[SEL] [S] Re: Favorite type of engine

[Mick Christie]

Well what do i go for ahy? Well i really like unrestored engines for 
starters, original paint or all rust dosent matter, more original the 
better, i have even bought restored engines and gone ahead and stripped all 
the paint off because i like it better in its natural state!
and when i look at an engine it has to be mechanically different and has to 
"do it for me" i have had some really rare stuff go through my hands over 
the years but they never did it for me, just something about that engine 
did'nt quite cut it, i even had the remains of an inverted rotary valve 
crossley, but it just did'nt do it for me! and lots of people said i was mad 
to let it go but it all comes down to personal preference.
i do have a soft spot for stover engines and american engines, but i also 
have quite a few english and aussie engines as well. most are original and 
are mechanically different in there own way.
     Cheers
           Mick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry" <ozengine at optusnet.com.au>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:24 PM
Subject: [S] Re: [SEL] Favorite type of engine


> G'Day George
>
> We sure missed the questions, helps to know what we all  (those that 
> reply)
> think about our hobby.
>
> My part, has to be horizontal side shaft, usually English, of which I am
> lucky to have Hornsby, Blackstone, Tangye *2, Crossley, nothing special 
> but
> nice lookers and runners.
> Curved flywheels of some English engines also are my favorite, because of
> the looks.
> Kero (oil) engines with hot bulb or hot tube and like Russell don't mind 
> the
> smell of kero vapour filled shed although Ruth goes off when I come in 
> with
> the smell in my clothes, but then again they are a strange breed.
> Portables, as I believe that if we have them we should show others 
> specially
> the kids, and not lock them up in some black hole.
> Normally, highly painted and as with the English engines above, steel
> flywheel faces kept somewhat polished as new.
>
> Having said all that I am now in love with my 8 hp Australian, Austral,
> Portable, Side shaft, Kero, Hot Bulb engine that had no original black 
> paint
> left so I coated it out in used sump oil before rubbing it off (somewhat)
> Brock used his shirt to get more off.
>
> Kerry
> Lithgow NSW Oz
>
> PS started the Austral for the first time at home today (it did run for a
> short time at a Sydney rally a month ago) and I am one happy chappy and 
> the
> people next door had a new sound to listen too  8-))
>
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