Chrysler Marine
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Chrysler Marine was a division of Chrysler Corporation that manufactured boats & engines. They were started in 1927 & continued till the 1980s. In 1930, they changed the name of the division to Amplex. In 1931, there was yet another name change, this time to Marine and Industrial Activities, Amplex Division. They were also known as Chrysler Boat.
In 1965, they were making their own boats (powered by Chrysler Marine engines, of course).
Subject ID: 39676
MoreChrysler Marine was a division of Chrysler Corporation that manufactured boats & engines. They were started in 1927 & continued till the 1980s. In 1930, they changed the name of the division to Amplex. In 1931, there was yet another name change, this time to Marine and Industrial Activities, Amplex Division. They were also known as Chrysler Boat.
In 1965, they were making their own boats (powered by Chrysler Marine engines, of course).
In 1980, Chrysler Boat (not including the engine businesses) was sold.
Chrysler sold the marine division not because they desired to, but because it was demanded as part of the government’s loan guarantees. Chrysler stern drives were sold to Bayliner Boats in 1983 and the outboard division was sold to the Force Outboards division of U.S. Marine – an affiliate of Bayliner – in 1984. (They were eventually sold to Brunswick Corporation, parent of Mercury Marine). The parts of the division that weren't sold off, eventually just went out of business, ending Chrysler's involvement with boats &/or boat engines.
Subject ID: 39676
Subject ID: 39676
