Saving Old Seagulls

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Stelios: You fine sir have commited the cardinal sin of the profitable collector (or for the pay for your hobby collector). Never leave behind a minty rare example for the sake of a few bucks when you have a patio FULL of less valuable (and unused) saleable items. Call her get a price and go buy it....

With moose season looming and gas prices thru the roof decided we needed to scout some more localish areas. The Peace R, runs by here and despite my fear of it we decided to give it a float and see if it was doable with the advantage of the long days and warmth. So up at 2 am and the girls drive us ...

Here are pictures of Phil's tanks. Hopefully H-A can coach him thru the repairs. [ http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r778/seagullpictures/IMG_2669_zpsd06c0de0.jpg [/URL] http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r778/seagullpictures/IMG_2670_zpsa9bb3e85.jpg [/URL] http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r77...

Holy crap! I have never seen the likes of that (sprint races). I have seen guys run jets up on bars purposefully to perform repairs but that was madness. My neck hurts just looking at them. t's like racing with rocks in the middle of the road :D yeah they know the bussiness. Those guys get over &quo...

Stelios if you like land on both sides go forward to about the 5 min mark on this vid.n Props are for pussies eh. Imagine running 50 k worth of boat up there! some of these guys live down the road http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZX5Ij5PETyw Don't know this guy but he is ro...

Here this will drive you crazy, freshwater area........ 20o bucks.........local to 1000s of speed limit free lakes. pick up a tinny for another few bills and spend the summer on plane. yep that is less then 10 dollars per horsepower. http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjY0WDEwMDA=/$(KGrHqNHJEIFGv3URz74BRwoBH...

WHat is that little cutey with the turquoise pilot house!

don't got one but I did have china ship me an air filter that fits over the compensator like a glove for 5 bucks, all black and chrome and cool. I noticed exactly zero diffrence in how it runs or sounds. Waste of 5 bucks. your engine will drink alot of water before you start to notice, if a feather ...

Looking forward to seeing you accomplish these repairs. If you need help posting pics you can email them to me and I'll up load them. re annealing I have never fixed a seagull tank but I have torn work hardened brass. Brass sure can get brittle and tear easy once it has been reformed a couple times....

Knocked about I guess! that is going to be a 'hard on gear' adventure to be sure. To be honest I never understood fancy bright work myself, battle ship grey accented with fish scales and goose blood on good clean lines is as pretty as any boat needds be IMHO.

Silica, it is not that white http://www.ippnet.com/images/stories/Fillers/Cab-o-sil.png Cab-o-sil is light weight, low density fumed silica powder additive for use in all types of resins and gelcoats although, when used to thicken polyester or vinylester resins, creates an excellent medium sanding,...

Silica for sure. H-A if you cut a rubber spatula to the right shape, get the right mix and stay sober during the application it runs on very true. Wet the ply with straight resin first and apply fillet just before it tacks up and get grabby. i.e it is still wettish but not enough to drip. What do yo...

Last night I put a few extra wraps/tabs of 10 oz cloth connecting sides to transom so now she is ready for the tourque of a 50 year old OMC That and a coat of racing grey paint are gonna make her worthy of keeping up with the tide at least.

Nice lot of Wipac magneto parts, carb spring, HT lead, fuel tap, proabbaley a 25:1 conversion needle(?) all great bits to have for sure. The cork gaskets go under a wipac coil, the points are wipac and the flat bits with a hole and screw are for securing an HT lead to wipac magneto. Keep at least on...