HERITAGE MARINE INC.

Yes this is not a Big Box Dealer, but for guys like myself that's why I use this business. The staff is always extra helpful and knows how to find all the oddball stuff for my older OMC. They will always spend the time looking up parts and making sure you feel like their only customer.

POSTSCRIPT: The owner's reply is deliberately misleading - Read my review carefully: There was NOTHING wrong with my outboard's starter as they claimed. It was NOT worn and WAS turning at the required speed. My motor was examined and tuned perfectly in one day by another local outboard mechanic for $125. No parts, old or new, were needed, nor was $600 to repair it. Caveat emptor, fellow boaters. ORIGINAL REVIEW: I own a small vintage boat with a 1957 Evinrude 35hp Big Twin outboard that had been sitting for a couple of years. I took it out of mothballs and wanted to get it tuned up and running, but was having trouble getting it started. There aren't many shops that work on old outboards, so after a couple of calls, I found these guys, who claim that old motors are their specialty. I drove an hour to take them my boat, and they said they'd get back to me in a couple of days. The place is an old cinderblock building, with stuff piled everywhere - Dirty, disorganized, and totally run-down. I should have run for it then... A week went by before they finally called to say that my starter was bad, and that they couldn't even determine if the motor would run until they replaced it, which would cost "around 5-600$. This is an expensive horse you're riding", the owner told me. Their cost for a starter - $239.00. I had a spare starter which they refused to use. I found an NOS one online for $150, but they wouldn't use that either. Finally I said never mind, and they began to call me and bug me about coming to get my boat. I commute 3 hours a day during the week, which I explained to them when I dropped it off, and said I'd be back on the next weekend to get my boat. I got 2 calls in 2 days telling me it had to go. Finally I got down there and picked it up, and they charged me $89 for labor just to (supposedly) determine that the starter was bad. I also got a flat tire from pulling into their junk-strewn yard. So next I took it to a trusted member of the Antique Outboard

Ordered part online with 3 day shipping never got to me in TX. Finally talked to the rude man answered phone he said nothing he could do they will not refund me my money still have not got part .be careful ordering from. Signed out of luck there's ups,fed x,and u still blaming and I still don't have part but you have my money