Re: What year is this West Bend?

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With the model # we’ll be able to pin it down exactly. But based on my experience with the colors, I’d say the 2hp West Bend a ’56 (orangish-pink & white) and the pink/white Elgin 7 1/2hp a ’59 and possibly a leftover into the 60s. (Especially if it is from Canada)

I’m with Frank on virtues of the 2hp – I put together an extensive write-up of information on them over on the Elgin page of my OddJob Motors website. Here is the link, scroll down to the 2hp section – that West Bend 2hp would be the same as the Elgins described: http://www.oddjobmotors.com/elgin.htm