avenger
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Mamod twinbeen out and about for a couple of hours today and saw a Mamod engine it was on a raised flatbase, twin cylinders, the ends of the cranks were stamped but able to read what it was then if I remember correctly it had a black lable stuck on the base with Mamod on it. It was in fair condition the asking price was £47 was tempted to buy it would it been a good price ?
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Spokesmann
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Re: Mamod twin | avenger wrote: | | been out and about for a couple of hours today and saw a Mamod engine it was on a raised flatbase, twin cylinders, the ends of the cranks were stamped but able to read what it was then if I remember correctly it had a black lable stuck on the base with Mamod on it. It was in fair condition the asking price was £47 was tempted to buy it would it been a good price ? |
FLAT BASE OR RAISED BASE H?
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old_timer
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Do you mean an SE3 as shown top left here?
Or perhaps a newer style SP5? (which can come without the dynamo)
or a slightly older one?
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avenger
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Yes top left that looks the one!
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old_timer
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Ah, the SE3 - a popular and powerful engine.
Prices tend to vary madly on ebay from as low as about £45 inc p+p on a bad day to £100 inc p+p on a good day.
I think £47 would indeed have been a good buy dependant on condition of course, even more so if it had it's original brass burner and/or box. The ones with the earlier turn brass whistle are also more appealing (imho).
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avenger
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Couldn't see too much of the burner but thinking back it was pale green, how should it look ? May be back that way in a couple of weeks so if still there may get it.
Thanks for the help guy's
H
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old_timer
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That doesn't sound right. 
I think they were always a brass vapouriser of varying lengths and varying handle designs/colours (white, red, black, etc)
Here's mine from a 1961 SE3
The body is 3 1/2" long (there was a longer version) x 1" wide x 7/8" high
The very last SE3 produced (which had a sight glass ilo overflow plug) came with a typical mamod solid fuel tray (but a bit longer than usual)
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