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1937 Kissel Water Witch engine

I have always liked those Kissel water witch engines, they have a distinct level of class to their design. The flywheel and ignition plate are simply gorgeous. One day I hope to find one to add to my collection. Thank you for sharing your engine, it sure is a nice one!

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Enginesrus

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I was just wondering what a good wage was back in 1939 ( the washer in the sears catalog), that seems expensive for then. I don't think many folks made $1.00 per hour then.
In 1972 a Boeing machinist starting wage was $4.24 an hour.

Vanman

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Back then, many such products were expensive, but customers expected them to be well made and to last.

Sunnybrook

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I was just wondering what a good wage was back in 1939 ( the washer in the sears catalog), that seems expensive for then. I don't think many folks made $1.00 per hour then.
In 1972 a Boeing machinist starting wage was $4.24 an hour.

Heard a guy say that technology was expensive and labor cheap.. now labor expensive and technology cheap.

bsatom

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Yes, this Kissel Water Witch engine is the brother to the sears Water Witch Outboard motor And I have one also. The Kissel brothers came from Germany and around 1910 started manufacturing the Kissel automobile. It was a handmade car and expensive for the time. The upper class, rich folks were the buyers. When the depression of the early 1930's came the Kissel brothers shut down car manufacturing and turned to making the water Witch engines and other things. Google "Kissel Car" and the history of the Kissel brothers will come up.

Why Don’t You Come Up Sometime And See This Outboard?

Is that an outboard in your pocket? Okay okay, guess what today is about. A Mae West outboard on eBay! Now I have to admit, I knew some of Mae Wests quotes, but as I was prepping this story. WOW, she was fantastic and had some amazing lines. Genus,!

The Waterwitch or “Mae West” as it was often called referring to the actress ample curves was Sears & Roebucks brand name outboard motor. The first Water Witch went on sale in their 1933 catalog.

The seller knows his or her stuff and I am not sure how fast it can move that chair across the lake. But who cares, This is purely about the art of it all and would look amazing on the back of a perfect boat.
YOU CAN SEE IT HERE ON eBay
And for those who don’t know Mae West. Enjoy the lines!

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https://www.woodyboater.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Waterwitch-1.jpg 1137 800 Matt http://www.woodyboater.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Woodyboater-Logo-White.svg Matt 2018-06-16 07:23:58 2018-06-16 07:23:58 Why Don’t You Come Up Sometime And See This Outboard?

We have all seen the outboard on an inverted table trick, but I am a little skeptical about how well the chair is going to work. I think they need to strap some skis to it.

The motor is beautiful but her comments are priceless, definitely some I hadn’t heard before. Between yesterday’s commercial video and today’s clip WoodyBoater is doing right by the cinema arts.

Matt, they left out the one where she’s dropping off her coat at a nightclub, and the hatcheck girl sees her jewelry and says, “Goodness what diamonds!”
Mae responds, “Goodness had nothing to do with it, honey.”

An outboard! Let’s not forgot that 90% of recreational power boats made were powered with an outboard. And as you can see, they have a style all their own, all out in the open for everyone to see. No wonder there is also an Antique Outboard Motor Club International. Inboards are great, but there is a whole other world out there with Antique and Classic outboards.

I have one that I will take half what his starting bid is and throw in fast free shipping plus senior discount.

Torpedo Tank Waterwitch Outboard

I know it's not air cooled but I'm not sure where else to post this. I finally found one of these motors after years of looking and it's probably one of the nicest I've ever seen. My plan is to just clean it up but leave it all original aside from the rubber that's just disintegrated after all this time. I know I can get a new tiller grip, but there looks to be a little rubber hose connecting the upper and lower parts of the water intake (I think) and I'm not sure if that's reproduced or what I can replace it with. I'll take a better look at it later and get more details on that part but here are a couple pictures of the motor

JoeCB

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Congratulations , you have a really nice example of a Kissel built 4 -3/4 hp 1939 Waterwitch sold by Sears Roebuck model 571.33 (34) . This distinctive model was designed by noted industrial designer Raymond Loewy. this motor is affectionately known as the "Mae West" model. It is very unusual to find the fragile aluminum tanks in such good shape.
For more info and access to parts and such, post your pix and story on the Antique Outboard Motor Club site aomci.org

Mike Stroz

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Wow, I never knew it was designed by Raymond Loewy. I did join the aomci forum as a guest and asked about finding parts on there. I checked it over a little bit more and it looks like it's got a bad rod knock. Guess I'm in the market for a new one if anyone happens to have a spare, or possibly someone who can repair mine.

JoeCB

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Mike, they are pretty simple engines, I would be surprised if it is truly a bad rod, but could be I suppose. If you get the pistons up to where you can see them in the spark plug holes, then rock the flywheel you might be able to hear / feel what is knocking. Just thinking it might be something loose under the flywheel.
Maybe bring the motor to a local AOMCI meet, lots of helpful hands there, although that might be a problem this year. lots of club events being canceled.
Also, where are located, maybe a club member in your neighborhood could help, if you would like.

Joe B ( S-E Michigan)

Mike Stroz

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Mike, they are pretty simple engines, I would be surprised if it is truly a bad rod, but could be I suppose. If you get the pistons up to where you can see them in the spark plug holes, then rock the flywheel you might be able to hear / feel what is knocking. Just thinking it might be something loose under the flywheel.
Maybe bring the motor to a local AOMCI meet, lots of helpful hands there, although that might be a problem this year. lots of club events being canceled.
Also, where are located, maybe a club member in your neighborhood could help, if you would like.

Joe B ( S-E Michigan)

I suppose it could be something besides a rod but it sure sounds like the rod. It's definitely in the area of the block, not down below at the foot of the motor, and like you said it's a really simple motor so I can't really think of anything else it could be.

Edit: maybe the driveshaft is sloppy? I'm in Central Massachusetts.

Second edit: it's definitely the connecting rod that's knocking although I can't tell if it's the piston end or the crank end. Basically no slop in the driveshaft through the lower unit. I'll post updates when I pull it apart but I think I'm probably going to need a hand refitting the rod if I can't find a new one

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