Saving Old Seagulls

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/33415247524 ... SwDt9hRFlT

Here is a Hurricane selling on ebay at the moment.

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Not sure how much turnover this business was generating but lots of goodies for a serious collector.

Spiro, sorry about the late reply. The motor is at Paradise Point on the Gold Coast.

I had a closer look at the motor the other day when the shop was open. It is a Riptide Boatman. The bloke in the shop said that the outboard was in for repair. Here is photo of the serial number for future reference.

My wife said that she saw a Seagull in the window of a local boat dealer. I checked it out today and found that it was a riptide. Not sure of the model. If anyone is still collecting serial numbers, I can go have a closer look when the dealer is open and post back the number.

My guess would be late 56 to early 57.

and only £90.00 to ship it to Australia.

Thank you Sandro. Here is a picture of the Sieg lathe and accessories that I purchased. I have since bought some additional carbide tools as well a quick change tool post. I will keep adding to my collection of accessories and tools as time goes by. The ones from China are good value if you aren't ...

The smaller springs are made from both music wire and stainless spring steel. The music wire was readily available from local hobby shops but I had to order the stainless from China. (Cheap, but delivery took 6 weeks) Because the spring wire is formed cold, there should be no further treatment ...

When reassembling a couple of early 102 Seagulls, I found that I was missing one of the 5/16 brass bolts (#1378) that secures the end cap. John didn’t have one and Sheridan only supplies the later cheese head design. It seemed to me that a replica bolt wouldn’t be too hard to fabricate on a lathe ...

I recently made a couple of clamping bolts for the D. 7/16 Whitworth worked well.

I like the gearbox cap bolts as well. The design is well thought out with the smaller size, but longer, head on the 5/16 bolt designed to allow room to put on a spanner despite the dome shape of the cap. The thicker than normal brass washer enhanced the convenience of the design. The bolt was not a ...

I thought I'd post a couple of pics of the D now that it is back together. It is reasonably original apart from the later head. I'm still looking for a cowl with just Seagull on it and the correct throttle control but am pretty happy with how it turned out. I haven't started it yet but am confident ...

Thanks Oyster 49. I'm in no hurry so if nothing crops up in the meantime, I'll contact you when all this is over. I did find an old long handled Villiers throttle on ebay. Not right but period correct.

Both the fuel pipe and water outlet pipe were missing from the box of parts. These were easy enough to replicate although I did have to order the nipples from England. The 1/4 pipe was readily available from a plumping supply shop near where I live.

I copied the shape of the fuel pipe from a 1946 ...