[SEL] A day at the sale

[Russell Gilbert]

Just to get some engine talk going. Rumor had it I went to Qld just 
to go for an engine sale. Well thats a load of rubbish and could not 
be more far from the truth !!! What actually happened is that I took 
my family to Qld for a week of R & R and low and behold there just so 
happened to be a sale just up the road from me while we were there. 
So I gave the wife a few bob to go shopping (which is just no fun 
when I go) and so they could have a relaxing day I had to find myself 
something else to do!   So I dragged myself out of bed way before 
daylight, sneaked out of the house and went to the Dayboro engine sale :-o

I wish I had bigger pockets as there was some really nice stuff for 
sale. Prices were very reasonable I must say. I met up with some 
mates from down south (some from the SEL) and met some other engine 
folks of names I have heard spoken about. Bought a couple of roughy 
engines; spent the rest of the day with Tim Macaire from the Anson 
Museum (who also bought a rusty old engine) before we both went to 
John Rutherfords place (Tangye restorer from the TOMM) for more 
engine fun. Burnt up 1/2 a litre of Jet A1 in his little jet engine 
he has made. What a great toy. Ran out out of juice in about 3 
minutes!  Also had a play in the big shed seeing and starting the new 
Tangye from the last TOMM. Very nice resto once again and a must see 
from anyone going to the National.

So there you go; if you want to see the couple of engines I bought I 
just put them up on my webshots in "MY Shed" pics. They are the first 
two you see.
regards Russell

PS: got home just after dark to share a nice cold beer with the wife 
who only beat me back buy about 20minutes. She had a good day also :-)


Russell Gilbert
Sunny Sunraysia
russell at ncable.com.au
http://community.webshots.com/user/russellsrelics