Saving Old Seagulls

Keith.P wrote: Do you know what HP your one is?

I believe it is a Johnson Junior Sea Horse My guess is 2.8hp, looks very much like a 1933 OB-65.

Which means it is almost identical to my other engine, Bronze gear case, brass exhaust, bronze prop, for UK market .

The same as this advert
I may need to go american bling with this one, but I have been asked by collectors in the states and Canada not destroy the Decal.


There is a good chance the carb could fit yours Keith.

H-A

Here is another picture to compare the two.
Looks very similar to me.

H-A

Your lucky, I've a very nice Britannia Twin for sale at the moment.

Will sort out the postage rate to the UK.

Oi!!! dont you dare That's mine!!

I've had a crap day today so I do hope you fine gents can cheer me up. I wish I had bid further on this Johnson...hmm bidding against my Hayling Island skipper, perhaps not.

One of my projects at this moment is a 1932 Johnson OB-70.

A Dutch AOMC member gave me an OB-65 or 70 parts motor to complete the project.

Let me know what you need for your Johnson 1934 project.

I'm still looking for an OB muffler and downpipe to complete my project.
Jan

Jan wrote: I'm still looking for an OB muffler and downpipe to complete my project.
Jan

Looks like I may have a spare Jan
Will keep you posted.

H-A

Looks like I may have a spare Jan

Will keep you posted.

H-A[/quote]

Thanks in advance H-A,

I like the AOMC members and I hope you can help me with the muffler/downpipe parts.

Jan

There is a good chance the carb could fit yours Keith.

Yes it probably would, look's the same setup.

Looks like lots of plans are coming together!

Oyster 49 wrote:Looks like lots of plans are coming together!

And no Seagulls in sight

H-A

P.S. Jan do you want a copy of the parts book?

Horsley-Anarak wrote:

Oyster 49 wrote:Looks like lots of plans are coming together!

And no Seagulls in sight

H-A

P.S. Jan do you want a copy of the parts book?

Hi H-A,

A copy of the parts book will be perfect to continue the project.

Is the part book hard copy or PDF?

If the part book is hard copy I can wait till Hayling Island 2013.

Thanks, Jan

Picked it up, It was found in a boat yard on the river Cam on Cambridge, so nice river engine.

It is an OB L-70 (longshaft) serial number 211208. How did you find yours is 1932 Jan? what date is this?


The exhaust tube has been modified at some point, will know more when I take it apart.

Has a great bronze prop



There is good compression and a spark, cylinders are good, is the exact same model as the Canadian one that I bought with duff cylinders, so making one good one from two should be no problem.

H-A

Looks like a real result, great value too!

Have just had some information from AOMC member

"Hi.I have an ob-70,but is waukegan built.This is 1934.Your canidian built ob-70 is 1935.These engines were built for the over seas market.They also built a single model called JB-70.The canidian ob and jb models were only built in 1935 as the americans built 1934 and 1935.thanks jon koranda"

Jan looks like your engine may be 1934-35.

What engine number is yours Jan?

H-A

Horsley-Anarak wrote:
Jan looks like your engine may be 1934-35.

What engine number is yours Jan?

H-A

H-A

Your right, an OB(L)-70 is 1934.

I mixed-up the year with another project.

My Waukegan build OBL-70 s/n is 211215.

Waterbug from this forum gave me also a lot of information and parts for this Johnson export model.

Jan