Blue Book

ABOS Publishing started with Clarence Bugg in Mishawauka, Indiana. The first Outboard Dealer Trade-In Guide Blue Book was published in 1948 with 700 copies sold. The next year saw 2000 copies sold.

From 1958 on, Outdoors, Inc / the Marine Division of ABOS Publishing produced "Trade-In Guide Blue Books" for boats, boat trailers, and outboard motors. These pocket-sized guides make useful references for model information, company information, and dealer pricing information. Information gleaned from these references have been collated with the individual manufacturer pages here in the Classic Boat Library. For best understanding of the information contained within the pages of the Blue Books, be sure to consult the "Instructions" page of the 1960 Blue Book below.

A similar, though competing publication, "Sheler's Outboard Boat Price Pilot - Red Book Appraisals" was published concurrently with the Blue Book until being acquired and incorporated into the Blue Book publication. This occurred sometime between 1963 and 1968.

1957 Information

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  1957 Outboard Motor Blue Book Ad

1958 Information

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  1958 Outboard Motor Blue Book Ad

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  1958 Blue Book History Article

Indexes

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  1960 Index of Manufacturers

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  1963 Index of Manufacturers

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  1966 Outboard Index of Manufacturers, page 1

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  1966 Outboard Index of Manufacturers, page 2

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  1972 Outboard Index of Manufacturers

Quick Reference

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  Quick Reference to Headings

1960 Blue Book

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  1960 Cover

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  1960 Title Page

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  1960 Instructions

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  1960 Instructions

1966 Blue Book

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  1966 Outboard edition, Cover

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  1966 Outboard edition, Instructions

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  1966 Outboard edition, Instructions

The following is a list of the manufacturers covered in the 1960 edition:

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Harwill, Inc. Aero Nautical Boats, Inc. Airboats, Inc. Albright Boat & Marine Company Aluma Craft Boat Co. North American Marine, Inc. Eastern Steel Products Corp. Angler Boat Co., Inc. Finley-Smith Sales Co. Marine Division, Milco Tank & Boat Co. Atlanta Boat Works Southwest Manufacturing Company Barbour Boats, Inc. Clipper Mfg. Co. Barracuda Marine Co. Beall Boat Shop Bell Boy, Inc. Berglund & Black Blue Finn Boats, Inc. Blue Manufacturing Co., Inc. Otis C. Borum Boats, Inc. Bowman Manufacturing, Inc. Bristol Boat Division of the Allen Quimby Veneer Company Bristol Mfg. Co. Bryant's Marina, Inc. Burchcraft Boat Company Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co. Carter Craft Corp. Carver Boat Corp. Casey-Craft Catalina Amphibous Homes, Inc. The Catamaran Co., Inc. Century Boat Company Challenger Marine Corp. Chetek Boat Corporation Chris-Wood Boat Co. Persely & Riehl Mfg. Co. National Marine Plastics Commodore Boats Bemidji Boat Company F.M. Cornell & Son, Inc. Botved Boats A/S Cowell Boat Works Crestliner, Inc. Crosby Aeromarine Co. Cruisers, Inc. Herberts Boats, Inc. Customflex, Inc. Custom Craft Industries Cutter Boats, Inc. Davis Boats Dawes Engineering Delta Boat Mfg. Desert Marine, Inc. Desoto Boat Co. Dixe Boat Works Dixiecraft Boat Co. Dorsett Plastics Corp. Douglass & McLeod, Inc. Dreamboat Mfg. Co. Du Craft Boats Dunphy Boat Corp. Duracraft Boats, Inc. Duraplane Boats Duratech Manufacturing Corp. Fabuglas Co. The Fitts Industries, Inc. Goshen Churn & Ladder, Inc., Marine Division Feather Craft, Inc. Fleetcraft Marine Sales Co. Fleetform Corp. Harris Mfg. Corp. Flotel Division., Gennett & Sons, Inc. Flying Finn, Inc. Ft. Dodge Boat Co. Freeland & Sons Co. Geneva Boat Co. Glass Craft Boats, Inc. Marine Plastics, Inc. Glassmaster Plastics Co. Glasspar Co. Glastron, Inc. Pompano Boat Co. Graham-Prams Ply-Wood Boat Builders Grumman Boats, Inc. Fibra Glass Boat Co., Inc. Gull Fiber Plastic Products, Inc. Gunderson Catamaran Company Hampden Wood Products, Inc. Hands Shipbuilding Co. Higgins, Inc. Stafford Boat Works Chrisbank Corp. Holiday Plastics, Inc. Hult Craft Boat Works International Yacht Sales Invader Boat Co. Jake Newsome Boats Progressive Plastics, Inc. Jayhawk Marine, Inc. Fiber-Resin Corp. Kauffman Boat Works, Inc. Kaye Yacht Pontoon Boat Company Keller Kraft, Inc. R. Dakin & Co.

Ladd Built Boats Alexandria Boat Works, Inc. Lamco, Inc. Lake 'N Sea, Division of Parsons Corp. Central Boat Works Larson Boat Works, Inc. Lawrence Boat Co. Lee Craft Boats Lone Star Boat Co. Lyman Boat Works Co. Mac Bay Boat Co. Magnolia Boat Mfg. Co. Marine Division, Falls City Flying Service Marlin Fiberglass Boat Co., Inc. Meyers Aircraft Co. Molded Fiber Glass Boat Co. Midland Boat Co. Minnehaha Craft Division, B.W. Mfg. Co. E. Gitt & Sons Mirro Aluminum Company Mitchel Boat Co., Division of Consolidated Metal Products, Inc. Monark Boat Co. Myco Marine, Division of Myco Co., Inc. Naden Industries Atlantic Marine Industries, Inc. Norseman Boat Co. Northwest Mfg. Corp. Nylox Corporation Old Town Canoe Co. Orlando Boat Co. Owens Yacht Co., Inc. Pilot Grove Boat Co. Pabst Boats, Inc. Pacific Boat & Yacht Co. Partee Boat Manufacturing Co. Pearson Corp. Penobscot Boat Works, Inc. Penn Yan Boats, Inc. Pere Marquette Fiberglas Boat Co., Inc. Performer Boat Corp., US Fibre Glass Products Division Pioneer Folding Boats Pipestone Sales Co. Polar Kraft Mfg. Co. Precision Marine Company Premier Products Priwing Products Quality Plastics, Inc. Red Fish Boat Company, Inc. Southwest Manufacturing Company Richland Mfg. Co. LML Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. Rocket Marine, Inc. Sabre Craft Boat Co., Inc. Plas. Steel Products, Inc., Marine Division Russell Boats, Inc. Fred McCarthy Boats Aero Mfg. Corp. Sea Scamp Boat Co. Seay-Craft Industries, Inc. Shelcraft, Inc. Shell Lake Boat Company Ransom F. Shoup & Co. Skagit Plastics, Inc. Norwegian Moulded Products, Inc. Skyway Boat Co., Inc. Slick Craft Boat Co. Seth Smith Boat Works, Inc. Sooner Boat Co. Span America Boat Co., Inc. The Glastex Company Spore Boat Co. Sportcraft, Inc. General Boat Corp. Stamas Boats, Inc. Starcraft Boat Co., Division Star Tank & Boat Co. Boat Distribution, Inc. Steury Boat Company, Inc. Stylecraft Mfg., Inc. Su-Mark, Inc. Swift Boats, Inc. Switzer Craft, Inc. Talv Mfg. Co., Inc. Henderson Plastic Engineering Corp. Fiber Glass Engineering, Inc. Terra-Marina Mfg. Co., Inc. Texas Boat Mfg. Co., Inc. The Plastyle Co. Thompson Boat Co. of New York, Inc. Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co. Plastic Fabrications, Inc. Holmes A. Thurmond Tollycraft Corporation Tomahawk Boat Mfg. Corp. Minnetonka Boat Works Topper Boat Co. Trailorboat Engineering Co. Trail It Coach Mfg. Co. Trojan Boat Co. United Boatbuilders, Inc. Valley Aluminum Co. Peninsular Fiberglass Products, Inc. Varalyay Boat Works Viking Boat Company Sarasota Marine Industries Wauconda Boat Builders Weeres Pontoon Boat Co. Western Rubber Products Co. Molded Products, Inc. White Canoe Co., Inc. Whitehouse Reinforced Plastic Co. Winner Manufacturing Co., Inc. Wizard Boats, Inc. Wagemaker Company Yellow Jacket Sales, Inc.