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by charlesp
Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:22 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Pothauler
Replies: 22
Views: 26488

Pothauler

Anyone ever seen one of these?

An ingenious device from the Emerald Isle:
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Using the power of a Seagull to haul lobster and crab pots from the bottom is a truly wonderful idea!
by charlesp
Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:38 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?
Replies: 15
Views: 18447

Re: So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?

Haven't seen that one before Keith.
by charlesp
Sat Dec 02, 2017 11:56 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?
Replies: 15
Views: 18447

Re: So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?

I apologise for the white stain on the table behind it.

In my defence I'm pretty sure it is a genuine seagull product!
by charlesp
Sat Dec 02, 2017 11:30 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?
Replies: 15
Views: 18447

Re: So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?

Interesting points, Rick. I'm pretty sure you're spot on about where the power heads were manufactured. The relationship with Villiers was a long one. The JM magnetos were the standard fare from 1931 to 1946, then what we strangely call the Mark 1 flat top thereafter. I'm not sure what alternatives ...
by charlesp
Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:54 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?
Replies: 15
Views: 18447

Re: So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?

Try 87A, that's where the Bristol Motor Boat Co was... Merlyn Motors address was in Whiteladies Road. I think you'll find that in 1931 it was a Ford dealership. As an aside, Hamilton Road in Hamworthy - where "Seagull House" was in 1938 - is just a few hundred yards from where I'm sitting!
by charlesp
Thu Nov 30, 2017 4:47 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?
Replies: 15
Views: 18447

So when exactly did Marstons stop and BS start?

In another thread posters are asking 'When did Sunbeamland stop producing engines and British Seagull start producing them?" When did Marston's sell out to British Seagull Good question. And one that is extraordinarily difficult to answer. This was not a question on one company going bust and a...
by charlesp
Wed Nov 29, 2017 8:59 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: SD 102
Replies: 224
Views: 248775

Re: SD 102

Wish I knew the answer to that.

Another question - what do we define as "produced at"?
by charlesp
Wed Nov 29, 2017 5:28 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: SD 102
Replies: 224
Views: 248775

Re: SD 102

Gosh, Keith, a lot of question there! I also understand that Way-Hope was approached and asked if he could supply a large number of motors for the Ministry, and he said yes. That made perfect sense. British Seagull - or at least the two directors at the time and possibly a handful of others - had pr...
by charlesp
Wed Nov 29, 2017 10:00 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: The Seagull Box
Replies: 16
Views: 19745

Re: The Seagull Box

Here's one for an OJ. The motor is disassembled for storage and transit. With petrol tank, tiller arm and carburettor removed it makes for a compact package. The removable box for the carburettor has a cleverly thought out slot to position the throttle cable just correctly to prevent damage.After a ...
by charlesp
Sun Nov 26, 2017 8:04 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: SD 102
Replies: 224
Views: 248775

Re: SD 102

Lodgey I doubt it's the same cowl as I posted. That knurled bit at the top is the choke control!
by charlesp
Sun Nov 26, 2017 4:56 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: SD 102
Replies: 224
Views: 248775

Re: SD 102

Here's a cowl from an F type Little Model Forty:
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by charlesp
Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:30 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: SD 102
Replies: 224
Views: 248775

Re: SD 102

Regarding the "Best Outboard Motor in the World" the 1936 Marston brochure has that as its top margin legend.
by charlesp
Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:54 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: SD 102
Replies: 224
Views: 248775

Re: SD 102

I simply have no idea when the first cowls were made, or when the first ones with "Patent" were made, it's a mystery to me. The fact that it was wartime, with very little if any production for non-military use was going on, merely muddies the water. Lots of these cowls must have been fitte...
by charlesp
Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:33 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: SD 102
Replies: 224
Views: 248775

Re: SD 102

The cowl:

Patent Application December 6th 1943
Complete Specification left November 21st 1944
Complete Specification accepted March 26th 1945

A lengthy business! But it does illustrate that they were thinking about it during the war.
by charlesp
Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:32 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: SD 102
Replies: 224
Views: 248775

Re: SD 102

I seem to recall that the patent application for that intake was 1945. I drew a blank at the Royal Engineers Museum. It was quite a few years ago! A while ago someone else was asking them and got referred back to me. I drew a blank at the IWM, too. I think we suffer from being interested in a pretty...