johnson pratt whitney outboard

[jwclbi]

I recently bought a 13 whaler with a johnson outboard that says pratt whitney on the couling. Anyone know anything about these old outboards?

[Bushwacker]

Where did you buy the motor? Pratt & Whitney makes jet engines and has plants all over Ct. If it was anywhere near Ct., you may simply have bought a Johnson motor that was owned by a Pratt & Whitney employee! The only thing that's "P&W like" on an outboard would be the price mark-up on the spare parts!

As a former P&W engineer in the military side of the business, I know that we used to collect various stickers and pass them out to the mechanics and guys in the shop when they did us a favor. They were highly valued by the mechanics, who used to plaster them all over their tool boxes, etc.! It wouldn't surprise me to see one stuck on an outboard!

[jwclbi]

Well that certainly helps. I went online and discovered P&W makes airplane engines, but I had i guy tell me that P&W made that engine and owned johnson outboards for sometime, which i did not believe. I bought the bought from a guy here in south jersey. I will find out who had it before the guy I bought it from. But thanks for the information!