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The earliest engines to carry the ‘SEAGULL‘ name were the ‘Marston’ Seagulls.  They were produced by the ‘Sunbeam Motorcycle Company’ Sunbeamland, Wolverhampton,.  The original engine was designed by Marston engineers as an industrial engine, but entrepreneur, John Way-hope, a former Evinrude employee and Bill Pinniger a design engineer, took over the engine manufacturing rights and patents in the very early years, after working together at the Sunbeamland factory.   They subsequently enlisted the help of Robert Harper with gearbox design alterations.