Page 6 of 8
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 4:23 am
by Hugz
I wonder why the that advert has the the thumb screw washers missing!
Thanks Jon, that defeats my theory on SD's running on Kero.
Yes Boyd,Yamaha seemed to have cornered the market for kero running outboards.
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 5:12 am
by Hugz
!970 -71
Bankstown Marine now stock Seagull in Sydney. May '70
We build them tough over here. As if! May '70
May'70 List of Australian distributors
Six models now available July 1970
I forgot that 2 stroke use to be at the bowser
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 5:25 am
by Hugz
You can buy outboard legs separately, Dec '70
The SeaHawk again Feb '71
Live aboard Sydney Harbour restrictions March '71 actually the harbour is so clean now we have cute sharks swimming around happily munching on dogs and people.
Learning to ski in a bathtub, Go babe, April 71
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:40 am
by Hugz
Alas not a whiff of a Seagull now.
This looks like my first car, Wolseley and I had a dinghy like that.
June '72. Johnson is spending more on advertising.
Because more Japanese motors are arriving
And we started to be a Nanny state, Coincidence?
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:43 am
by Hugz
Here is an article on the newly arrived Japanese motors. March '73
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:49 am
by Hugz
August '73. A rotary yanmar. How interesting. Wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of these. First I've heard of it.
Feb '74 a dual electric/petrol outboard. A bit odd.
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:26 am
by AusAnzani
G'day Hugz,
I don't know if you did a comparison of the 2 Sea Hawk adverts. The first is fitted with a TAS motor and is simply a rebadged TAS. The second has a Victa 125cc motor and is the more typical of the Sea hawk outboards in Aus ie if you can find one with a Sea Hawk decal.
Both use an Cheras leg which was promoted heavily back in the day as an outboard conversion, per the advert below.
In the absence of decals (or remnants thereof), manuals or original receipts, more often than not any outboard similar to those above will be a home conversion rather than a factory built item.
Regards,
S
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:00 am
by AusOB_Collector
Just as a side note, does anyone know when the Sachs Mac Wankel rotary outboards were made? I know they are from the same sort of period as those Japanese motors but not exactly sure if it was in fact before or after the Yanmar...
B, you've got a nice original one don't you?
Cheers
BP
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:20 am
by Collector Inspector
Yes Boyd
1st M.A.C. was 1971 and they went away 1974.
The M.A.C. was an air cooled Sachs stationary engine adaptation...........
The Yanmar advertising should say "The first WATER COOLED Rotary Outboard"......
Yes I have a brand new one (M.A.C.) with paperwork as you know aye!
Very astute of you Mate!
You Pipped me to the Post say to speak.
BnC
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:39 am
by Collector Inspector
AusAnzani wrote:G'day Hugz,
I don't know if you did a comparison of the 2 Sea Hawk adverts. The first is fitted with a TAS motor and is simply a rebadged TAS. The second has a Victa 125cc motor and is the more typical of the Sea hawk outboards in Aus ie if you can find one with a Sea Hawk decal.
Both use an Ell-Den leg which was promoted heavily back in the day as an outboard conversion, per the advert below.
In the absence of decals (or remnants thereof), manuals or original receipts, more often than not any outboard similar to those above will be a home conversion rather than a factory built item.
Regards,
S
They must be very common as 100% of behind my lounge has one!
This actually uploaded 1st time.......Bless NBN Aye.
BnC[/color]
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:04 am
by Hugz
Glad you gleaned some info S from the non seagull bits.
A wiff! 1975 - 76
Fugly hey!
I like this ad. Very macho.
And a 40 on a Avon June 76
Here is a comparison of 11 of the most popular small outboards in Dec 1976. No Seagull.
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:08 am
by Hugz
And then a NSW distributor. Dec 1976. I was about to call it a day but I better look through a few more years.
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 8:01 am
by AusAnzani
Hugz wrote:I like this ad. Very macho.
Agreed!
And here is the Black Max man from back in the day.
I have some very recent photos of him on my home computer, but can't be bothered searching
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:51 am
by Hugz
My denim jacket was bright orange but it was about 1970 and we were the last of the fair dinkum flower power peeps. It went all macho after that....
Had a look through this just out of curiosity but alas no Marstons
What sort of motor is this? Looks quick.
Wonder if it had the same motor in 1930.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid= ... 9974&hl=en
Chapman Pup 1936
Re: Early Australian Distributors.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 12:34 am
by AusAnzani
MISS ELAINE appears to be powered by a twin opposed Johnson, similar to my PR50 which is also a 1930 model.