Saving Old Seagulls

Funnily enough every brass component is on a different motor!

Brass throttle levers are class. I think you have a brass tiller. Quite a few of these about. Here is a non seagull brass cap even though it is marked at 10 -1. I think I might have a brass seagull one somewhere. I'm tempted to put them all on one motor.... a copper top SD.

Are the magneto copper tops available?

John doesn't have them on his site. Only the normal ones.
Jan might have the copper ones??

Nice kit Huggy !!! I have a brass trumpet , But you can send over the carb body !! I do want to have some contrast so I can go with out the tank brackets ~ but if you insisted I 'd see how they looked
I think I'm close to securing a bronze throttle lever , but if I ever get a coolie hat I'd restore that motor for sure. As I already have a brass flywheel of sorts I'll go with that . All in all I'm pretty close to getting it all together .

I was pulling down a Sliver Century tonight and noticed some paint had rubbed off the carb ring to reveal ..... Brass !
Yehaa ! Another piece

My kingdom for brass!!!

It was a beautiful summers day today as I drove the 300 mile round trip to collect my 7th gull a 102 ,AD 7200
I wanted this one for the older style exhaust and the brass throttle lever .
Made in 1946 and owned by the same gentleman since 1965 there was a tear in his eye as it changed hands . He is no longer mobile enough to use it and he has to made the move to a bigger vessel .
My plan is to amalgamate the best parts of my 3 motors to make two keepers and one to sell . This one while basically sound and intact it has had some non standard parts used to service over the years and even after scavenging parts I should still be left with three runners .
AD 7200 my yet stay in my collection more of less complete, we will see what the crank and the block look like once I've stripped it down . the gear head is in great nick for a motor that has had so much use , thankfully the last 10 years almost exclusively in lake Rotorua

the throttle lever is going on the brass motor

I also collected from the foundry the brass blank that's going to be a bow tie prop and my SD prop for the Army motor from the machine shop , quite a lot of work to do to be able to run these blades yet , Shaping ,sanding and polishing but you get the idea .

My favourite motor the AD. Does yours have the brass tank mount?

no ,stainless tank mounts ; (
my is newer than yours Huggie ; )

Have to say though that the trustworthy AD has trouble pulling the the skin of a rice pudding but nevertheless a fine motor.

You will have to excuse me, having a few ambers. Had to let my last sheila go. Lovely lass but unfortunately when she fell out of the ugly tree she hit every branch on the way down.

what prop do run on yours ?

The bow tie is the correct prop for this motor. Which reminds me I need to find a tie, a friend chocked on a bit of cheese and had a fatal coronary. Blah.. hate funerals. Probably while I'm feeling a bit out of sorts.