West Bend
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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 package using the block of the 80 HP Tiger Shark outboard motor and a proprietary sterndrive. This was similar to OMC's use of the V-4 engine block in their sterndrive package. A 1964 brochure lists this sterndrive as 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).
Service Information
1955 to 1963 West Bend 5.5, 6, 7.5, & 8 HP models
1956 to 1963 West Bend 12, 16, 18, & 20 HP models
1955 to 1963 West Bend 25, 30, 35, 40, & 45 HP models
1961 to 1963 West Bend 80 HP model
West Bend electrical system
1957 Info:
1957 Magazine Ad
1958 Info:
1958 Magazine Ad 1
1958 Magazine Ad 2
1959 Info:
1959 West Bend Golden Shark Ad
1960 Info:
1960 Brochure, Page 1
1960 Brochure, Page 2
1960 Brochure, Page 3
1960 Brochure, Page 4
1960 Brochure, Page 5
1960 Brochure, Page 6
1960 Brochure, Page 7
1960 Brochure, Page 8
1960 Brochure, Page 9
1960 Brochure, Page 10
1960 Brochure, Page 11
1960 Brochure, Page 12
1960 Brochure, Page 13
1960 Brochure, Page 14
1960 Brochure, Page 15
1960 Brochure, Page 16
1960 West Bend Ad
1961 Info:
1961 West Bend Tiger Shark Ad
1964 Info:
West Bend Outboards Brochure, p1
West Bend Outboards Brochure, p2
West Bend Outboards Brochure, p3
West Bend Outboards Brochure, p4
West Bend Outboards Brochure, p5
West Bend Pricelist, p1
West Bend Pricelist, p2
West Bend Pricelist, p3
West Bend Pricelist, p4
West Bend 50 HP Ad
1964 Sterndrive Info:
West Bend Shark-O-Matic Brochure, p1
West Bend Shark-O-Matic Brochure, p2
West Bend Shark-O-Matic Brochure, p3
West Bend Shark-O-Matic Brochure, p4
West Bend Shark-o-Matic in a 1964 T & T Boats Brochure
