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what a restration progect....need info on it please...

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Post  mike d on Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:37 am

enginesaremylife wrote:Scarp is £240 a ton at the minute so weigh it in! it is to far gone.
Steve


Steve were would you find another one,scrap is £140 a ton down here....

strange how the price changes for place to place...

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Post  mike d on Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:39 am

Paul_sterling wrote:aside from the sideshaft and a few other ancillaries, the engine isn't too bad, obviously it may be frosted, but that would probably go again, steam rollers in worse condition get restored

Paul Very Happy


the late Fred dibnah would have loved it Steve that's for shore...

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Post  mike d on Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:41 am

billypurves wrote:Looks to me like a Spring Injected Blackstone in a Aveling Porter motor roller. Going by the engine I would date to early 1930s.


thanks bill for that info....

the owner will appreciate all the information he can get..

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Post  billypurves on Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:37 pm

Here is a contact address for info on the engine.

michaelstamford@aol.com

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Post  mike d on Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:02 pm

billypurves wrote:Here is a contact address for info on the engine.

michaelstamford@aol.com


thanks for that bill...
will pass it on to the man ...

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