[SEL] Moving engines for Christmas

[Rob Skinner]

On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:37 AM, Patrick Livingstone wrote:

> As a Christmas present to myself I brought another of my favourite engines out of storage in the weekend. The throttle governed YC Stover has not been touched since its last rally in September 2009. 
> Once in its new home is started first pull. You cannot ask for more than that.
> The only problem I had is the height of the engine. It is too tall to go under the carport on the trailer so I had to unload it at the end of the driveway and my wife and I pushed it to the garage. 
> The Stover just clears the doorway and the front part of the garage with the muffler removed:
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/myengines/Stover/garage2011dec%20001.jpg
> 
> I have swapped the Austral and Stover around so that the taller engine now has more headroom.
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/myengines/Stover/garage2011dec%20002.jpg
> 
> It also placed my two 1917 engines end to end:
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/myengines/austral1874/garage2011dec%20003.jpg
> 
> Merry Christmas to all on the lists.


Fun stuff, Patrick. 
Merry Christmas to you, too.

Rob