1.Does it run?
2.Has it run all/ most of the
day, or is the owner available to start it on a regular basis?Is he there
to answer questions?
3.Is it presentable, in either
its original paint, or in new?
4.Does it have stickers, original,
or good facsimilies?
5.Is it more or less in the correct
colour?
6.Is a logsheet visible, with
description? Neat?
7.IS IT DRIVING SOMETHING?
8.Is the person going to be there
for the whole length of the show?
9.Is it all his own work?(Gerestoureer
of gelaat restoureer)?
10.Is it on a base/trolley?
Your comments, please! (Or should
we just leave it and let the Tractor men fumble along?)
WANTED: I am
looking for a screw-on cap and retaining straps for a Petters AV 1
fuel tank. Also a carb and air-cleaner and exhaust for a single cylinder
Wisconsin, so I can get my Gibson going. (I have the casting that bolts
onto the engine, with the elbow for the carb and the thread for the silencer).
From Hendrik van der Berg in Douglas comes the following request: "I need
the insulator that carries the brush, and connects the plug wire to the
magneto, for a Hill magneto. And any parts for a PH1060 Crossley.
" Philip Gray-Taylor wonders if anybody has a comparison chart concerning
old spark-plugs, particularly the 18mm and bigger ones. We tend to be only
too happy to find anything that fits, without worrying if it's the reason
why the engine won't start, or run well. Can anybody help?
Johan Mundey het 'n versoek i.v.m. sy Bentall, soos volg: "Jy het gesê ek kan maar sê wat
ek kort kom op my Bentall. Wel so vêr lyk dit of ek drie onderdele
kort: die magneto ,die petrolpomp (plunger) en dan die governor. So vêr
is my soeke maar beperk tot op die internet vir inligting en ek sou dit waardeer
as ek sy planne in die hande kon kry om die onderdele te kan opmaak,
maar tot dusver geen sukses.
Ek gee vir jou die inligting wat op die koper plaat gekrywe
staan.
E.H. Bentall & Co Ltd
Manufacturers
When ordering spare parts quote this
No 15830
Heybridge
Maldon England." Johan het 'n foto met sy versoek saamgestuur.......As ons
vir hom in enige opsig kan help, sal 'n baie mooi enjin weer brul!
Tot sy oorspronklike 'decal' wapen is nog duidelik leesbaar.Dit is deur
Lloyds & Co, Cape Town, verskaf, vóór hulle Stewarts &
Lloyds geword het!
LISTER SPARES:
Since S&L have lost the Lister agency, it seems that they have lost
interest as well. All is not lost, and I can report that we have tracked
down somebody who knows the spares, and is helpful on top of it! His name
is Ingram, and he works at Ian Dickie in Epping. (021 554 3431) He helped
me straight away with the 1¼" silencer for my Lister A and had it
here while others were still asking for serial numbers! He recently managed
to find a cylinder head gasket for a National AH1 (OK, it is the same as
the Petters AV1, and we told him so, but the right part was here in a day
or two).
FOR SALE/AVAILABLE:
Oom Flip Viljoen has stripped a Fairbanks Morse Z Style C 3HP (with an unusual
facility for a base-mounted magneto on the crankcase cover). The governor/cam
side main bearing housing (their weak point) has broken and has been repaired
badly, and a poor job has been done of welding in valve guides into the
head. If anybody wants to take on this challenging restoration, please contact
him on 028 840 1117 (Office) or 028 840 2076 (Home). Philip Gray-Taylor
and I have many more parts for the same engine available which may help
complete the project (but not the main bearing housing, which was totally
missing)(or the magneto, which has exactly the right gear for his New Way,
we just have to make a bracket.)
Johan Stemmet het 'n Iron Horse
generator, 12V, vir parte of om te herstel. Dit kort 'n tenk, suier en kleppe.
Die generator toets reg. Iemand wat belangstel kan dit kom haal. Bel hom
op 023 626 2512 of faks 023 626 3562.
Transfers/decals, for
Fairbanks Morse, Lister,and many more engines, as advertised in Stationary
Engine Magazine are available from Philip Gray-Taylor on 021 5523247, or
click on his e-mail address above.
And now a look at the
Calendar:
Piketberg Show 24th, 25th &
26th August (That's this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday). Peter
Gildenhuys has asked for as many engines as possible to attend, so please
try to be there. Peter Boast and Phillip Minaar have said they will be there,
who else can get away from commitments at home? It is the 'Home Show' of
Pierre Rossouw, who was elected new chairman of the WP branch of the Veteran
Tractor & Engine Club, and who would like to see the Annual Show and
AGM moved from venue to venue in future. He was narrowly out-voted, and
will probably be agitating for this in the future. Let's see what sort of
show he can organise! He can be reached on 022 942 1327, or contact Peter
Gildenhuys direct on 022 942 1206, or click on his e-mail address above.
23rd & 24th September .(That's
the Saturday and Sunday of a long week-end that includes the Monday,) Vintage
Steam Expo at Nottingham Road. Paul Deglon has phoned to find out who
is attending, and we have put him on to Peter and Mike. Anybody else planning
to take anything up, please check in with him. Denis Usher has given me his
number, 033 3304907.
26th to 30th September is the
Robertson Lenteskou. That's the whole week after the public holiday
Monday mentioned above. The important days are the Friday and Saturday.
A certificate will be awarded to everything which is displayed. There will
be facilities for camping and caravanning in the Show's caravan park (phone
the information there at 023 626 4437 for details). They need details of
who is attending by 15th September, please. The Saturday programme, according
to Johan Stemmet, (phone numbers above under 'For Sale') is a trip through
the town at about 10am, back to the Show-grounds for a parade around the
arena at 12.30. Everybody who exhibits is given a free ticket for a meal
and a 'dop' (who says the 'Dop' system has been done away with? This is
Robertson, after all!) The rest of the afternoon is for enjoying the exhibits,
until about 4.30pm, when packing up usually starts.
Saturday, 14th October is the
Villiersdorp Show. Eniel Viljoen is in charge, and he says that we will
be just outside the showgrounds themselves. A cover charge of R20 will get
us entry into the show itself for two, and food, and drinks, in moderation.
He hopes this modest charge will not put anybody off coming and exhibiting,
and assures us that it is good value for money. He says that there is big
pressure on the shows of the smaller towns to shut down, and they are determined
to keep this one going, so let's help them draw the crowds.
20th & 21st October (Friday
& Saturday) is the Laingsburg Karoofees. Contact Piet Geldenhuÿs
on 023 551 1445. Christie v.d.Westhuizen will be there, from De Doorns.
BIEN DONNÉ!!!!!
On the Wednesday and Thursday at the beginning of November,
I must check if it's the 1st & 2nd, or the week after, and will give
plenty of warning. We all are hoping for a bumper turn-out. There is a report
on last year's show on www.veteranfarmer.com.
Lets see if we can beat the turn out by a big margin!
Remember to bring your
name-tags along to any of these events!
News from here is that we have
a sponsor for the new sleeve for the Clayton & Shuttleworth Trusty.
Roy Hirsch of Hirsch Hydraulic Works (021 7155630) has agreed to supply
us with thick-wall Hydraulic Honed tubing, and the machining required to
install it into the engine I can manage on my own machinery. This has rolled
a big stone out of the way of the project. Roy was at the Big Show at Brandvlei
and was overwhelmed by what we had there, and the enthusiasm shown by all.
He imports Commercial Shearing hydraulic pumps direct, and does the full
range of hydraulic repairs, so please support him, so he can 'make it up'.
Rolf and Berna Bosch gave us a
big old 220V DC generator, possibly from an old cinema. We have decided
to fit it to my Ruston & Hornsby 2Y HR, so I am busy making up a 'perch
bracket' up at the front of its trolley, like a Showman's Engine. Philip
says it should be able to light up no less than 53 100W bulbs! That should
look impressive. I hope to have it ready for the Villiersdorp show, and
to take it on from there to Bien Donné.
Andy Selfe, sec.
021 859 2430 home, (evenings)
and manual fax.