Saving Old Seagulls

Nice enough motor but sadly overpriced. I bought two of these in bits last year for £60...

Good show,keep the old ones alive!

Here are a few pictures of the 7 inlet and 2 exhaust ports :o in the Anzani cylinders and the recessed cylinder head design which,fed by upswept ports with moulded aluminium inserts causes the "loop charging" in the combustion chamber. These Anzani motors are piston ported and have a rotar...

ATCO. Of course ye know that by now anyway...

Looks like ye are making good progress,can't wait to see it running on youtube

I am looking for a hydroplane to suit my racing Anzani. Plywood,fibreglass or aluminium will do as long as it is sound. There were several here years ago but they have all disappeared as they are practically useless for anything else! There must be one out there...

2? That's totally cool :D I'm sure parts can be found by sniffing around. That's all part of the fun. 8) do you have a boat to put the engine on? It took me almost 20 years to find this one... :o We don't have a proper hydroplane anymore but there are small speedboats that will do...with a bit of l...

Oyster 49 wrote:Surely a quiet bit of river can be found so you can give it a quick blast?

We have miles of water here on Upper Lough Erne,it is a boaters paradise!

I have one and a boat to put it on, but where can you run it? Only 2 places in the UK that I know about, Sandy Bedfordshire & Oulton broad, but only by appointment & without it's correct exhausts, has to have a silencer like the pics. Normally started with the prop out of the water, then dr...

Oyster 49 wrote:That's a serious piece of equipment. are you going to do a full rebuild? I imagine it will go like lightning

Spares are the main problem,although I have another one of these in bits...yes I know,TWO Anzani racers!!

Just a quick look at my (untidy) Anzani monster :oops: This needs some cleaning and a few bits but it's ALIVE! :D I have included a 1939 Johnson MS39 1.1hp toddler as comparison :lol: When the Johnson runs it's like a gentle pulse in the water,when the Anzani runs...all hell breaks loose! :D The Anz...

I have a British Anzani racer which I intend to restore I believe it was used on a hydroplane on Gosfield Lake,Essex in the 1960s If anyone has any info on these motors or remembers them racing at Gosfield please contact me

Here are a few photos of my 1978 WSC,1972 WSPC and 1968 SPCL in my "tidy" workshop... the eagle-eyed among you may also notice a Crescent 3hp and a Russian "Wind" 8hp lurking in the shadows...oh and there's a Teles Smith 2 man chainsaw in there too!

Top Cat wrote:WD 40 is 10% SAE 10 mineral oil and 90 % parafin .Developed for the transport of metal parts from California to Florida for the space programme..so making your own is not a problem ... Water Dispersant 40 ..just the 40th version they tried.

I was just about to post that...

I have recently taken command of a WSC,I know they were only made from 1978-1979,does this make them rare? Are there many out there? The previous owner assured me that it hadn't been running since the early 1990s. It runs now... :D :D I would like to know why they were only produced for such a short...