Jack Craib's Rowboat Motor Information Site

Spinaway
The Spinaway Boat Motor Company
Chicago, Ill.

Brief excerpt from Peter Hunn's book: "Officially, the earliest Spinaways (1911) were called Speedaways, originating from the Speedaway Boat Motor Company, Freeport, Illinois."

Then the Hoefer Manufacturing Company, 3 years later, owned Speedaway and renamed it Spinaway. Their last year of Spinaway outboard production was 1924.

Chester Hoefer graduated from MIT in 1906.

The Spinaway company, like the Caille company, made many badge motors.
Among these were, in addition to the Hiawatha, the Wilcox-McKim, the Clay, the Nichoalds, and the Northwestern outboard motors.

I still have quite a bit to add to this page - but here is what is done.

Spinaway
cylinder mounted magneto


Spinaway

 

Spinaway

Spinaway
plus article by
J. L. Smith


from Jason Harrison's
former website

 

Spinaways
the later "Sturdy Single"

AOMCI member -
your motor
could be here!

Spinaway Patent


SpinawayBits & Pieces

 

Spinaway Stand

 

Spinaway Twins are posted down below.

Articles

"The Phenomanal Growth of the
Outboard Motor"

1915 Spinaway Hardware Dealers' Magazine 1915 Spinaway Hardware Dealers' Magazine Feb. 1922
Motor Boat Spinaway
June 1922
Motor Boat Spinaway

         
         

Company dealer promotional

1923 company letter to a gentleman, which is typed on a promotional brochure.

letter - entire promotional pages more more "Pals of Play"

yet more -
this is interesting
testimonials, with dates

Ads

1914

1914




1915

1915

1922


1922

February 1922
compare prices >

October 1922


1922


1923


1923


1923


1923


1923

 

Later Spinaways


 

AOMCI member -
your motor
could be here!

c.1924 Spinaway
the "Superb", a twin