[SEL] Olds engine register

[Ron Sullivan]

Hi Peter
That was a big no
you should get yourself one instead of those clunking R&V's .Nice smooth and 
slow running.
Ron & Liz Sullivan
oldengines at bigpond.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Lowe" <plowe at exemail.com.au>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Olds engine register


> Hi Mike
> NO, I am not wanting to get into Olds engines, but there is a guy who
> contacted me here in Oz that IS interested.
>
> Peter.
>
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>> Peter,
>>
>> I would be interested in knowing myself.  I have an interest in them as I
>> have two early engines and for a few years anyway was recording serial
>> numbers and trying to unravel their secrets - but by no way was/is it a
>> register.  Olds engines are hard to date exactly as their are no factory
>> details that have survived into preservation that I know of.  I've 
>> figured
>> out that B prefixed Type A engines are the Olds Gas Power engines with 
>> the
>> trumpet type carb. The early ones didn't have the B pre-fix - e.g. the
>> engine featured in TOMM a months or so back was real early but probably
>> not
>> as old as that guy thinks.  The B pre fix engines run from 1905ish to
>> 1910.
>> After that they became Seager engines and had a serial number with a D 
>> pre
>> fix.  I think the later Rumley engines may have had an F pre fix.  Some 
>> of
>> this is straight from my memory. If a little bit of knowledge is
>> dangerous -
>> then thats me - so be warned!    Since maybe there is no register, you
>> might
>> be the man to start one - now that all bar one or two of the R&Vs on the
>> planet have been accounted for.  What little information I have is yours,
>> incl. cattledogs, parts books etc.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>             Mike Young
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Peter Lowe" <plowe at exemail.com.au>
>> To: "ATIS" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; "Oldengine.org"
>> <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:12 PM
>> Subject: [SEL] Olds engine register
>>
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Is anyone runnning an Olds Register???
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Peter Lowe
>>> R&V Engine Registrar
>>> Australia
>>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/plowe/rv-engines/rvpage.htm
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