Saving Old Seagulls

No could not coap with all the corecting

H-A

Seagull outboard display board / storage stand original Item number: Ebay item 140296373541

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj60/Horsley-Anarak/fe27_1.jpg

Bids coming in thick and fast.

Own up if you are bidding. :lol:

Perhaps we could have a little competition as to what the final price ...

If it were me (only my opinion and only based on what I have tried myself), I would take off anything that is easy to get off first.

Tank, carb, tiller, flywheel and back plate,leg and exhaust etc.

Most of these things will need looking at and cleaning out.

The steel tank may well have rust in it ...

Nope

Even if they do not want to host a race, it would be a good place for a summer get together and a chug about. All we need is an invite.

http://www.theriverclub.net/newsevents.htm

Could be quite easy to win with the speed limit on the Thames :lol:

As it is local might try and gatecrash a race, bit like Turbinia at the Royal Navy Spit Head revue :lol:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj60/Horsley-Anarak/Turbinia-sm.jpg ...

Just won my new race engine (fingers crossed looks good).

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj60/Horsley-Anarak/102ebay.jpg

Sorry bidder 2 If you are on the forum.

At least this one is a runner :lol: so he says.

Anyone want to guess the type ID.

I think it might be a THCL.

Nothing that an ...

Must restore the P.C. equlibrium, owning polluting old outboards is probably non P.C. enough.

A Bumboat is:-

A small boat used to ferry supplies to ships moored away from the shore. Originally referring to a scavenger's boat, the name comes from the combination of the Dutch word for a canoe ...

Has anyone tried using Lambretta carbs on a seagull.

Am I wrong in thinking that increasing carb size is an easy first step in tuning.

In the distant past when we wanted our cars or motorbikes to go faster the first thing that you would do was to swap to a bigger carb. Swap to 1 1/2" instead of 1 ...

Sorry R-B-T to rub salt but it gets worse

The over 12 foot class is easy to win with a long slim skiff

I agree Anzani, Archimedes and such are much better engines

I'm not sure if we have the expertise in the UK for prop reshaping.

H-A

I quote from the other forum

R-B-T says " I regularly contribute and submit questions to the 'Save our Seagulls' forum. However their technical prowess is mostly limited to 'how to make them work' or the 'collection of magneto numbers and their polishing'. Oh dear - I hope none of them read this ...

:shock:

Ebay Item number: 250353902969

Am I missing the point?

Is this a rare missing prototype. £31.00 for a plastic cap with chips around edge (and auction not yet finished).

Also the plug cap from the same seller is not cheap for a damaged one,

Lets hope the market will soon be flooded and ...

R.B.T The original chain was in quite good condition, but I found it kinked easily and was hard to use.

The new chain is much easier to use and hangs feely.

It is also nice and shiny, not that this made any difference in the Concours, as nobody even looked at my nice shiny chain. :)

H-A

P.S ...

My 102 had its brass split pins held by fragile brass chain (bottom one in picture).

Don't know if this is hard to get but one of my local hardware stores, that is a bit "have you got any forkandles" sells the shiny chain in the picture.

It has slightly larger links, but I think works better ...

Have looked at the cross section of an early 102 and the part number for the rings is 1297.
On the bay there are some rings that have P.N. S1297P, just wondered if these piston rings will fit my AC (1953).

Also are all of the Villiers flywheels the same size and shape, am looking for a better ...