My first boat was a 1960 9' Starcraft Pram and 1961 3 HP Evenrude. Bought from Downings in Alton and I still have both - stored at my brothers home. My nephews used it in the 70's & 80's on the Ipswich River in N. Reading, MA w/o the motor as the river was too shallow for using it.
I did have a prior boat & motor that was used on the oak row boat that came with the cottage we leased in Alton Bay. I did not own the boat. It was a 1 Hp Champion Pressure Cooker Company motor that came from what is today Melvin Village Marine. Very old - 1920's??? It came out of someone's barn and dad paid something like $20.00 for it. It never ran right and spent more time not running than running. John Birdsall might remember it as he or his brother worked on it once for me.
