expeatfarmer

Farewell Stormin !

In case the text gets lost in the header section. Sadly Stormin passed away very suddenly last Monday as a result of a stroke. He visited me the day before and seemed his normal self so it was a real shock. His funeral will be held at Carlisle crematorium on Thursday 5th October at 12.20 Our thoughts are with his partner Carole and their family.

Sorry I missed you Norman, it was a very good show loads of bric a brac and parts dealers as well as exhibitors. Apparently visitor traffic was chaotic but camping on site saved all of that.

Spent a very enjoyable four days at the Shrewsbury Steam Fair recently, camped on site with excellent facilities and good site only spoiled by a knob with an industrial generator who parked next to us, I queried the need and he said it was to run the fridge and not to worry he would turn it off at 10 pm WE MOVED. Amazing spectacle with 94 large steam traction engines numerous statics and 25 scale steamers as well as cars, bikes, militaria, tractors ,horses and stationary engines. Live displays of sawmills, see saw ploughing with twin engines, a cider mill ( selling disgusting cider ). The weather was good , multiple food outlets from all over the world and a very good bar and entertainment tent with various tribute bands at night. The steam powered funfair was amazing especially when lit up at night. I would recommend anyone to go next year if you have the chance.

Thanks for the photos Norman I was hoping to go but had another session in hospital just home now.

That is quite a collection thanks for sharing.

What is the fuel from plastic process please

Janet and I spent two days at the Supercar Show at Sywell aerodrome. Show was amazing weather perfect but once you've seen 1 Lamborghini , Bugatti , Ferrari, Maclaren. Konigzed etc I took a picture for you guys!

Nearly no head if I remember Norman!!

We are looking at possibly downsizing and need to clear some more toys, I have listed my two sand skimmers on the old Flea bay hoping they will go to a collector not a breaker. One is complete and could be worked ( with a new flat belt ) the other is a chassis engine and drive with a huge pile of new old stock parts to enable a rebuild. Both have good running ( 5 years ago ) engines,

Great pictures Norman it was a good day in spite of mediocre weather. Well done to all concerned.

Thanks for the update Norman I hope to attend as a visitor with my neighbour Ken. Hope the weather is good.

Is that a lefthand haggis or a righthand? Which way was it running around the hill?

You never know Norman TVR is a probability.

That is good news Norman I shall look forward to it.

Very tidy Norman you will be able to join in on some road runs now!

I have a set of four wooden cases that are the carriers for the glass cell accumulator batteries sadly the accumulators are long gone.

Yes still available you are welcome to it. Hope you will post some pictures of your bunker.

Thanks Skookum I will e mail you after the holiday. Have a good one.

How much for all 3 delivered to CA7 8DH UK ?

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That model carb is also used as a replacement for the Amal 356 as fitted to Ransomes MG 6 & 40 crawlers. My experience is that the engine runs smoother and is able to tick over slower helping with gear engagement.

That looks as if it will clean up well. I used a similar machine made by Stihl as a starter motor for my Ransomes Crawlers. It worked well on machines with a decompressor and on those without as long as you turned the flywheel to past compression it would usually spin them over.

The barge tractor is going to a new home near Bristol just need a new home for the sand skimmer machines.

That's annoying for you your photos are always greatly appreciated on this site, you need an upgrade allowance from the moderators.