year made scott stationary

hi guys i have a scott se stationary engine no 490 i think from the 2 wld war still in a navy box totaly complete except for the magneto just trying to get the year it was made cheers

It is generally thought that the Scott type SE was introduced in or about 1930, and that production continued until at least 1939. Info is, not un-naturally, a bit hazy after that. No dated production records are known to exist for Scott stationary engines, but it would be reasonably safe to assume that No 490 was produced before WW2 began. I would say late 1930's. It may, of course have been sold during WW2, but who knows ?

The magneto used on the Scott SE is usually a Lucas N14.

Hi BLUE Cat thanks for that you are very helpful also good to know the magneto type i have tried to put photo's of the motor up but cannot get it right information on these motors seems scarce seen a few running on you tube but that's it so if you don't mind me asking are they worth anything cheers Michael

Thought to be less than 600 made and about 25 survivors in preservation here in UK, so you are not going to trip over one of these very often. In the UK market with no magneto I would expect this engine to be worth £120-170. In Australia I would expect this to be a pretty rare engine. I don't know your market, but I expect it would be worth a lot more than in the UK, especially with its more famous motorcycle connections. The only way to find out would be to auction it

Thanks for that i dont intend to sell it just curious about it and i would love to get it running i also tried a few times to post a couple of photo's but no luck if you are interested in seeing this engine you could send a hello to my email address and i can send photo's as a attachment [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] anyway Blue Cat thanks for your time and effort cheers Michael