Gale and Johnson

[bassboy1]

Am I correct when I say a Gale engine was a rebadged Johnny? If not who was Gale made by and how hard would it be to find parts for?

 

[Scaaty]

Re: Gale and Johnson

Both made by OMC, mostly cosmetic outsides..

 

[F_R]

Re: Gale and Johnson

Depends on what model you are talking about. Some are same except for the hood and others are almost totally different, sharing only a few items like magneto. Gale Product was a division of OMC and sold motors to customers like Montgomery Ward, Speigel, Goodyear Tire, etc. They also sold through their own dealers under the Gale Buccaneer/Sovereign names. They all have equal quality but Johnson/Evinrude got some of the frills like automatic choke and electric shift.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Gale and Johnson

if it says gale on it. 99% it is the undressed omc.. sea king i think was wards, have a look at this one, you'll see it 99% like to old johnnyrude

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Outb...020QQitemZ300050225958QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

[F_R]

Re: Gale and Johnson

My 1958 Gale Buccaneer 3hp. It shares the magneto, clamp brackets, propeller, gas cap and spark plug with it's Johnson cousin. Otherwise it's Gale unique.

 

[Texasmark]

Re: Gale and Johnson

Some of the verbiage I have picked up on here indicated that it was a superior branch of OMC. Said that many Gale innovations found their way into the others including Bucaneer.

Might dig thru the archives or hit it on www. Info is out there.

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Scaaty, I like your Avatar. What is it?

Thanks,

Mark