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Heres a few photos from todays show.

Ill be there, alltougth not as early a start as Neil as am only just up the m50 from the show.

Does anyone know of an alternative paint stripper, the modern stuff seems to be incapable of stripping paint at all, I allways used to use mangers, however even this has now been changed.

As far as I'm aware the rpm is cut back, pop the heads off and you'll see what I mean.

I believe it was also the same with the 4and 5hp Briggs, the 4hp was a slowed down 5hp.

it is finished, just need to dig it out from a very full building to photograph.

From memory the 2hp was just a slowed down 3hp.

810cc twin cylinder gem.

A fascinating book that's well worth getting hold of is mechanical aids to the small holding by Desaules. Lots of period pictures of our machines, from memory it was published in 1955.

Got to admit that I've never been a fan of aspera engines due to having a lot of problems with with them in my younger days, however this looks something a bit different, which is what this hobby is all about, I will be following your progress with interest.

Not really, I'm going to try and keep my hands firmly in my pockets this year, got too expensive last time!...

The sale catalogue came online this morning, ....

As a very young child I remember sitting on these in my fathers showroom, pretending by were real tractors. Guess I must be getting old.

as you have probably guessed I gave up trying to fight It a long, long time ago!

I said it wouldn't be long till you gave in to temptation...

I've found the paint doesn't stick to the fabric to well...

bar the coils the engines are bomb proof,

like wise, just look out for the bright red pushchair(I couldn't find an orange one!)

I've just ordered my tickets this morning, I won't be able to show this year so am just going as a spectator. Think ill have to hide from the auction this time as I only wandered round for a quick look at the last show and ended up having to go back home to get the cabstar and it was full!

Do something like that in Britain and you'd probably get a Life sentence and have to pay the criminal thousands in compensation!

Nice looking machines, particuarly the condition of the demon,the BSA engine on the bantam is the rarest of all engine options as they were used as a stop gap when the supply of Villiers and Howard's ac120 dried up due to material shortages. There isn't much in the way of references to the BSA being fitted in my litriture apart from one small blurry photo and the mention of the BSA not fitting the saw bench attachment. My 200 is regularly worked at the moment, but I am keeping my eyes open for a suitable bantam again.

I just been looking up in my litriture and have found one reference to the coronation bantams. I've seen 3 survivors. The bantam is one of my favourite Howard's to use, most are only 10 inches wide so go very nicely up the rows and the side shields protect the plants. Being slightly heavier than a 200 means they are also very nice to use.

now you've said it, I'm sure that's he reason.

Here's a couple of other shots of the very rare BSA engine option next to a demon and 200. The last photo shows a bantam that I re engined with a Chinese Honda and used for about 5 years on my veg plot before moving it on.

someone had thrown a tin of paint over it, but howard did do a gold bantam, a limited edition,at the moment I can't remember the reason behind it. The grey one in this photo was very tired so has now been replaced with a better example.