For Sale

Engines For Sale and SOLD!

These engines will be at my address in Tillingham, Essex.

Viewing only by appointment. 01621 778859

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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 £5.50 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!???

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Special!! as New!

For Sale. EFPCL 3 hp Forty Plus longshaft with clutch

This motor looks unused, a max of 5 or 6 hours I would guess, maybe just testing! It has no corrosion as you can see so I bet it has only been started in a tank! It was purchased from a gentleman's family. Found in his garage after his demise. He apparently bought it and stored it, along with 25 other outboards of all sizes and makes, motorbikes and lawnmowers.....

The only damage I found was to the throttle cable, done in storage, it has been replaced of course.

Sealed CD ignition and runs on 25:1 mix. can be fitted with the Seagull recoil starter, which I have in stock..

Will suit dinghy with high freeboard, up to about 14 or 15 ft, or as standby on small powerboat.

For Sale at £450.00 01621 778859

Buyer to collect, from me in Essex. I do not like to risk courier collection.

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Now Available the new SOS multi-spanner in Stainless!

Precision laser cut Whitworth sizes, also fits most spark plugs!

Correct thickness to fit gearbox drain plugs too!

Laser etched with 'SOS' and finished in polished stainless,

No more rusting lumps of spanner in the tool box.

£10.00 plus £2.00 P&P UK , £3.50 over seas

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I now have the old style Villiers, high dome, flywheel nut in stock in Stainless! £5.00

Also washers for these nuts in Stainless £2.00

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HT Caps and Leads

I have obtained a number of old style HT leads with the metal tags for the old type bakelite caps. April 08, all caps gone, some leads left, selling at old price of £7.00 now, to clear. (cut off metal end to fit new style rubber caps.)

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Waterslide tank transfers

Waterslide tank transfers back in stock, as per the 1960 and 70's tanks. I have obtained sole stock of this transfer and it is the same as the one fitted to tanks 30 plus years ago!

£10.00 each plus £1.00 P&P UK. £1.50 overseas

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New items in stock include the 25:1 Villiers needles,

now just £6.00!! (that's less than half the old price!)

Stainless tank straps for 102 tanks and S/S straps, with fittings,

for long range tanks, £15.00 pair.

Stainless Exhaust clips, with fittings. £7.50

New Villiers 'thumb' throttle levers, as original, few left, £20.00!

Better Stainless thumbscrews with captive washers. £13.00!

A new waterproof fabric outboard cover, with SOS logo each side £17.50

With, 'The best outboard motor in the world' printed on the top!

Will fit all Seagulls! P&P UK £2.50, overseas £4.00

Plus, all new Stainless Steel nuts and bolts,

to replace almost every steel one on a Seagull!!!

New Stainless dome nuts for Wipac igns £5.00,

also for both older style Villiers ignitions.

New Stainless stud, nut washers and pin for clutch or tiller, £7.50

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I have left some sold items below to show you the quality of the motors I sell.

Sorry folks but they do sell quickly... Come back often is all I can say...

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SOLD

Curlew 4 hp. Long shaft. Built from new parts. Unused.

This motor was loving built by me from new parts obtained when I cleared the Seagull factory in 1996. Though the crankcase has a 1990 date on it, most of the motors parts are unused, including the block, head, bracket, gearbox, prop, inner and outer exhaust, carb, drive leg, etc etc.. It has only ever been used in the test tank.

Click here for a Video clip of it running!

I built it to go onto the back of my daughters wedding present, an 18ft Foxcub cruiser. Despite loving my motors she expressed a need for a reverse gear, for the new mooring in Brixham marina they were offered. Thus this Easter, before we launched, I swapped it for a 'different' sort of 4 hp... a Mercury! Wash your mouth out John! (Actually it is a very nice sail power job and does nearly as well as I think the Seagull would have done!). So I have a quite rare Seagull to offer for sale.

£500.00 Contact John on 01621 778859 or via Email. To be collected from Essex, no couriers. 3/08

SOLD. to Stefan in Sweden! 04/08

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One off...... new, long range brass tank on carrier.

This new tank has only the slightest blemishes for 30 years of boxed storage. No dents, complete with original transfer and all mountings fittings and straps.

£80.00 SOLD

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Silver Century Plus For Sale. March 2006 SOLD! by April!!

This 5 hp. engine has been totally stripped to last nuts and bolts. (because it had a crankcase leak!) Rebuilt, with many new parts. It is a 1972 model with a 1 gallon steel tank in good order. 25:1 Conversion. Tank tested and with my normal 3 month warranty. Sold with spare drive spring and start cord.

£235.00. SOLD!

Motor to be collected from Essex. I do not recommend couriers, no matter how good they are, motors get damaged!

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Unused, Forty Plus Longshaft. March 2006 SOLD! April!!

This 3 hp. motor came to me as never having been used, but stored for many years, checking it over I do not believe it has ever been run since it left the factory in 1977. It is virtually unmarked. It is complete with the original 8 Com plug, old style HT cap and lead, (which I can change for you if you are going to use this motor.) It has a Bing carb, so will run at 25:1 mix. I have not even put fuel in it. It does have a healthy blue spark and plenty of compression though, so will run. With start cord and spare spring.

I show a few more pics of nuts and bolts etc, just to show the remarkable condition. It has been varnished from new in accordance with Seagull's instructions. That can easily be removed with stripper of course, to reveal the unmarked aluminium underneath!

This motor is a longshaft, so is suitable for higher transom dinghies, 20", up to 14 ft long (or maybe a little longer). Could be used as a standby on slightly larger vessels.

£350.00 SOLD!

April 06

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Forty Featherweight

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1990 Curlew 4hp Longshaft.

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Silver Century Plus Longshaft, clutch drive.

SOLD

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Electronic Featherweight.

SOLD

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Silver Century Plus Longshaft, Clutch Drive.

SOLD

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For SALE...

And now for something different! Model Seagull Kits!

These tiny models, cast in metal in kit form they are sold by Waverley Models, 20B Moor Lane,

Clevedon, North Somerset. BS21 6ES. You can phone Mike Mayhew on 01275 546772. waverley.models@virgin.net

Price about £15 plus post.

This is a model 102, I understand Mike is working on a Silver Century too!

Cute aren't they! Just need a scale model dinghy to mount it on! John.

Hello all, surgery seems to have fixed my ongoing back problem. Fingers crossed! Back to normal parts service now! contact me either my e-mail or phone.

John, SOS

To E-mail SOS john@saving-old-seagulls.co.uk or just click the bottle!

(or phone 01621 778859 )

If I am not answering the phone, this might give you a clue to where I might be!

Please look through the 'FAQ' page first, you might find what you need there.

Try also the 'I. D. your Seagull' pages, before mailing queries to me, as I now have to spend much time answering your e-mails! That, of course, keeps me from the workshop! UK queries may be better by phone, as I can ask you those extra little questions that might solve a problem easier. (Like why your 102 has a century plus gearbox!)

If you are in the UK it is probably best to phone me

on:- 01621 778859

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