[SEL] Dragging Old Iron home, tis the season

[Russell Gilbert]

Thanks Lyndsay, engine number 12350
Russell

At 09:11 PM 31/07/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Russ. What can I say mate except bloody ripper. Well done and 
>thanks for the pics.
>
>
>Regards
>Lyndsay
>
>PS---Curiosity mate --------What engine number is she.
>
>
>
>>From: Russell Gilbert <russell at ncable.com.au>
>>Reply-To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>>To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>>Subject: [SEL] Dragging Old Iron home, tis the season
>>Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:19:54 +1000
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>>
>>>It must be the time of year for draggin some iron home. Due to a 
>>>recent re-laps into engine mania I was over come by a weak moment 
>>>and also found myself; like Patrick and the boys; doing a deal on 
>>>another bit of old iron. After looking at buying and engine from 
>>>ebay (I didn't win it) I decided to chat to the person listing to 
>>>ask what if anything else could be for sale. Well after a few 
>>>e-amils and phone conversations I became the new owner of a realy 
>>>nice little 1904 3.5hp Portable Hornsby. It's the smallest that 
>>>Hornsby's made in the portable oil engines and rarely come up for 
>>>sale. I just couldn't resist and I weakend dramatically to the 
>>>point where life wouldn't be worth living unless it was home in my shed!!
>>>(well maybe not that dramatic but it's a hoot having in my collection)
>>>Anyway the engine is seized but vertualy complete. The transport 
>>>is all factory original with the Hornsby embossed lettering on the hubs.
>>
>>
>>Well Haulin engines is what this is about and haulin we did. I 
>>asked Dad if he had been to Roma in Queensland and if he wanted to 
>>come for a little drive to pick it up. He asked how long we would 
>>be gone for and I mentioned; Up Thursday and back Friday; Sounded 
>>good......! Well we decided to leave home after tea on the 
>>Wednesday to allow a bit more time. Got back 3pm on the friday 
>>..............  Now some think we are silly but it was only 1675 km 
>>each way! The total trip was 3341 km in just 43.5 hours.  It takes 
>>a trip like this to really appreciate how big our country is 
>>because when you look at a map it just doesn't seem that far. Well 
>>we had very little trouble, not much sleep and managed to not hit 
>>any kangaroos!  The roads were pretty crappy and at times our speed 
>>was some 30km per hour slower than we anticipated. Anyway all is 
>>good and the little engine is now home. I sleeped 11 hours straight 
>>that night. I have to thank dad for the company.  Pictures are up 
>>on my webshots; the link at the bottom in my sig.
>>
>>cheers, Russ
>>
>>
>>
>>Russell Gilbert
>>Sunny Sunraysia
>>russell at ncable.com.au
>>http://community.webshots.com/user/russellsrelics
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Russell Gilbert
Sunny Sunraysia
russell at ncable.com.au
http://community.webshots.com/user/russellsrelics