[SEL] Re: SEL Digest, Vol 29, Issue 5

[R & M Ingold]

The one I had never did the work of two wet mice, never mind two horses!!!
Only good for going downhill. Flat surfaces had it stuffed! Biggest waste of 
metal I ever came across. Mind you, I wanted it to work, not be a show pony.
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim French" <fbi at insulate.co.uk>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Re: SEL Digest, Vol 29, Issue 5


> Hi Jerry
>
> The crawler has an English Ransomes Simms & Jeffries air cooled, 600cc 
> single cylinder engine with dry sump and automatic centrifugal clutch 
> going to a 4:1 gearbox.  It does the work of 2 horses at 3mph - or so it 
> says in the hand book.  Reg might disagree with that, eh, Reg??
>
> Hopefully, next weekend will be the first trip out for the MG5, to a local 
> working weekend.
>
> Dolly
>
> Jerry Evans wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello Dolly,
>>         Thanks for the pics - that crawler is really a nice toy - just 
>> what I'd love. What engine does it have - is it English or Yank (the 
>> engine) ?
>>         That small "mystery engine" looks like something built by a guy 
>> in Newcastle Aus. - I'm sure you know who I mean :-)
>>
>>         As far as web pages go I'm in the same boat as you - just putting 
>> the finishing touches to a few pages from shows that happened last year - 
>> oh well - better late than never. Just don't try to compete with Patrick. 
>> Although he denies it - I'm convinced that he has someone in the car with 
>> him on the way back from a show doing it on a laptop and uploading via 
>> satellite. Then when he gets home and writes a quick note to the Lists. 
>> :-)
>>
> -- 
>
> Jim French
> fbi at insulate.co.uk
> http://www.insulate.co.uk
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/dolly/index.htm
>
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