Re: elgin 7.5 hp outboard
A little article from another site:<br /><br /> Do you have a West Bend or an Elgin? You may not have known that most Elgin motors were made by West Bend. The tooling for West Bend's outboard line was sold to Chrysler. Chrysler's marine division ended up in the hands of the original makers of Force Outboards, U.S. Marine, which was subsequently bought by Brunswick Corp., parent company of Mercury Marine. Thus the modern day Force by Mercury Marine has its roots in West Bend and Chrysler technology. It shouldn't be too surprising to find out that many West Bend, Elgin, and Chrysler parts can be obtained at some Mercury/Force dealers. Later in the 1960s, Chrysler also supplied motors for Montgomery Wards, Western Auto/Wizard, and Eaton's.
