Re: 1958 Single Line Gas Tank

[jon-a]

Gale had single line tanks in 58 and dating back to 55 or 56

I’m pretty sure the gimmick was that Gale would offer "something less" than Johnson / Evinrude did- so they offered 5 / 12-15 / 22 or 25 horse when OMC was offering 5 1/2 / 15-18 / 25-30 horse. so the "less" horsepower that Gale offered in those early years was coupled with a fuel pump to sweeten the deal.

By later years like 58-9, Gale offered the same horsepower on the Big Twin platform but without the "super quiet" housing- so that was "the less".

But regarding fuel pumps I think by 1956 Gale was definitely offering them with special 4 gallon tanks for the 5 horse models- hard to find these days. Maybe by 1955 Gale had fuel pumps too. I’m not a Gale expert- just trying to remember the ones I’ve seen here and there