Chrysler bought out West Bend in the mid sixties so all they had to do was apply their name and shade of white paint to an already proven and well engineered product. If Chrysler wasn’t forced to sell off their outboard division, which by the way was the only Chrysler division making money at the time, they might still be around today. Instead, they morphed into the Force line which is why you go to a Merc dealer for Chrysler parts. Having owned a few, the Chrysler line are much underrated but still a fine motor.
I parted out a 9.9 (Elgin?) a few years ago and figured I hit paydirt when I measured the pistons. They are the same size as pistons used in the OMC 9.9/15 horse motors with one difference. The pin to align the rings is drilled and installed from the top of the piston which makes the rings end gap line up with one of the ports in an OMC motor. They are still wrapped up somewhere in a box waiting for a home.
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