That Sea King was thought to be a way to make money on obsolete parts taking up room in the warehouse. A ton of old parts were sold for scrap when the production lines were expanded to increase production in 1949. It was found in 1958, during the preparations for the Fiftieth anniversary, that one of the junk motors scrapped was the 1908 Prototype pre-production Evinrude. Ralf Evinrude was devastated. It was the "Coffee Grinder" that Bess had told Ole "…to make better" and he did. . . 😀
