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Spent a lovely day at a garden centre displaying the Bolens today. It started straight away and was driven to the display area, here's the photos

That'll be Pam.

He'll wait for me to go down to assist, Andrew.

The all important Group Photo...

The Loafer at the Meet and Greet at the South Downs Heritage Centre today...

And a few more photos...

Thanks for organising such a brilliant day at the centre, very enjoyable with lots to see and talk about and not forgetting the big fried breakfast. heres my photo to add to the above

A great first Sussex Meet and Greet at the new venue of the South Downs Heritage Centre at Hassocks in West Sussex. As well as our machines a local Stationary Engine club had a bring and buy sale. Here's some photos...

No worries buddy. Be interested in how you frabicate a universal hitch.

Specially posed photo for you Sir Norman

I think i might have to make one that's universal to take the attachments I've got, thanks for the offer tho

I hope to go to RPT with my 600. I got a spare hitch if you want to borrow it for the day?

Might take it to RPT but I've got to make some hitches for it so i can fit a plough ect, Tractorfest will have to be Wheelhorse because of the roundup I'm doing

Job to tell Andrew, ive only been doodling today at a garden centre but I'm very pleased with it

Looks absolutely brilliant Chris. How does it compare to a equivalent WH out of interest? I must see it sometime when I am next passing through

Yes it is Chris, had my first drive round today. Runs nice and gears and brake work, has a screeching noise sometimes when i let the clutch up I think its a belt or rusty pulley but it has been standing for a while

Looks good. Take it she runs well then

A little story about the Little Wonder hedge trimmers. First, I believe that they have been around since the early 1900's. Second, from the guy that I bought mine off of- he said that "his family owned a landscaping business in the 70's, when they purchased a new O&R powered hedge trimmer, they quadrupled the amount of work that they could do in a days work" Third, the Little Wonder hedge trimmers made today are of the highest quality in the market.

Hi all This is my Clifford mark 4 ready for the rally season this is the first time I have put on the rotovator Painted it with Owatrol oil to match the rest looks good hope you like the last three pictures were taken at a charity match last year

I've been doing a bit of research and have found an early article on O&R engines including some of the first tools available, some of which probably didn't sell very well. The full article in Popular Science magazine June 1961 edition is available on google books, it starts on pages 64 to 67 & the rest is on pages 208 & 209; https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ASYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64onepage&q&f=false#v=onepage&q&f=false Here are some of the tools I've never seen before, including a gold separator, a different bike engine kit, a light aircraft tractor, a different design of compressor, a small mower and the smoke jumper (not sure it would have been very effective with that tiny water tank). I'm going to need a bigger shed if I find any of them. There are a few more O&R articles in both Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines available on google books if you look through the 1960's & 1970's issues linked below. Popular Science; https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=ohlsson+rice&tbs=,bkt:m,bkms:1168684103302644796 Popular Mechanics; https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=ohlsson+rice&tbs=,bkt:m,bkms:1168684103302643961 The May 1972 edition of Popular Mechanics has an article on a minibike with an O&R engine that was converted run on steam power, has anyone come across a steam powered O&R before? Looks quite dangerous. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=StQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q&f=false David