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2. Evinrude Outboard Motors - Wikipedia

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   1979 Evinrude 70 HP outboard, cowling and air cleaner removed, exposing its shift/throttle/spark advance linkages, flywheel, and three carburetors. Ole Evinrude was born in Gjøvik, Norway on April 19, 1877; five years later, his family emigrated to the United States, settling near Cambridge, Wisconsin. Interested in mechanics from an early age ...

3. Outboard Marine Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) was a maker of Evinrude, Johnson and Gale Outboard Motors, and many different brands of boats. It was a multibillion-dollar Fortune 500 corporation. [ 1 ] Evinrude began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1907.

4. Ole Evinrude - Wikipedia

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   Ole Evinrude formed Evinrude Outboard Motors, which he sold in 1913 in order to look after his sick wife. In 1919, Evinrude invented a more efficient and lighter two-cylinder motor. Having sold his part in Clemick & Evinrude, he founded ELTO or the Elto Outboard Motor Company. (ELTO was an acronym for "Evinrude Light Twin Outboard".)

5. Outboard motor - Wikipedia

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   The most successful early outboard motor, [16] was created by Norwegian-American inventor Ole Evinrude in 1909. [18] Historically, a majority of outboards have been two-stroke powerheads fitted with a carburetor due to the design's inherent simplicity, reliability, low cost and light weight.

6. Evinrude - Wikipedia

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   Evinrude may refer to: Evinrude Outboard Motors, a company that builds outboard motors for boats; The dragonfly in the 1977 Disney animated film The Rescuers; Ole Evinrude (1877–1934), Norwegian-American inventor, founder of Evinrude Outboard Motors; Ralph Evinrude (1907–1986), American businessman

7. Johnson Outboards - Wikipedia

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   By the mid-1920s, they surpassed Evinrude in sales, and dominated the outboard racing scene. In 1928, the brothers bought the Birmingham Automotive Company site in Peterborough, Ontario and established the Canadian Johnson Motor Company Ltd. [ 2 ] By 1931 they produced cedar strip hulls at their Canadian facility. [ 3 ]