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  1. Shame the photo cuts off the top of your Owat.
  2. The photo is a bit "untidy", but I don't see anything of any significant value that would interest a collector.
  3. 22 is a Majesco 2cc - Very rare indeed. 20 is a Dyne 10cc 18 is a Dyne 6cc 15 is an HP 3.5cc 23 is a Hallam diesel (I think!) All forties vintage rare English (and Welsh!) engines. I'll need to dig through documentation to identify the others.
  4. Yes, you're right about the serial number. I forgot about the "L" and I'd run out of fingers. The S/N couldn't be '57. By 1957 the serial numbers were on the side of the case and I think the lugs were no longer scalloped. I'm not sure of the exact year they stopped scalloping the lugs, but it was before 1957.
  5. There's no reason to think that it might have been "marine", the M prefix on the serial number is just the production month (December). Mike, this photo shows the way your engine should be. It's the first production configuration.
  6. ED, just a bit of info. Not all Comp Specials have scalloped lugs. It was done to differentiate in relation to the Penny Slot (the Mk II). When ED stopped making the Penny Slot, they stopped scalloping Comp Special lugs, so "later" Comp Specials have normal straight lugs, probably around 50% of total production. The serial number on the OP engine is a normal Comp Special serial number (Dec. '47). So it's very early production (looks like the 64th Comp Special made). Finally, I tried an RC carb on a Comp Special, around 40 years ago and IIRC, it wasn't very successful.
  7. Normally, I think your Comp Special should have sub-piston induction.
  8. You don't need an RC carb to fly a nice old FF model. If you arrange the tank to give 3 or 4 minutes of engine run (in the air), you'll get between 5 and 10 minutes of glide and such flights are very enjoyable.
  9. Hi Tim, You were a bit unlucky with the O&R 23 that you "happened to find". They were made from 1938 until 1952, and only the 1947 model (which you have) was lugless (radial mount only). However, there was a beam/radial mount adapter available, for beam mounting, and there was also a tank mount accessory (see photo). I have a lot of Ohlssons and O&Rs and I like them a lot. Shame you found the only model with inconvenient mounting.
  10. David you've got your engines mixed up. I have a 45 and a 62, and the front bearing housings are parallel profile, not tapered like the one in your picture, i.e. as shown in John Rickett's photo above. Your engine is bigger and/or later than you think.
  11. I think most cars are slightly cheaper purchased in countries other than their country of manufacture. The manufacturers consider that they have a "captive market" in their own country (i.e. people who will only buy a car from their own country). Conversely, they make a slight "pricing effort" for other countries, to gain export revenue. In France, there are flourishing businesses who import new cars from abroad (say importing Peugeot from Denmark or Germany), and then sell them to French customers at a price somewhere between the domestic price and the export price. You can save a bit if you don't mind the hassle.
  12. Congrats! What a super result. +1 for the anodising process suggestion.
  13. OK Jeff, the black paint isn't as bad as I feared, and I agree that the best protection is to keep them oily. Interesting that you have a Mk I head on the other Mk II engine. Not many of those heads around (i.e. not many Mk I engines).
  14. Jeff, Just my humble opinion. The work looks great, but the Racer case would be much better left natural magnesium, rather than painted (yuk!). I have several newish originals, and most are losing their original black coating to varying degrees. Personally, I much prefer an "original" look to a restored and repainted look...
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