[SEL] Rusty Iron Rally

[Mick Christie]

G'day Patrick
Great to here you had a good weekend. Would have been quite a tight contest 
between your 12 h.p R&V and eddys Galloway for the trophy i recon though the 
R&V are a much better engine!!!!!!!!!!!
Look foward to the pics.
   Cheers
       Mick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick M Livingstone" <pml1 at bigpond.net.au>
To: "Stationary Engine ATIS List" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; 
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Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:24 PM
Subject: [SEL] Rusty Iron Rally


> Home again after another great weekend with the engines.
> Friday I headed north with the 1hp & 12hp R&Vs and 5.5 hours later arrived
> in Macksville. The engines were soon unloaded and after the welcoming BBQ
> dinner a pleasant night was spent around the fire drinking beer and 
> telling
> lies ;)
> Saturday was a nice, hot day (I got burnt again) and there was an enormous
> range of engines, tractors, trucks, cars, motorbikes, and pretty much
> anything antique. I took over 300 photos on Saturday! I also spent a lot 
> of
> time catching up with engine friends from all over NSW & Queensland.
> The two R&Vs ran well all day though the 12hp was having trouble running 
> off
> the main tank due to water in the fuel. I ran it off the carby bowl for 
> most
> of the day but by late afternoon I had bled enough water out to run the
> engine off the main tank and the fuel pump decided to work flawlessly for 
> a
> change.
> Saturday night was the main dinner with around 370 people in attendance.
> There were trophies awarded in various categories and Edd won a trophy for
> his Galloway.
> When we got back to camp on Saturday night it started to rain and it just
> got heavier. It rained heavily all night but thankfully my new tent did 
> not
> leak.
> It was still raining this morning so I packed up my camp and headed over 
> to
> load up the engines. The rain was getting lighter so I thought I would 
> give
> the R&Vs one last run before loading them up. Both started first pull and
> then the rain stopped - the power of R&Vs. It was lunchtime before I had 
> the
> heart to shut them down as they were running so well and by then the rain
> was returning.
> Apart from the rain it was another excellent weekend. I will put some pics
> on my site when I get some sleep :)
>
>
> Patrick M Livingstone
> Leichhardt NSW
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