboard boat engine revolves around a picnic that Cary and Evinrude enjoyed on Okauchee Lake, in the lake country west of Milwaukee, two and one-half miles from shore. Cary expressed a desire for a dish of ice cream and Evinrude rowed back to shore for it. Of course, the ice cream was melted by the time he returned, but Evinrude, inspired by the incident, was determined to design an engine that would replace the oar as a means of boat propulsion.

Cary and Evinrude were married in 1906. In 1907, Evinrude founded Evinrude Motors in Milwaukee. The firm immediately began to develop its first outboard motor, a one-cylinder, 1.5 hp (1.1 kW) model, which became an instant success upon its introduction in 1909.[2]

Because of Bessie's poor health, the Evinrudes sold their company in 1913, and Ole agreed to not re-enter the outboard motor business for five years. His inventive mind kept busy, however, and during his "retirement", he devised a much-improved, two-cylinder outboard engine. In 1921 he and Bessie formed the ELTO Outboard Motor Company (ELTO standing for Evinrude's Light Twin Outboard). This new outboard engine was also very successful, and in 1929 the ELTO company merged with the original Evinrude company (since renamed the Outboard Marine Corporation) and the Lockwood Motor Company, with Evinrude the president of this new company.

Bessie, who had retired in 1928 for health reasons, died in 1933 in Milwaukee. Ole Evinrude died the following year on July 12 in Milwaukee, and the company was taken over by their son, Ralph. In 1936 the Evinrude company merged with the Johnson Motor Company to form the Outboard Marine Corporation. During World War II the company manufactured motors for various types of military marine craft.

OMC declared chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2000 and its assets were subsequently acquired by Bombardier Recreational Products, which continued to build Evinrude branded outboard motors.

On May 27, 2020, BRP announced that they would be retiring the Evinrude brand and would exit the outboard boat motor market.[4] The modern Evinrude E-TEC motors were among the lowest emission and highest power-to-weight ratio outboards produced.

Evinrude's name continues today not only on many an outboard motor but also by the presentation of the Ole Evinrude Award. Given annually by the New York Boat Show, this award is presented in recognition of an individual's contributions to the growth of recreational boating.
These tanks were made from the early 1960s until the 1990s.

0:00 Intro
1:13 Disassembly
3:55 Sandblasting
6:43 Edge Cleaning
7:39 Powder Coating
9:02 Bodywork
12:27 Painting
16:03 Polishing / Buffing
16:46 Assembly
20:38 Before & After

Видео OMC 6 Gallon Marine Gas Fuel Tank Restoration канала AJ Restorations