[SEL] The Austral Has Landed!

[Curt]

Dave,
Congratulation on a beautiful, beautiful engine!
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

Dave Rotigel wrote:

> Hi All,
>     Some of you may remember that I left Wed. (Sept. 20th) for KA in 
> order to pick up an 11 HP Austral engine from Rob and Kelley. (See: 
> http://engines.rustyiron.com/austral/ronaldsontippettaustral.jpg) I 
> got home with the engine this afternoon. In all it was a 5,375 mile 
> trip! It was fun, and as a bonus I got to see Reg, in addition to 
> Kelley and Rob! Rob was correct when he said that the engine was easy 
> to start and ran like a top--we had it running at 68-70 RPM's most of 
> the morning on Sunday! Tomorrow I'll see if I remember what Rob and 
> Kelley taught me re: starting the engine! Jake Faith will be here on 
> Saturday to see my new toy and Arnie will be over on Sunday so that we 
> can "play engine" then. It's good to be home and to have the Austral 
> in my drive.
>     Dave
> PS, Pictures soon
> PPS, Life is GOOD!
>
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