Crescent Outboard Motors Help/Info Please

[andrewk123]

Hi All,
I`ve been offered a Crescent outboard motor to buy but do not know much about them. I understand that they were made by Volvo but thats about it.
Has anyone got any advice/info before i part with my cash please.
Many Thanks,
Andy /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jerryat]

Hi Andy,

I seem to remember these from MANY years ago. AFIK they haven't been made for a long time so spares may be a problem.

I suppose if it's the right price for it's condition it might be worth buying, but I don't think I'd go down that route. Others may differ.

Jerry

 

[andrewk123]

Cheers Jerry,
The motor is being sold by a friend of mine and is to be used on a 9ft dinghy. I just wanted to make sure i wasn`t buying a 'duffer'.
Regards
Andy

 

[andy_wilson]

Worthless

Accept it gracefully for free and agree to give your friend £20 for every year it works faultlessly.

You will never get a spare part for it.

I acquired one for 'free' with a dayboat and quickly got rid for a new Johnson 4hp. That cost £299, 15 years ago, and that's where the £20 / year comes from.

 

[VicS]

I don't think they were made by Volvo but Crescent, Archimedes and some Volvo outboards were the same.

You may be able to unravel a little from the fact finder page here http://www.bosunsmate.co.uk/

Note "miserable" is used to describe them at one point. Having said that a friend of mine is still getting some use out of an old VP 5hp model that I bought in 1978. I was unused for about 20 years though in between whiles.

You won't get any parts as has been said, nor will any mechanic look at one now.

Don't take any notice of what they might fetch on eBay. One like mine sold recently for the best part of £300. £30 would have been nearer what it's worth

 

[l'escargot]

Re: Worthless

They were good in their day, I had a 5hp up until a few years ago. Air cooled and reliable but no spares available. Fuel pump packed up finally.

 

[steve_cronin]

Crescent were....

Marketed through the now defunct "Kerry's" & "Brown Brothers" motor factors network in the 60s and early 70s. Lewis Marine also retailed them.

They were made by Volvo Penta who also supplied to Electrolux for sale under that name.

Mostly used as river boat propulsion so a fresh water example might still be in good order to this day but as they had contact breaker points, they weren't perceived as being as reliable as modern engines - unless you don't trust electronics of course!

Steve Cronin