Saving Old Seagulls

Has anyone found the finish on the brass std later brackets to be appalling?

It's no better or worse than the standard aluminium ones.

One on youtube with the mount and tilt bar in brass, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlwIt77qTEg

This thing?

It is a shame it's ended this way, as I do think John's heart was in the right place, but to be honest I could see this coming.

From Ebay.

I think I have seen three of them over the years, it's a little like the Anzani onboard engine, it may have just not have sold very well.

I use my motors in fresh water, so salt is not a problem, I just take a motor or two out for the day, in the process I stink the car out with fuel and once I get home, I just put them back in the shed, I only really use them in the summer, so they have a little time to dry out.
Not a problem for me ...

Totally agree, its more like a 60's motor, with some plastic parts, clench bolt facing backswords, tank ends, it even looks like an aluminium exhaust and tiller.

As found on the main site.

So you are saying that its generally, what I have already said, usually.

Not knowing the date of the motor in question, makes it difficult to be 100%, as parts may have overlapped.

The AC was a post war motor to around 1957, tank supports would be chrome and aluminium clutch lever.
Bronze lever are seen on wartime motors, this information may also depend on the age of your motor.

A tidy looking motor.

I have a good collection of original unused spark plugs, I use original plugs that would have been in the motor at the time, I have never used a modern equivalent, I mostly use Lodge and champion, plus I have others like KLG Lissen and I have only ever had a problem with one and it was a more modern ...

So did anyone actually come up with anything worthy of consideration by the three amigos, or was this just a smoke blowing exercise?