hpearce

Have you seen this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ransomes-MG-2-Crawler-Tractor-Brochure-Rare-/391314165704?hash=item5b1c244fc8:g:BmoAAOSwu-BWPRP2

Would go well with 137

I like the oil sump cover in picture 2 ..... I find that mine is very good for tea!

Wristpin, what year is your valve refacer? I have a Black and Decker drill which was my fathers dating from the 1940's or 50's which is as well made and still going strong

Ooops - scroll over pic 1 and you will have the answer

Bar point?

Could this be the remains of a skimmer, it has 3 weight carrying rollers

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ransomes-Crawler-Tractor-Compact-Caterpillar-Tractor-Kohler-Co-Engine-Project-/311459055714?hash=item4884680862

The colour photos I believe come from a film called Will the taps run dry? from a series called Look at Life made in the 1960s for showing in cinemas. They are still available on DVD

Hugh

Darren keeping all of us entertained (apart from roatavator junior)

Thanks for the great pictures.

What is in nos. 8, 9 and 19?

Like the Field Marshall and the Fergusson Pony.

Passes arrived today,

Thankyou

Thanks Paul, I would have taken more pictures if the camera battery had lasted longer.

A lot of interesting collections there, not just machinery, well worth a visit.

See http://www.rural-life.org.uk/

At the garden machinery dealer in Hindhead

Spent a rather damp morning at the Rural Life Museum at Tilford

Another nice Ransome

I am hoping to find a way of enhancing the serial no on the existing plate without restamping it. The serial no is stamped using a different type of stamp to the model no, is this usual?

Hugh

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-32427078

Thankyou very much for the advice re photo as a result of this I now know my MG2 to be no 1741 making it a 1945 machine. I am very pleased to have discovered this and really appreciate your help,

Thanks again, Hugh

Thankyou for the reply, the underside of the gear box cover was blank, am reluctant to remove the serial no plate as the rivets look original so will have a go at photographing it and adjusting the contrast etc. The engine no is TB5993 which going by the list on the MG Register in another place I reckon makes it approx 1944 or 1945

Inspired by expeatfarmers pictures of MG2 no 137 I took the top off the gearbox of my MG2, both crown wheels are marked AV 9x34 with no other markings on the rims, makes me wonder if they are replacements for the original ones. Does anyone know if this is likely? At least I know that the brakes have plenty of life left in them!

I am trying to find the date of manufacture because the serial no is not readable on the registration plate.

22nd March - Isfield

26th April - WHTIC Road Run

16th May - Bill Targett Rally

20th June - Dene Rally

4th July - Smallholders Show

22nd August - WHTIC Tracks across the field

19th September - Working Weekend at Weeley

26th September - Kingsfold Rally

Chris

I have sent you a PM

Hugh

I will be bringing some blue to Smallholders, that will set off the yellow nicely.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Mr Showman will be bringing something red, making a good display in primary colours.

Hugh

Paul

Have you and Wendy carried out all the necessary quality control checks on the breakfast at the Lavender Line?

It's a tough job but someone has to do it!

Assuming all went well I will see you there,

Hugh

Look as though both have Sturmey Archer TB engines or very similar. What CC are they?

Plaque received today, thankyou Paul

Thankyou for the welcome.

At present I don't have a lot to tell about the MG2, I bought it last September, I suspect that it has spent its life in Essex as it has a dealer plate for J A Choppen of Saffron Walden and its previous home was near Colchester. I have yet to decipher the serial number so do not know its age.