West bend motors

[shortshaftred100]

Can anyone provide pics of the West bend range of motors, believe they became Chrysler, am interested in pics of the later Westbend big bangers, Cheers

[Mark75H]

They were made from 1947 until 1965 as West Bend. The 1965 line up went from 3.5 hp to 80 hp. The 80 hp model was called the "Tiger Shark"

I am sure you can find the pictures you are looking for by searching - on Google, eBay and/or the search feature here on SnF

http://i6.ebayimg.com/03/i/05/6c/c5/0d_1_b.JPG

[delawarerick]

There is an ebay seller in Flemington,NJ that had a tiger shark restored and for sale about a year ago. Parts for those are scarce and Dave S advised me to stay away from buying it. I will see if I can find the sellers name. Rick

[AirRide]

Their salt water test facility was in North Palm Beach, on a canal just off the Intracoastal, back in the 50's & 60's. They also had a small boat hardware line, cleats, etc...

[brichter]

....They also marketed a pretty trick stern drive version of the Tiger shark.