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when it would be an original battery ignition model one,
It is more likely that they should had
used the flywheel with the four holes, like the 1913 model
Kees,
Just to clarify, when you say original battery ignition, I take it that you mean the battery and buzz coil ignition arrangement?
Didn’t some of the Evinrude RBM’s with the flywheel magneto need a battery also connected up to help power the coil? I only say this as my 1915 RBM has a post on the original transom bracket to act as a ground for the battery…
My money is on being a Model “B”, now here is why.
Those gear cases wear out quickly, especially without a careful eye on maintenance, but the ID tag rarely wears out…
Richard,
That is a very good point you made with the gearbox – for my RBM, I know that Doug Penn is sending me over gearbox parts that need work i.e. gearbox endcap (bushing is worn) so it is a very big possibility that the gearbox could have been replaced.
After talking to Spiro yesterday, it seems that one of the relatives of the seller Spiro purchased the RBM from brought this motor back with him after the end of WW1, in which this person was an aviation mechanic.
Since then, the motor has been in the family in Tasmania.
Something else to consider is that there is less than 12 Evinrude RBM’s of various ages in the Australasian part of the world known about – Tasmania is a small place and this RBM is the first one that has popped up in Tassie as far as both my research and others research points to.
Would there have been another parts motor there? Would it have been easier to change over a fuel tank or a gearbox?
There has been and will be a lot of "if’s" with this RBM…
Does anyone have a picture of a Model B flywheel from 1914? Would they be kind enough to post that picture please?
Cheers
BP