Marston Seagull

[fisherman]

Mate just sent me a pic of one in the Black Country Museum, never heard of them. This pic from the Seagull site, will try to copy the one he sent me.
The British Seagulls heritage, the Marston Seagull. Pictures and historical adverts etc.

 

[westernman]

Mate just sent me a pic of one in the Black Country Museum, never heard of them. This pic from the Seagull site, will try to copy the one he sent me.
The British Seagulls heritage, the Marston Seagull. Pictures and historical adverts etc.

The advert says easy starting.

 

[veshengro]

My first impression of that is, someone has grafted a modern prop and lower housing onto a 1930's top half, but only because it looks so much more 'streamlined' than the tank and fly wheel..

 

[jwilson]

The advert says easy starting.

Never had a 1930s one but the two 1960s ones I had (40 and Century Plus) were the easiest and most reliable every-time-first-pull-start engines I've ever owned. Even my near-new Yamaha 2.5 four-stroke running on Aspen took three pulls after a fortnight last week.

I couldn't though live with 10:1 mix and the rainbow water-oil stain from tickling the carb now though.

Interesting that the old Marston adverts show a large ( possibly silencer ) cone....

 

[fisherman]

here it is