Crownline
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Crownline Boats
Crown Line Mfg. Co.
Onarga, Illinois
History by Andreas Jordahl Rhude
Arnold O'Hare of Crownline actually had a small pond dug about 1958 outside of Onarga to float his boats.
Melvin Redeker started at Crownline Mfg. Co. at Onarga, IL after high school graduation in 1956. He worked in the glass department, molding decks. He built the deck mold for their one finned model, based on a Chrysler auto. In late 1958 he and two other co-workers departed and formed Bee Boat Company, which was incorporated in January 1959. Their first shop was at his father's farm in a shed. Then they moved to the other partner's parent's farm north of Piper City, IL. Paxton, IL was their third and final home. Bee was making their own line of glass boats. They also started making boats for Sea Sprite which was based at North Webster, IN and an Indianapolis firm called Jayhawk.
History
Crownline History article, part 1
Crownline History article, part 2
Crownline History article, part 3
Crownline History article, part 4
Model Information
1957 to 1960 Crownline outboard boat models
1960 to 1962 Crownline outboard boat models
1960 to 1962 Crownline inboard boat models
1963 to 1965 Crownline outboard boat models
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1957 Miscellaneous:
1957 Crownline Boats article
1957 Crownline Boats ad
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1959 Info:
1959 Crownline Ad
1959 Crownline Ad
1963 Info: Thanks to Andreas Jordahl Rhude
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1964 Info: Thanks to Andreas Jordahl Rhude
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Circa 1965 Info: Thanks to Andreas Jordahl Rhude
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