[SEL] Trusty engine at Tulare show

[R and E Freeman]

Our club here in Perth has a Trusty which apparently is one of only three of 
its type left. Its a horizontal engine and I was fortunate to carry out line 
boring the crank bearing bores and making new gun metal crank bearings. 
Trusty is mentioned in the A to Z of English engines and I forget whether 
they made any vertical engines.


Ray Freeman
Portable Line Boring
http://www.plb.iinet.net.au
plb at plb.iinet.net.au
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Croft" <dave.croft at ntlworld.com>
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Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Trusty engine at Tulare show


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Listerdiesel" <listerdiesel at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Trusty engine at Tulare show
>
>
>> On 4/24/05, Jim O'Hagan <jdohagan at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > Hi Peter, Thanks for all the pictures of Tulare. Is the Trusty engine 
>> > of
>> > English origin? It kind of has the look! This example is missing some 
>> > of the
>> > ignition system as well as the fuel components. Are there any more 
>> > complete
>> > versions over on your side of the pond? If some one had some close ups 
>> > , I'd
>> > forward them to Greg, the owner. Does any one have any history on the
>> > company that manufactured the Trusty 4 poster? Thanks  Jimmy O'Hagan
>> > Jim O'Hagan
>>
>> Hi Jim:
>> I'll have a look back through the A-Z of English engines, but my
>> initial feeling is that this was a US-built engine. The four-poster
>> construction was fairly common in the USA, especially in California,
>> but relatively rare in the UK.
>> English engines of this era tended to have the maker's full details
>> on, while this one only has the name and serial number. That is not a
>> particularly odd factor, but one that tends to drive me towards a US
>> engine. The other factor is that is looks like a marine engine, it
>> wouldn't last very long outdoors in an agricultural environment.
>> Peter
>
> Hi Peter, I think this is an English Trusty.
> See http://community.webshots.com/photo/26047737/329399260grakvQ
> Thse Engine was made by Weyman & Hitchcock in Cheltenham.
> I think most of their engines were horizontal.
> ISTR that one of our Aussie members soaking a Trusty in a rust removal 
> bath
> a couple of years ago.
> Dave Croft
> Warrington
> England
> http://community.webshots.com/user/crftdv
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