Mystery outboard

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Mystery outboard

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Can anyone identify this one ? Pretty sure its not a Sea Bee , nothing like any of the others I have . Cheers
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Don't bet your life on this, but that finned exhaust looks a mid 50's Jap powered Tidemaster.
Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
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Thanks Charles , I was just looking in The old outboard book , could it be a Sea Chief ? I found this pic on an old gumtree listing , they were selling it as a Sea Chief
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Didn't the Jap powered Sea Chief have a chrome tube drive shaft & exhaust not a fancy cast one?
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Not sure , the picture in the book was a illustration / advert so was hard to tell . I searched google images and found a few like above , couldn't find a pic of a Tidemaster . I wonder if the leg was originally red , I see traces underneath .
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Just remembered this thread. viewtopic.php?f=17&t=6738

This motor also similar but meatier transom bracket
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Found a couple of images from sales leaflets (sorry if the quality is not very good) - transom bracket is the main difference
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Thanks for the information , interesting ! The two motors are almost identical but as you say the bracket is different .I'm wondering if mine is an earlier model or possibly just had another stuck on it at some time . A new species for the collection anyway 😊
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Look at the skeg.
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Good point Charles , what's your thoughts now ?
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It’s hard to tell, but it looks like a Seachief to me🤔
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