[SEL] The austral has landed

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Great photos Patrick.  Thanks for posting them again as I remember you 
showing these to us after the R-T Rally.  You are peaking my interest in 
trying to get one of these.  I have a question for you, why do some of 
the trucks (steel wheeled carts they are on) have cast iron wheels and 
others have flat steel spokes?  Is there some significance for them to 
be one way or the other?  On the one that Dave got, it has the flat 
steel spokes.  On your engine it has the cast iron wheels.  From looking 
at the SN's, it looks like the difference doesn't correspond to the 
dates of manufacture.  Thanks!

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


>Congratulations on getting your new toy home safely Dave.
>Now you understand why we all love our Australs down here in Oz. Just to
>make your eyes pop check out my pictures from the R-T Centenary rally a
>couple of years ago. There were close to 300 sideshaft Australs:
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/rtc041.html
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>Patrick M Livingstone
>Leichhardt NSW
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>Hi Craig,
>         My current plan is to take the Austral to both Baraboo and 
>Portland in 2007. This damn thing has more "monkey motion" than any other 
>engine I've ever seen. Five different "things" are actuated off the side 
>shaft!
>         Dave
>PS, Got PLENTY--and it's COLD!
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