Worlds smallest outboard

This is the smallest outboard in the world,the crank&piston are at the bottom hence that is how its cooled

 not bad for 1939

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Sorry about the pic,s going

Fri, 2017-08-04 13:57

Sorry about the pic,s going double

And it is 510mm long so you could use it for a fish gauge

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Cool

Fri, 2017-08-04 14:51

 Who's the manufacturer

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Clarke Eng  in Detoit,it,s

Fri, 2017-08-04 14:59

Clarke Eng  in Detoit,it,s called a Troller 

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 looks like it belongs in a

Fri, 2017-08-04 16:36

 looks like it belongs in a kitchen whipping up cream. prob the early version of the electric ones we have now

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 Where did you find that ?

Fri, 2017-08-04 17:39

 Where did you find that ?

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My Dad gave it to me ,he has

Sat, 2017-08-05 08:22

My Dad gave it to me ,he has had it for years

I remember in my 20,s we started it

i think i clean it and Hang it up ,the fuel tank cap doubles as the oil quantity measure

 

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 Yeah i picked up an old

Sat, 2017-08-05 09:21

 Yeah i picked up an old seagull for display in my bar very cool.

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Fri, 2017-08-04 17:41

 That's really cool, love seeing stuff like that, thanks for posting.

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The blades are varible pitchA

Sat, 2017-08-05 09:39

The blades are varible pitch

A vintage motor expert only knows of 3 in australia,very cool but sort of ugly

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Fri, 2017-08-04 18:36

Saw something on gumtree I wanted the other day, so went down to Mandurah to check it out, when the bloke let me into his shed I was surprised to see a heap of old outboards in there in various states of repair, among them about 10 or so seagul outboards in very good rejuvenated condition.

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The birth of outboard engines

Fri, 2017-08-04 20:10

Thanks for a very interesting post, I wonder if this is how they all started.