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Folding Seagull
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:01 pm
by cookie1
Good evening
Has anyone heard of a folding Seagull , possibly WW2 ? A question asked on a vintage outboard site
cheers
John
Re: Folding Seagull
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:28 pm
by Oyster 49
No never heard of such a beast. I think evinrude made a folding engine in the 60s.
Re: Folding Seagull
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:36 pm
by Charles uk
The wooden piston question will be next, & my SD was used during Dunkirk!
Re: Folding Seagull
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:41 pm
by tambikeboy
Oyster 49 wrote:No never heard of such a beast. I think evinrude made a folding engine in the 60s.
Evinrude FOLD LIGHT
Re: Folding Seagull
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:49 pm
by tambikeboy
Charles uk wrote:The wooden piston question will be next, & my SD was used during Dunkirk!
What's wrong with a wooden piston C
Re: Folding Seagull
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 11:04 pm
by seagull101
Wooden pistons old news, V6 diesel Marston next
Re: Folding Seagull
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:09 am
by Gannet
I am intrigued. Did the Evinrude 'fold' to reduce the overall length, or was it possible to just quickly break it into two parts? I can see that there are advantages in doing so for storage or transport in a car or boat.
An Early Series Forty can quickly become two parts (intentionally or accidentally!) if the drive shaft tube is not correctly clamped into the crankcase!
Jeremy
Re: Folding Seagull
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:13 pm
by cookie1
The folding Seagull is perhaps a myth , the question was asked on another forum so just wondered if anyone had heard of it .
I'll add a few pics of a ' Sputnik ' , recently acquired off ebay . Comes with its own ( rather tatty ) rucksack . It has pouches for tools etc , unfortunately these are long gone