Jim,
I had under appreciated those little old portable outboard motors until recently .
Since my meager steam and old DC motor collection is displayed in the new house basement, due to the current plague few folk come over to visit. Few friends to see them. They might as well be in a vault.
I have a mint 1959 Kiekhaefer Mark78 “Inline Six- Tower Of Power” on a vintage boat . I keep it garaged. Again , few people to show it to. Too heavy to move by itself.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/the-other-mercuryAs you may be seeing signs of Spring, we are getting a taste of Fall.
While working on raising the old cabin 12 feet into the air I unloaded all the old little outboards into the yard onto sawhorses. Had an old 1910 wagon in the yard that I put a few onto. I was working on fixing the roof when a few friends escaping the terror of the city dropped by the cabin. They thought the little outboards were some sort of outdoor mancave thing, and I fired up an old 52’ Johnson Seahorse just to see if it ran. The 2 stroke little motor sounded good and it was safe outside fun to have someone to share the sound & smell of a vintage 2 stroke with.
I have more than enough of the little engines, but my local Craigslist has good ones cheaper than new Communist Chinese model motors than I can find on Bangugood.
If I saw that old yellow P-3 Yamaha locally , I would be very tempted to .......