[SEL] M/V engines

Peter Lowe plowe at exemail.com.au
Sat Sep 13 04:31:50 PDT 2008


Hi John
This is the sort of guy you should visit for a few hours and write or record 
everything he tells you, this information will be lost forever if we don't.
Here is a factory photo:
http://www2.photosau.com/CosSQL/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=031984

Regards
Peter



> Hi Eric,
> I have just spoken to an old employee of M/V who lives near here and he
> tells me that they definitely made their own water cooled engines at a
> factory in Epsom Road Rosebery in Sydney.The castings were made by a firm 
> in
> Mascot and all the machining was done in their own factory.
> I may be able to get more detail from him when I next see him.
> Regards,
> John Cooper,
> Bega N.S.W. Australia.

>>
>> Picture Australia is a great site. I have often recommended it. The
>> sad part is that the Melbourne photos are all low resolution. This
>> could be for faster download speeds, but I think they want you to buy
>> their expensive prints. The last 5 x 7 ones I bought were $25 each.
>> Some interesting things in the M-V photo include the pure Kelly &
>> Lewis on the lower left. I would think that the 2hp was also made by
>> them, though I do not have a K-L branded photo of one. The engine on
>> the lower right has matching oval shapes to the fuel tank, cylinder
>> block and water tank.
>> Peter, have you found any M-V engine history. I have done some engine
>> research, but found little on M-V. I don't know if they ever made
>> their own engines.
>>
>> Eric




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