OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Collectors Corner Outboards,Edgers, Chainsaws, Trimmers etc. Boundy Manufacturing P/L - Gold Cheetah Outboard

The Gold Cheetah outboard was produced by the Boundy Manufacturing Co. Pty. Ltd. Springvale Victoria from approx 1954 through to 1960, along side the Lawn Cub, Lawn Scout and Lawn Patrol mowers.

At one stage all shared the the same 3.6hp engine, which was quite unique. Unlike most other movers, engine did not have a traditional style flywheel/magneto atop, rather it had magnets attached to the crank which rotated adjacent to an ignition box comprising coil, points and condensor mounted to the front side of the crank case.

The original name for this engine was Gold Cheetah, and in its later years became knows and the BMS series. The Gold Cheetah name was also applied to the Outboard and stayed with that until the business ceased to trade.

This particular outboard is the third Gold Cheetah in my collection and was purchased from a one owner family just prior to Christmas, 2014. Some pics from the ebay advert and as collected:





Lots of rust and corrosion under the paint. Take note of how much fell away just through handling.





Whilst nice, decals add complication to any resto as they have to be reproduced.



Restoration moved along very quickly.

Day 1. Strip completely, remove all paint, rust and corrosion and treat with rust inhibitor etc.
Day 2. Early morning, hand and paint parts
Day 3. Late afternoon, commence reassembly







Time to start work on the cowl and fuel tank and begin recreating the decal.

The cowl was very rusty and needed a truck load of work. The tank (which is welded to the cowl) was in pretty good shape with only a few small dents on either end. The decal took at full day to reproduce using MS Powerpoint and then exported as a jpg file. Note: Gold background added just for show here.



Work continued on the resto over the next two weeks.

I decided the recoil starter housing needed some extra attention - normally everything is just painted over.







And the resto continued whilst waiting for my decal guy to print the decals.



Decals arrived approx a week later than expected. That gave me a heap of time to remake the throttle cable, further polish all the brass and ad some detail.

Here's how it finished up.

Forgot to mention earlier in the thread, based on the various parts and components fitted to this Cheetah, it will have been made between 1958 and 1960. There are some subtle and some significant differences between this and the earlier models.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Regards,

Wow absolutely bloody sensational work there.You should be very proud of your work there.
Love it well done.

Thanks for the kind words Blumbly. Much appreciated.

Hi AusAnzani WOW somehow I think you have found more than 24hrs in a day for all that work
Ian

Hi AusAnzani, and my on some amazing work there...That Cheetah looks better than new!