OT - Aircraft ID
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:41:16 +0000
Can anyone take a stab at identifying the aircraft on:
http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Nov07USA/Pima166.htm
I've had a frustrating time trying to find out what it is, the museum's website
and paper layout sheets that we picked up don't seem to show it.
Peter
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Peter A Forbes
Prepair Ltd, Rushden, ...
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Vincent's lost engine?
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:14:53 -0000
This recently came up on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120183446982 quite
a price for a repro (look at the Brockhouse pack from the same vendor
though!) but that is not what attracted my attention - it was this statement
in the sales pitch:-
"Now though Vincent briefly turne ...
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CLM engine pictures and questions.
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:11:35 -0000
I have at last managed to get this engine home and some decent pictures
taken of what appears to be quite a rarity which has had some strange
modifications.Some interesting posers for the cognoscenti among us! Pictures
can be found on Webshots under the name "Pulsechoes" I would welcome your
comments. Charles. ...
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Re: Slightly OT: Major restoration tasks
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:13:16 -0800 (PST)
>Snip<
> I admire things that don't work, Internal Fire is full of them and I
> am in awe of the work Paul's put into the place, but I don't want to
> own one.
<Snip>
It's been pointed out to me off list that this could be read another
way. I want to correct any possibility of this.
As I hope you all realise, ...
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Edgar Westbury 80watts.
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:10:00 -0000
I've been asked which manufacturers produced them. I know Enfield Cycle
Company and Douglas Kingswood, but there were several more..........
Anyone? ............
Regards,
J. Kim Siddorn,
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Re: Slightly OT: Major restoration tasks
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:27:45 -0800 (PST)
> Engines are toys, nothing else.
>
> We buy them to play with and show our friends, just like when we were kids.
>
> There's no other logical reason at all to buy and restore/maintain an engine.
>
> There is a fine borderline between toys and hobbies as well.....
>
> Peter
Oh dear, it looks like I'm out ...
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36 volt genny sought
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:57:39 -0000
A close friend is looking for a 36V 700W petrol generator. It needs to be
as quiet and light as possible. Does anyone have any idea where he/I would
find something like this?
I don't have a clue what it's for but I've asked.
Regards,
J. Kim Siddorn,
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Re: Slightly OT: Major restoration tasks
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:39:31 -0800 (PST)
On 25 Nov, 23:24, "Kim Siddorn" <kim.sidd...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Concur: we have engines for our own pleasure and restore and operate them in
> that context. Many of us take our engines to places where others of similar
> interests may gather so as to gaze upon each others toys. Although we pay
> lip servic ...
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Phoenix Stuff
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:53:13 +0000
http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Nov07USA/PimaMenu1.htm
Start of the pictures from our trip last week, 134 up and working on 8 menu
pages.
Peter
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Peter & Rita Forbes
Email: diesel@easynet.co.uk
Web: http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel ...
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Things to do
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:49:12 -0000
Gentlemen,
I don't know about you lot but I spent most of today trying to find the
inside of my garage / workshop with the aim of getting on with a project.
Having got rid of a trailer load of stuff the other weekend I still don't
have enough room.
I need to make a small stand to take my latest milling machi ...
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