HydroSkreamin
11-13-2018, 09:11 PM
While returning home from my Grandma’s funeral this past weekend, I talked my uncle into stopping for lunch in Hartford, WI, which also has a sign on I41 advertising the Wisconsin Auto Museum.
I’ve literally driven by dozens of times over the years but either at odd hours or in too much of a hurry to stop. Well, not this time!
I knew that the Force Outboard plant became a Mercury plant, as it was acquired as part of Brunswick’s purchase of Bayliner. I did not know the plant’s previous history dating back to the Great Depression.
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Well, the last Mercury product developed in that plant was a personal watercraft that was validated for production but never was released to the public.
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They also had a few OMC pieces.
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Thought you folks might enjoy.
I’ve literally driven by dozens of times over the years but either at odd hours or in too much of a hurry to stop. Well, not this time!
I knew that the Force Outboard plant became a Mercury plant, as it was acquired as part of Brunswick’s purchase of Bayliner. I did not know the plant’s previous history dating back to the Great Depression.
423258
423259
423260
423261
423266
Well, the last Mercury product developed in that plant was a personal watercraft that was validated for production but never was released to the public.
423262
423263
423264
423265
They also had a few OMC pieces.
423267
423268
Thought you folks might enjoy.