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Gale Products

Division of Outboard Marine Corp. (OMC)

Galesburg, Illinois

Gale was the third product division of Outboard Marine Corp. in addition to Evinrude and Johnson. Gale outboards were often sold through chain stores as Sea King, Brooklure, Royal, Sea Bee, Hiawatha, or Saber outboards. Though an OMC product, some Gale models differed from contemporary Evinrude and Johnson. For instance, fuel pumps were offered standard far earlier on Gale models than on Evinrude or Johnson models. In 1954, the Gale 12 HP featured styling by famed industrial designer Brooks Stevens. Many of his designs for Gale can be viewed in the Milwaukee Art Museum archive]. The later Gale Sovereign models also showed much investment in styling, including chrome and unique motor hoods. Gale continued as a separate product line up through 1963, the last year for Gale.

In 1960, Harold L. Bourdon was divisional vice-president and the five months following October 1959 (fiscal year 1960) was a new record for export sales, increasing more than 100% over the same period in the previous year.

Service Information

Aftermarket Service Info

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  1955 to 1963 Gale 3 HP service information

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  1955 to 1963 Gale 5 HP service information

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  1955 to 1963 Gale 12 to 25 HP service information

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  1958 to 1963 Gale 35 to 40 HP service information

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  1955 to 1963 Gale electrical system service information

Information by Year

1953 Information

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  1953 Gale Ad

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  1953 Gale Ad

1954 Information

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  1954 Gale Ad

1956 Information

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  1956 Gale Ad

1957 Information

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  1957 Gale Ad

1958 Information

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  1958 Gale Buccaneer Ad

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  1958 Gale 12 HP Ad

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  1958 Gale Buccaneer Dealer Ad

1960 Information

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  1960 Gale Used Motors Program Ad

1961 Information

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  1961 Gale Sovereign Ad

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  1961 Gale Ad

Gale Outboards in Use

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