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Outboard Motor Division

West Bend Aluminum Co.

Hartford, Wisconsin


West Bend Outboards were also sold as Elgin Outboards by Sears, Roebuck, & Co. up through 1959. In that year, Elgin began selling Scott outboard motors as Elgins. The West Bend "Shrimp" was the only model kept in the Sears lineup for a few more years.


West Bend continued making outboard motors well into the 1960's and even offered a Shark-o-Matic sterndrive unit using the block of the 80 HP Tiger Shark outboard motor. The Shark-o-Matic unit was available on some models of Laurel, T & T, and Custom Craft Boats. A 1964 brochure lists this sterndrive was supplied to the following manufacturers: Aero Craft Boat Co., Aero Marine Development Corp., Aluma Craft, Atlanta Boat Works, Atlantic Boat Builders, Atlantic Fiberglass, Inc., Bay Marine, Bee Craft, Broadwater Boat Co., Brunswick Boats, Carri Craft, Carver Boat Co., Classic Marine, Crestliner, Custom Craft Marine Co., Inc., Cutter Boats, Dorsett Marine, Duo Boats, Duracraft Boat Co., Inc., Everle Boat Co., Flare Fiberglass Boat Co., Fleetcraft, Inc., Glassmaster Plastics Co., Harbin Boat Works, Hydroswift Corp., Industrial Marine, Larson Boats, The Laurel Corp., Lone Star Boat Co., MFG Boat Co., Midwest Marine, Midwestern Industries, Monark Boat Co., Moorhead Plastics, Owens Boats, Penn Yan Boat Co., Pipestone Sales Co., Renken Boat Mfg. Co., Spicer Marine, Spirit Lake Boat Co., Sport Craft, Inc., Sportster Mfg. Co., T&T Boats, Thompson Bros, Tomahawk Boat Co., Traveler Mfg. Co., U. S. Marine, and Western Marine Supply


In January 1965 the outboard motor business of the West Bend Company was bought by Chrysler Corporation and reorganized into the Chrysler Outboard Corp. (Jan. 8, 1965 Wall Street Journal).


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West Bend Outboards in Use


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