I bought this motor with several others about November 2015. This sat under my deck since I didn’t have enough room in the garage. It was sunk in 1969 and supposedly was dried out professionally. When I dismantled it (see earlier posts) I found mud and gravel, so it wasn’t just sunk, it stayed underwater for a while. Well now it runs. It took me almost 10 years, but it runs. Now I’ll winterize it and spend time with fine tuning the paint and decals over the winter.