I'm still trying to figure out how my 1950 Johnson outboard survived. The sawhorse it was sitting on was right up against the garage wall. . . . the motor was almost touching the wall. You can see in the close-up, the sawhorse itself burnt right up to the motor. The rubber handgrip on the tiller got a little crispy near the end and the original crank handle is charred pretty bad. I haven't messed with it much, but I pulled it out of the rubble and set it across the tailgate of my S-10 and pulled the rope . . . it still turns over and has good compression. I pulled the rope 5 or 6 times and it never fired, but I'm not sure it had enough gas to fill the carb left in it. It's a little worse for the wear, but I am amazed it still exist!