Saving Old Seagulls

Shame he doesn't send to Oz....

I'm desolate

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262438611200? ... 1436.l2649

Did the wipac come in silver? I thought they were gold/bronze unless paint has worn off.

Can't believe it is still not snapped up!, very rare example

It's nice, i'd almost go as far as saying it's really nice in that condition.

But is it really worth THAT MUCH!! (drop a zero off the price and he might have a fighting chance of selling it)

Not me i'm afraid, not at that price.

Jon

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for that price I would buy a really old piece of history f.e. from the years 1910 or 1920

what a cuckoo

bet he just got carried away with the zero's
he will know even £200 is a bit steep

My thoughts exactly.
Dont get me wrong, this is a very good example of a seagull with virtually zero hours useage.
But £2000...... come on! Even allowing for inflation this is WAY OVER PRICED.

The market place will dictate where it's supposed to be sooner or later.
Unless the seller has had messages about this motor from prospective buyers, i'm afraid at this price i dont think it will sell.





but i've been wrong before so lets just see what happens with it.

Jon

No chance, that's an £150 ish motor. There has been a Mallard and a Coventry Apex listed for some time, at £150 and £250 or thereabouts. No chance at that price for those either.

Strangely enough, i've been watching the Mallard for a while now, and according to uncle Chas. he reckons it's been messed with a bit.
The Coventry also has been on my watch list for several months.
Interesting motors both of them, but a little too out of my price range at the moment. I'm sitting firmly on both hands now that you've told me this Adrian.

Something old and interesting will turn up sooner or later.

Jon

The Coventry is minus a fuel tank and the Mallard has the wrong tank. I'd value either of those at under £100 each to be honest. I have 2 Mallards, nice little things, but no parts available, that's why I snapped up 2 when I could. The last one was £13!

Not really much demand for obscure engines here in the UK unless you get into seriously early stuff that nobody has heard of such as Roness, and one or two other early names.

Britannias are the same.

Shame the outboard scene here is not a bit more developed like the States.

If you are interested in a Mallard or a Coventry Apex have a word with Rick, he knows a lot about those types.

Makes the tenner I paid for mine at the dump seem quite reasonable, so in theory I've earned £1990 for two hours work cleaning the points, and clearing the slime from the tank & the jets.

AND ............ It started first pull in probably twenty years.

Sadly methinks my life at £495 per hour is not going to happen.