Hi Richard,
I am replacing a 1927 twin cylinder Albin (Swedish) 12 hp
Petrol Motor in my 100 year old 20' carvel hulled "putt-putt" . I
found a D35 complete with heat exchanger, gearbox, harness, panel for $
2250.00 Australian Dollars. I didn't know that BMW made marine motors and being
a BMW driver (22 year old 523i) the advert caught my attention. I
found your WEB site, appears to be nothing in OZ, read all I could on your site
and decided to check this beasty out.
I paid the seller, a
restorer of old engines. a visit to discover one very nice bit of
engineering. It has done 600 hours and appears to be in excellent condition. He
set up a small mower tank of diesel above it and it started first go and
sounded very sweet (for a diesel w/o a muffler). I negotiated a
price and we shook on the deal.
He was asked to
sell this by the widow of a recently deceased mate who was just about to drop
it into his yacht. Such is life ! I'll try to get it into my boat
before I drop!
Bruce Perry
Avalon Beach, Sydney, Australia
