How much power does a man need to make summer cocktails? How many Hawaiian short-sleeve shirts? How much badassery? NOT ENOUGH, I SAY! Which is why I need this blender, made with an old-school 1958 Johnson outboard motor:
I started this project with a classic 1958 Johnson outboard, and removed all of the original motor and drive gears. The blender is now powered by a new Homelite 2-cycle motor. I used the original tiller handle to operates the throttle, and the original choke lever operates the choke, and the original kill button will stop the motor. The motor is rubber mounted and a custom exhaust system exits out of the bottom of the housing to a Honda generator muffler to keep the sound muffled. Everything was bead blasted and powder coated for a very durable finish, and original decals complete the authentic look. This took 6-months to engineer and build.
The best part: You can buy the damn thing! It’s $US2800, but frozen cocktail glory always come at a high price. [Etsy via Neatorama via Walyou]
Jester
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 9:58 AMKinda like Top Gear’s V8 blender, but smaller, cuter and less powerful :P More useful maybe? Although I don’t think ‘useful’ is a great word to describe these things!
rollz
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 11:53 AMWatched it, sat there and only thought… why?
Paul
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 12:02 PMWhat the hell, this is old news, and you guys posted this a month or two ago?
Joe Rozsa
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 10:01 PMI saw this listed on Ebay a while ago. Funny how he “thinks” it’s worth $2800. Also funny that no one else does though. I believe it was early in the spring or late winter that I saw it. Shame he had to destroy that motor. Hey Paul… relax son, relax.