How big of an outboard motor for my old 1960 fiberglass boat ?

Question

its a 14' boat probaly weighs around 6-700 lb

Answer 1

How good is the transom < The id tag is probably gone by know look around on   http://www.boattraderonline.com/ you might see 1 or close>30hp

Answer 2

probably not a nameplate on a '60 model.  we have a couple of 12's around here with 20's.  and a few 14's with 25-35's on them.

Answer 3

20 horse is plenty look on the name plate attached to the boat and it will tell you the max

Answer 4

Our 1973, 17 foot boat has an 85 horsepower Evinrude. That's plenty for us.  Depends on what you're doing with it.