1963 Lightwin?

[petrolhead]

Spotted a 1963 3hp Lightwin for sale, I'm getting a taste for restoring these old motors and thinking I might buy it, although I don't really have a use for such a small motor!<br />What are they like, I take it parts are quite easily available?

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: 1963 Lightwin?

That's a truely great engine. I think they went into production on them in the early fifties, and didn't let up on the same basic design until the eighties. <br />Check compression, etc, before you buy of course. Parts are very easy to find since it was such a popular engine.<br />3hp Tune Up article. <br />If you do get it, there's a hidden fuel filter above the fuel tank petcock. It's often found clogged. <br /><br />I fixed up one a year ago for a freind ('63 3hp Rude, weedless), and it was one of the nicest engines I've ever seen running. I'm currently trying to secure a '69 4hp regular drive for myself.

 

[petrolhead]

Re: 1963 Lightwin?

Thanx guys, I think I may go for it, although as said I don't really know what I'll use it for.<br />Maybe I'll fix a bracket on the back of the skiff that I'm building next winter, a 3hp would propel that at a reasonable speed when I'm too tired to row and there's no wind to sail it!<br />I just like the look of it, and having nearly finished my FD-12 now I fancy having a go at another one.