1926-2016 Johnson & Towers early years
1926
Our start was retailing marine engines and yachting equipment.
1938
J&T was appointed by GM as the third US Distributor.
1940
Appointed Chrysler Marine.
1967
Old faithful was born. The JT6-71 rated 265 HP @ 2300 RPM.
1972
JT6-71 rated 310 HP @ 2500 RPM.
1976
Marine pleasure craft business explodes, we opened distribution headquarters and introduced the 6-71TI 410 HP.
1978
First marine heat exchanger to be certified by the Marine Institute of National Assoc. of Engine & Boat Manufacturing.
1980’S
J&T expands with original product designs. Built over 200 engines/month for pleasure craft; 8.2 through 16V92 rated 1400 HP. Our operation included online Q&A development engineering, complete dyno testing of every engine built, dealer support in the US and abroad.
1989
Last year J&T built own product line. Over our total production time, we built in excess of:
Over 12,000 6-71’s
1,500 8.2’s
3,000 8V92’s
1990
Walter F. Johnson, III becomes President with David P. Johnson as Chief Financial Officer.
2002
Awarded best overall distributor by MTU
2004
Awarded most improved Gen Set Sales Distributer by MTU
2009
David Johnson becomes President and Tom Hogan is CFO
2013
– JT and subsidiaries hit an all time sales revenue high of $90,000,000
– JT awarded Western Star Truck Dealership
– JT awarded Volvo Penta Marine PowerCenter status
2016
– JT family of companies acquires Dovell & Williams Isuzu Truck Dealership
– JT has best sales revenue year in company history of $127,000,000
