2008 marked 75 years since Eaton’s first marketed outboard motors under the brand name Eaton’s Viking. To mark this occasion the Maple Leaf Chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club declared 2008 the "Year of the Viking" and held a series of special displays.
Viking display at the MLC AGM,
October 18, 2008
Viking display at the Trent-Severn Antique and Classic Boat Association's
Hastings Boat Show,
August 16th 2008
The second motor from the left is my new 1950 5 hp Viking, complete with original rubber tiller and starter!
Fellow Maple Leaf chapter member Jim Crossland helped organize this display, here are some of his motors.
My 1958 25 Viking on Rice Lake.
Viking display at the Baysville Boat Show,
August 17th 2008
Don Crossland organized this display with the help of Mac Wilson
Viking display at the AOMCI Tomahawk Nationals,
July 30-August 2nd 2008
Voted Best Display!
My 1958 25 hp Viking on my 1954 Canadian Challenger.
Voted Best Classic Boat and Motor combo and received the
"Collectors Choice" award for the meet.
Viking display at the Gravenhurst Boat Show,
July 5th 2008
The Antique Vikings
My 1933 4 hp, Patrick Wren's 1936 4 hp with a brass lower unit and my 1936 8.5 hp.
Billy Hazlet's 1948 1.5 hp Viking, Ron Stevenson's 1940 5 hp Viking, Owen Aho's 1939 1.8 hp, my 1939 5 hp and Owen's 1939 8.5 hp.
The Classic Vikings
The Viking Display at the Sudbury Sportsman Show,
April 4th-6th 2008
The Viking Display at the Toronto Sportsman Show,
March 12-16th 2008
The Viking Display at the Toronto Fishing Show,
February 15-18, 2008
