WestwoodGazelle

That's great. Thank-you for the help.

The Gemini was introduced in the 70s with the Suffolk cast iron engine and a “ sealed for life” welded chain case. The later Flymo DM  bore more than a passing resemblance . Not sure what or if there was a connection but both had a similar optional tipping barrow body which picked up on the chain case lug used by the rotor guard  and the rotors were replaced by lug tyred wheels..

I've now got a Westwood Gemini rotavator to go with the Bug...
 

Here's the Westwood with the new seat I got for my birthday and a new headlight The seat is really nice, I also replaced the bar and clip that the seat pivots on to reveal the storage box (or boot? ) with two M8s because the bar was very loose and the seat wobbled on even a slight hill. It's very comfortable now  
 

Here's the Westwood with the new seat I got for my birthday and a new headlight The seat is really nice, I also replaced the bar and clip that the seat pivots on to reveal the storage box (or boot? ) with two M8s because the bar was very loose and the seat wobbled on even a slight hill. It's very comfortable now  
 

Looks like top fun!  No snow here on Dartmoor 

Here's the Westwood with the new seat I got for my birthday and a new headlight The seat is really nice, I also replaced the bar and clip that the seat pivots on to reveal the storage box (or boot? ) with two M8s because the bar was very loose and the seat wobbled on even a slight hill. It's very comfortable now  
 

Here's the Westwood with the new seat I got for my birthday and a new headlight The seat is really nice, I also replaced the bar and clip that the seat pivots on to reveal the storage box (or boot? ) with two M8s because the bar was very loose and the seat wobbled on even a slight hill. It's very comfortable now  
 

Well we had to give it a go, remember where we put all the kit ,fit it and have a play  

I'm a great fan of Owatrol but I think that Waxoyl or similar products such as Morris's Ankor wax are better for your purpose as they have a creeping / searching action. Another one that comes to mind is Dinitrol but I haven't seen it around lately.
Owatrol dries with a sort of soft plasticy finish and wont chip easily and is great for horticultural machinery either mixed with paint or applied over a painted finish. I use it for lawnmower cutting cylinders and deflector plates etc. The downside of Owatrol is that it seems to delay final drying for up to 72 hours, so not for someone in a hurry! 

I've no experience of Owatrol, but if it dries solid I wonder what happens if it gets chipped. Get moisture get under it? Like the usual underseal. No doubt someone will be able to answer that question.
  I'd go for Wax-oil as it spreads into nooks and crannies.

price seems fair
https://www.purplewave.com/auction/171129/item/DS9289
 

If we get a "salty winter" keep it well washed off but not by driving through a puddle that concealed this pothole in east Croydon . Friend of mine drove into it yesterday, wrecked a wheel and tyre and possibly more. While she was calling the recovery service another driver did the same. Turns out that Thames Water had "fixed"  a leak the day before, filled in the hole, taken down the barriers and B******d off . The leak reappeared over night and washed out the fill and yesterday's rain and wet roads disguised it.   
 

That's tidy, good find !!

Looks like one old boy owner from new & kept in a garage job

Nothing wrong with the early Fords and they seem to be going up in value. 

Well it technically counts as an old machine I suppose but not for garden use  This is my new (new to me) car, an Orion!!
 

Tidy looking car for it's age.

The cars seem to hold up better over there than to mowers do

Well it technically counts as an old machine I suppose but not for garden use  This is my new (new to me) car, an Orion!!
 

Well it technically counts as an old machine I suppose but not for garden use  This is my new (new to me) car, an Orion!!
 

Added some Westwood brochures to the collection the other day...
 

Electric start. Sometimes the e start machines would have a recoil unit as well but on later higher horsepower machines the recoil was absent to allow for ducted cooling.

I seem to have some Westwood paperwork I thought you might like to see.

This is really interesting, thanks for posting. I wonder what the difference is between the W8E and 11E from the normally W8 and 11 models?