--- In [email protected], lee wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > Thanks for the advice on wires a while back, very useful. > > Here's one you may like. > Ages ago i was given an old dingy and outboard motor. Before we could try the motor, we had to stop the dingy sinking but it was stolen. (Hmmm? Am i cross or smug?) > So i'm left with an old outboard which keeps attacking my toes and generally getting in the way. I dont even know if it runs, so its going! > > Before I decide what to do with it i thought i'd better check that it's a mass produced jobby and i'm not sending something of interest off to the melting pot! > > The information i got from it is below and i've taken a few pics but don't know how to post them to the site. I can email them though. > > BRITISH ANZANI ENGLAND > WICO-PACEY SALES CORPORATION LTD > BLETCHLEY ENGLAND > > WIPAC > > ROTATION (and a mark) > > PATENT NO. 918/56 > > SET POINTS 0/8 > > SERIES 161 > > PO61389 (this is by the pivot pint) > > Oh and the spark plug is a champion L82YC > > Hope someone can tell me something about this little outboard. > Cheers all > lee wells > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Trust the boater but not his plank. >
It was mass peroduced and I think the small ones had a fair name. Probably used something like a Villiars engien with their own "leg" parts- I think the Wico-Pacy and Wipac refer to the magneto manufacturer (unless they also made the OB, but I doubt it). I guess an Amal carb or similar. They eventually go involved with a larger two cylinder job that went through a number of owners including Archimidies Penta (Volvo)and Perkins. This one barked like a good'un and may well have finished the company. It probably runs on an 8:1 mixture. Stick it on Ebay or the yellow pages in one of the voats for sale mags and see who bite - it will not be me! Tony Brooks
