Saving Old Seagulls

Ha ha, yes I have done a fair bit of family history research in the past and have often wondered if long-gone ancestors were trying to confuse things on purpose...

Anyway finally got the motor running today in a tank. Wouldn't start yesterday, checked and cleaned the plug and points, did the 'spin ...

Just an idea - the 'Owners Spares Book' says (on page 9) with regard to the 'Mark II (Wipac) Ignition Assembly':

Motors fitted with the Mark II Ignition System have the following code lettering:
FORTY FEATHERWEIGHT F, GF and FS
[etc]

So maybe they thought they should code the motor as an FS for ...

Villiers carb I think. Here's some photos:

http://www.timedworld.com/images/photo1.jpg

http://www.timedworld.com/images/photo2.jpg

http://www.timedworld.com/images/photo8.jpg

I should have looked at this forum before buying; I now realise that a brass tank is much more desirable <sigh> but ...

Hi I've just bought a Featherweight.

The serial number is FS 337 FF0, which according to all the info I've seen would make it manufactured in June 1980, which is outside the date range usually quoted for a FS code. It looks as though the serial number originally ended in 00 (two zeroes) but has ...