OT Outboard Motor

teddy52food · Feb 22, 2019

Friend is looking for information on an old motor he has. Made in Milwaukee by Outboard Motor Corp. Serial # on it is 4090878. Lower unit is brass. I am guessing 1 cylinder, maybe around 3 HP. Google doesn't come up with anything worth while. Thanks.

ScoutB · Feb 22, 2019

OMC was the parent company of Evinrude, Johnson, and Gale. What little description you give makes it sound like perhaps a Gale. Maybe something at https://www.marineengine.com/parts/...ohnson-evinrude-model-number-guide-00062.html will help.

Steve@Advance · Feb 22, 2019

Might check out this place.

They will probably know what it is, value, parts availability.

Being brass it will be quite oil, probably 20's era.

An old friend of mine that died about 10 years ago was into the old OMC outboards. He had a shop full of them, old ones, mid century models, factory racers, boxes of parts... A lifetime of collecting and restoring.

I never knew what happened to it all, I'm sure it got scattered and sold for pennies on the dollar. A real shame.
Antique Outboard Motor Club

Royse · Feb 22, 2019

I think ScoutB has it right. If not, he's really close.
There is an old guy up the road from me who collects and restores
them. If you can't find anything, send me a picture and I will ask him.

Russ from MN · Feb 22, 2019

Most of the old OMC's were 2 cylinder, ran very smooth, at least the one I had, but it didn't have a brass lower unit.

Steve A W · Feb 22, 2019

Like Steve@Advance said, go to the Antique Outboard
Motor Collectors club website. The "Ask A Member" forum.
Things are a little touch and go there right now due to
the new website but someone will answer your question.
Tell your friend to be careful, those old outboard motors
are addictive! Before you know it you've got a garage full
of them.

Steve A W

Mutt and Jeff · Feb 23, 2019

Google
antique OMC outboard motor
click on the images tab and look around at what you see

teddy52food · Feb 23, 2019

His is outboard MOTOR corp., not Outboard Marine.

BigPapa53 · Feb 23, 2019

I found this posted on MarrineEngine.com forum in response to a post about an “Outboard Motors Corp Serial #4023326 2-cylinder opposed twin”:

Found some history. The Outboard Motors Corporation was founded in 1929 when Evinrude, ELTO and Lockwood-Ash combined to provide competition to Johnson outboards. In 1936 they also bought Johnson and changed the name to the Outboard Marine and Manufacturing Company, OMMC, then by 1960 they had dropped the second M and it just became OMC. So, getting back to it, your motor probably is an Evinrude or ELTO - Evinrude Light Twin produced between 1929 and 1936.

-Scott

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