Crosely Outboard motors

[BRUCE REINHART]

While out on a hunt I found this Crosely outboard motor in a shed  , it is missing the shroud so no identification except the Crosely casting in the block  , I know that the Homelite outboards used a Crosely block but all the pictures I can find show the flywheel on the top but this one has the flywheel on the bottom next to the outboard leg  , has anyone seen one of these

[Buccaneer]

Would it be someone’s home shop creation?

Prepare to be boarded!

[frankr]

I believe it’s a Fageol (spelling????).  We called them a Fragile because there were so many parts to break when horsing them around by hand.  Yeah, we eventually built a hoist.

[BRUCE REINHART]

Due to the missing cowl it does not look like a Homelite so some more research has come up with what has been mentioned here a Fageol 44 , 35hp

Now to see if I can buy it and then find a cowl

[bkrsdoz]

Bruce,

It looks like a home made or maybe prototype Homelite outboard. You can look behind the distributor on the aluminum crankcase to see if there is a serial number stamped. That would tell if it was a Crosley car engine to begin with. You can go on the Crosley Club of America website and see the engine family tree and find out what it really is. I have several Crosleys and have been in the club since the early 70’s.

Bob Baker

Beverly, MA

[frankr]

Peter Hunn’s The Old Outboard Book has about a full page on the history of the Fageol/Crofton/Homelite/Bearcat Outboards.  Yep, they all started with the Fageol 44 35hp, a Crosley engine mounted on end on a Scott-Atwater lower unit.  An inboard model was also produced.

The Homelite version mounted the engine other-end-up, flywheel on top.  That reversed the engine rotation.  I guess I’ve forgotten how that was dealt with.

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