Hello and welcome to the
‘Saving Old Seagulls’
web pages...
To find details of all the different models, start at the 'I.D. your Seagull' page button on the left.
More new info and pics. Especially good are the old adverts and leaflets... Look on the New Marston Page, the News Page. Loads more added see the History pages, Gallery and More Nostalgia pages!! Also now motors and new items, the cover, stainless nuts and bolts, tank straps etc For Sale .
John SOS.
plus P&P (£1.00 UK)
NEW SOS Stainless Multi-spanner in stock, £10.00.
see for Sale Page. now polished!
Stainless tank straps for 102 and oval long range tanks. £15.00 pair.
plus new Stainless Exhaust clips. £7.50
Now virtually all the Seagull nuts and bolts available in Stainless!
Dome nuts in stainless, For early Villiers, late Villiers and Wipac £5.00.
Tiller and clutch lever studs, all stainless, washers, pin and nut, £7.50.
New Villiers 'thumb' throttle levers, original, £20.00, just a few left....
Better Stainless thumbscrews with captive washers. £13.00
A new waterproof fabric outboard cover, with SOS logo. £17.50
Pic on For Sale page
Full colour Waterslide transfers! £10.00
Forum The forum has now been up and running for several years. Not new anymore, but going well, and we are keeping the spammers at bay! First you simply have to register, by clicking on the button with a tick in it, marked 'Register', then you choose a name and password, leave a mail address and then it is verified, so no spammers are going to get their nasty web sites listed! If I can do it so can all of you I'm sure. We have saved all the years of comments and queries to a database that you can search, so all that valuable info is not lost.! It was the largest source of Seagull information and discussion on the net, and very useful to many, but do look at the 'FAQ' page as well!
I was at Beale Park Boat show a few years back, a guest on 'Classic Boats' stand. Pleased to meet so many customers there! Bit of a one off that, I do not do shows or fairs normally! I also am featured on 'Home and Leisure' and 'Discovery' Channel, the 'Getting Afloat' sailing program. It was filmed 8 years ago and is shown repeatedly, so watch out for it if you can view Discovery. It was on yet again 2007! I gave the first talk on SOS and Seagulls, it went well and I have been booked for another! Did not realise so many were interested! I only do them locally though...
The latest thing is a 'Podcast', you can hear it on http://www.furledsails.com. I warn you it is an hour long!!
As you can see, if you browse the site, there is a lot of historical and nostalgic information in these pages, as well as the more practical items. If you find a detail is not correct, I would be obliged if you could let me know. I have sourced information from former workers, directors, designers, dealers and other enthusiasts. I hope that this site will be a resource for ‘Seagull’ owners and nostalgic boating people worldwide. I try to print everything I find out, and so thanks to all of you who send in information I have missed!
As I work from a
remote corner of Essex, the majority of my customers deal with me by post. I find it easier to chat to you to figure out your problem,
and decide which part you need. You
can e-mail me, but a telephone chat can often resolve things quicker.
'Items for sale' button on left, I place engines for sale, fresh from the workshop! However I am so busy selling parts these days, I rarely have time to get Seagulls refurbished for sale!
Have a peek at what's new on the 'Pure Nostalgia' pages and don't forget to hit the 'More nostalgia' button, for the latest advert downloads.
Racing buffs look out for more info on the Races, see 'Racing' button.
Parts. I can supply almost every part from stock, and have also got stocks of useable second hand parts, especially the parts that are no longer available. To this end I am always on the look out for ‘dead’ motors, to add to my stock.
Beware, Beware, Beware, E-Bay Bargains!!
There are some really unscrupulous individuals out there that are selling Seagull parts on E-Bay, some are selling at inflated prices and often not new!
A used Drive spring for £5.00!!! What!! New, they are only £3.50...... and my P&P £1.50! In 2007, a new spring was seen, 'buy it now' price of £10.00! I have also seen postage prices of over £3.00!! For 1 spring!! (my post is at cost, £1.50) Gearbox plugs selling at the 'bargain price' of £5.00, new, they are just £2.50!! In 2008 a chap in Oxfordshire was selling springs for £4.99 + 2.99! (my price £3.50 + £1.50), plugs for £4.99 + 3.50!! (my price £4.50 + £2.00) 40 Head gaskets, £12.99 + £3.00 (twice my prices of £6.00 + £1.50)
The best one was his statement that Seagull oil has to be non EP, and more or less slating 'other websites' for selling EP oil, quoting the oft misquoted reason of the additives eating bronze bearings. What total cods!! If he cared enough to research, he would realise it was only a problem in hot oil applications... Ever seen a British Seagull gearbox that was not super water cooled! British Seagull did their homework, they knew.....
Above is a picture of a genuine Seagull bottle from my museum, yes it does read EP 90..
Sadly I did not keep the old EP140 tin, yes tin...
I suspect the chap selling on EBay has just got a load of 140 to get rid of, but hang on, he is selling it for £8.99 for 500ml instead of my £5.00 for a litre!! You can use either, but mine is so much cheaper! He is selling in 500ml and mine is in the Frosts 1 Litre bottles! Wow that makes his over 3 times the price of mine or Frosts......
Sadly he cannot even spell Villiers, some Seagull enthusiast and if anyone actually wants an old Villiers flywheel I have several hundred, you can have one for free! not for his extortionate £14.99!!!
You have been warned, ring me for a price first! Compare prices I promise not to fleece you. Bet I'm always cheaper and the springs will be new, as are most of my parts. Where I cannot any longer get new spares, I often have used available, castings etc. Used parts will be considerably cheaper of course, than the price of a new part, when they were last available!
I do feel sorry for those who get stung this way... there seems to be more and more unscrupulous people out there. E-Bay simply say 'buyer beware'... You have been warned. Why get fleeced!???
'PayPal' accepted
With PayPal I can also accept all credit cards, not over the phone, but via a link I can send you by e-mail, which makes it so much easier for all my overseas customers.
£1.00 charge for this service. (You save that on the stamp and shoe leather, I'm told!)
Have a browse through the pages, you might get
a few surprises, as my web designer had a bit of a wicked sense of humor, so I
can’t be certain that any seagull you find, might take you to something
odd……
Please visit the Eventiders pages; via the button on the links page, this might explain why I am not in the workshop sometimes, especially during nice days in the summer!
John Williams. Saving Old Seagulls.
