As promised in the New members Café, here is a thread on the Gold Cheetah outboard. Better late than never aye!
The Gold Cheetah outboard was produced by the Boundy Manufacturing Co. Pty. Ltd. in Springvale, Victoria from approx 1954 through to 1960, along-side the Lawn Cub, Lawn Scout and Lawn Patrol mowers. As a side, Boundy Manufacturing were also known as Boundy Industries.
At one stage all Boundy mowers and outboards shared the same 3.6hp engine, which was quite unique ie when compared to other air-cooled mower engines of that era. For example, the engine did not have a traditional style flywheel/magneto atop, rather it had magnets within an aluminium housing attached to the crank. As the crank rotated, the magnets passed by an ignition box comprising coil, points set and condenser, all mounted to the front end of the crank case.
The original name for the Boundy engine was in fact “Gold Cheetah”. In its later years, it became known as the BMS series 10. From inception however, the Gold Cheetah name was also applied to the outboard and stayed with that until the business ceased to operate around 1960.
The Gold Cheetah outboard featured below, is the third in my collection. It was purchased from a one owner family in December 2014 within a few km’s from home. The following few pics are from the eBay ad and as collected.
To say there was lots of rust and corrosion under the paint. Would be an understatement Take note of how much fell away just through handling and being left in the breeze a few days.