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Just wanted to comment that there seems to be a new wave of new Atomic 4 owners appearing on the forum lately. Great to see that. As I spent a thousand hours on my knees over the past decade or more troubleshooting, sweating and learning, I have often felt my father watching over my shoulder with a wry smile. Next generation!

I am also on the Tartan 27 facebook page, and see the same trend: a new wave of first-time boat owners....often resurrecting neglected hulls. Good old boats never die.
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I'm one of those. Got an Ericson 27 with A4 end of 2017. Once I heard about this place, been here ever since. Now I'm helping back if I can.
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I was 10 years od the first time I worked on an Atomic 4. I held the hose while my father pumped the oil out
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ditto to what Marty wrote: I have often felt my father watching over my shoulder with a wry smile. Thanks reminding me.
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ditto to what Marty wrote: I have often felt my father watching over my shoulder with a wry smile. Thanks reminding me.
I have a ton of fun teaching my son A4 stuff. When he is my age gasoline internal combustion engines with carbs and points will be truly ancient tech understood by the very few. Kind of like being a good mule team driver would be today

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A few weeks ago as I was putting the A4 together in my shop, a neighbor and his grandson were strolling down the street. This neighbor is a retired engineer so I thought he'd be interested in the WW2 era flathead tractor engine I was playing with. He was, but so was his grandson. I took the opportunity to explain to the kid how a 4 stroke engine works. He could see the crank, cam, pistons, valves, everything. I turned the crank and showed him valves opening and closing, piston moving, and how it interrelates. The kid was fascinated. This engine is so simple, the whole operation clicked in his head.

Years from now, I suppose it will be "see kid, you plug this in, it charges those batteries, then these electric motors make the car go." Nope, doesn't quite have the same allure.
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Just FYI - the Atomic 4 was never a tractor engine and cannot be used to power a land vehicle of any kind.
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