Evening star., 1961-09-05
NEW FOR 1862
Outboords Shift Automatically
NEW FOR 1862
BY CHARLES COVELL
outdoor Editor

By CHARLES COVELL
outdoor Editor
The outboard motor industry,
its sales hit. among other
things, by a trend to bigger
boats in 1861, has come out
with such things as automatic
shift to lure the consumer dol
lar in 1862.
johnson, in announcing new
models today, introduces what
it calls "Electramatic Drive" as
standard equipment on one of
its two 75-horsepower models
and one of three 40-horsepower
motors.
Electro-magnets shift the
motors gears, operated by the
same single lever that controls
the throttle. When the lever
is in the neutral position, the
gears disengage automatically.
A small auxiliary throttle lever
is provided to start and warm
up the engine without shifting
the gears.
sh-ButtOn Shift
Evinrude, built by the same
manufacturer, Outboard Ma
rine, also is introducing auto
matte shift but it is push-but-
ton operated rather than de-
pending on a single lever.
Evinrude points out that this
allows instant shifting from
forward to reverse and reverse
to forward without going
through the neutral gear. Like
Johnson, the automatic shift
appears on rs and 40-horse-
power models.
Both companies also are
offering a new remote con-
trolled power tilt device for the
75-horsepower engines to take
the labor out Of raising or
lowering them in shallow waters
or at the end of a run.
An electric hydraulic pump
fastened to a stern bracket
does the job.
The two also are adding
Misunderstanding, 28-horsepow-
er motors to lines that include
3, 512, 10 and 18-horsepower
engines in addition to the 75s
and 40S.
Runs in Shallow Water
SCOTS big innovation is
"Shallowater Drive" a remote
tilt mechanism that will be
standard equipment on the
43.7-horsepower Royal Scott
Custom and the 75.2-horse-
power Flying Scott.
The mechanism permits the
operator to tilt the motor
from the front Of the boat by
utilizing engine thrust. In the
tilted position, Scott says the
motor can be operated safely
and effectively in waters only
slightly deeper than necessary
to float the boat, sometimes
only inches deep. The release
is mounted near the shift and
throttle controls.
The maker adds that the
device will permit easy travel
over weed beds and allow slower
trolling speeds than heretofore
possible with high horsepower
outboard motors.
Engineering advances include
steps to increase spark plug
life and eliminate the need to
use white or marine gaSolines.
The Scott line includes 3.6, 7la,
14.1, PIT, two models of the
43.7 and two models of the
75.2-horsepower motors.
Factory Matched Rigs
Following its entry into the
boating field last January with
the introduction of the out
board motor industry's first
factory-matched rig, the Fly
ing Scott, the manufacturer
this year is offering a COM
plete line from fishing craft
to cruisers.
West Bends line ranges from
the 312-horsepoWer, air-cooled
Shrimp to the 80-horsepower
Tiger Shark. There also are
71a, IL, 18, Is and 40-horse-
power models.
The engines feature an elec-
trical system that eliminates
distributor and provides an
independent ignition system
with separte coil, condenser and
breaker points for each cylinder.
Other outboard companies
have entered the inboard-out-
board field with lightweight 4
cycle inboard engines coupled
to outboard drives, but West
Bend claims it's new 80-horse-
power, 2-cycle, 4-cylinder in
line motor is the lightest in
the field.
Made of aluminium, the en-
gine weighs $50 pounds and the
drive unit IS for a total of 235.
1t will be sold only to boat
manufacturers for installation
as original equipment.