Home made tank

Hugz · Post by **Hugz** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:57 am

Other oddities too??

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0321131384

Cheers Hugo.

Post by **charlesp** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:21 am

The serial suggests 1950/51, as the vendor states. But by then the flywheel would, I suspect, be the slightly more rounded version, and the gearbox would have been a 'filler cap' type without oil nipples. The prop wouldn't be from a 'Barge Pusher.

The tank is from a stationary engine I think (I'm sure the other Charles will leap in here if I'm wrong), the throttle lever looks a little too big but I can't be sure.

The air intake is not original, and the magneto cover plate would have been 'in the world' not 'for the world'. And of course the thumbscrews are replacements.

That's all from a quick glance.

Horsley-Anarak · Post by **Horsley-Anarak** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:44 pm

And it is for sale in Horsley

Bit far to go, wrong hemisphere.

Looks like a cut and shut job to me, has someone taken about 4 inches out of the exhaust and drive tube?

H-A

Post by **Charles uk** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:12 pm

The straight out the back water pump housing was only used uo to the end of the SD,s, & it might just be a little shorter, but the vendor is not hiding anything in his pictures,

Looks quite good, the water is fairly salty in Brisbane, I know I've contributed to it's salinity.
As long as it's been looked after, flushing wise, it should do what it says on the tin.

$160 Australian give's it a start price of mid Â£60's, which is where we'd expect it to finish over here, but it does look loved.

Hugz · Post by **Hugz** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:13 pm

Not sure I entirely agree with the flat exhaust port ending with the SD. Early AD's had flat exhaust with three nipples and later ones has round port with one nipple but then no doubt seagulls being seagulls there would be variants. Also I've yet to see an AD with writing on the flywheel cover, generally it is blank. But then again I'm a neophyte in this seagull business!

http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/fo ... .php?t=953

Cheers Hugo

Post by **charlesp** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:05 am

Have to agree with Hugz on that one, earlier AD and AC models had the flat exhaust. I have two AD and one AC that are like that. Now I can see a flat one being replaced by a round one, but not the other way.

I had forgotten that thread, perhaps my memory was in some way obscured by the photo half way down which prevented me from keeping abreast of things.

I am confident that later AD/AC models would have had the 'in the world' wording, but the exact date remains a mystery.