Re: West Bend OBs…opinions

[frankr]

West bend sold out to Chrysler, Chrysler to U.S. Marine (Force brand) USM to Mercury, and Mercury dropped it. There are some parts out there but certainly not like the main line motors.

They were a fairly decent motor. Actually simpler than OMC, no frills. Nothing unusually special about working on them.

Oh, and West Bend made Elgin motors for Sears before putting their own name on them, while still selling to Sears.