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Author	Topic:   Ken Finlay's OMC Historical Literature Collection
jimh	posted 07-10-2010 03:52 PM ET (US)         Ken Finlay has probably the most extensive collection of OMC historical literature of anyone in the world. Fortunately, he has posted digital images of all of it on-line, so that everyone can browse and enjoy it. There is a wonderful index to all of the many hundreds of pages of historical literature which makes finding a particular model or year much easier. INDEX to OMC Historical Literature http://www.bbcboards.net/zerothread?id=397772 Many thanks to Ken Finlay for his amazing collection.
frontier	posted 07-10-2010 06:28 PM ET (US)             That is a great service. Thanks. Brings back good memories. Look at the 1961 Evinrude outboard brochure on pages 16 & 17. Great pics of a classic 13 Boston Whaler.
BravoWhiskey	posted 07-10-2010 10:54 PM ET (US)          Thanks for posting that Jim! I always loved the 1989 Johnson catalog, and the page for the new, 100-HP, V4 outboard. Of course, we all know what boat comes to mind, when someone talks about a boat with a 100-HP rating..... Apparently OMC agreed, and picked the perfect boat to debut it on, on their Johnson catalog: http://community.webshots.com/photo/fullsize/2500437510101354590dTWRKe
Mumbo Jumbo	posted 07-10-2010 11:29 PM ET (US)             [Unclear--Please contact the moderator for more information.]
Tohsgib	posted 07-11-2010 11:41 AM ET (US)             If you notice it says uploaded by Liquidnirvana2 which is the same website that LHG offered us a few weeks ago.
jimh	posted 07-11-2010 11:44 AM ET (US)             Nick--The link I posted, to the best of my knowledge, has never been mention before here in the archive of COTINUOUSWAVE. I am pointing to the index to Ken Finlay's collection of information. Using the index to the collection to navigate the collection is much more useful than browsing several hundred pages looking for a needle in a haystack. Without the index the resource is much less useful. Feel free to ignore the index and poke around the web site looking for what you want using any other links to it you may have encountered. If I did not think this information had value, I would not have posted it.
Tohsgib	posted 07-12-2010 12:40 PM ET (US)             Jim...you did not understand what I posted. When you click on the link at the site you posted it says uploaded by liquidnirvana2 which is a site that LHG posted a few weeks ago with the same info. Yours is much easier to navigate but then again it is on another website so if it is moved/removed...you are beat.
Whaler_bob	posted 07-13-2010 03:15 PM ET (US)          Great stuff! Love following the evolution of the 3 cyl OMC... From it's introduction in 1968 as a fairly simple 55hp looper with old tech breaker points/distributor cap and problematic 1960's electric shift gearcase and manual tilt & rope steering. Slowly morphing into the 75hp prototype for outboards that followed for the next 20+ years with full electronic breaker-less ignition, through the hub exhaust, through tilt tube steering, integrated trim & tilt, hydro-mechanical gearcase, multi-port loop charging, tuned exhaust, Oil injection, etc.... Probably one of the best outboards ever built in the modern era.

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