the showman

Ive drawn the blinds, she might not notice,

As many of you know by now a few of us southern Boys and Girls are going up north to Newby Hall Tractorfest. This was decided at our Christmas dinner in December and seemed a good idea at the time as there was 6 months to get ready. Since December my wife has been quite poorly and my van needed replacing, After spending months on the internet and hundreds of miles viewing junk I found what I was looking for, after mopping and waxing the bodywork I found that it needed new brakes all round and steering drumsticks and tyres, with all that done all I had to do is fit the winch. I have to say that at one point I was going to cancel the trip but with help from close friends I kept going. As there is now only 3 days before we leave, I thought I had better start getting some Exhibits together today and this is as far as I got today. Photo 1 is first thing this morning. Photo 2 the same. Photo 3 everything moved to get at the back of the shed, and the Rowcrop uncovered after winter storage

yes it was Paul, thanks for that, nice to have breakfast in Bournemouth with Andrew and David, picked the engine up on the way back

Oh no, the cats out the bag, I was trying to keep it under wraps Norm

a bit of both James

Havnt had a chance to look at it yet, I knew it had no spark but it turns over ok and has plenty of compression, what ever is in the fuel tank smells funny so I guess its been standing for a while

Just bring it, you know you want to, there be plenty of us to tow it around, I could even bring my tow crane

This ones sold now James, sorry mate

I'am bringing the "Trachorse" the "Rowcrop" and another "Round-nose" (depends which start) and another Wheelhorse "Giftwrapped" . and some boxes of parts Forgot to add "Wheelhorse Dump-cart" if I can get it in, and maybe the plough

A fellow member gave me the nod on this little engine on the bay, nobody bid on it and I won it for the starting price (£31). As a few of my Wheelhorse's have this engine, I thought it would be a handy spare

Fantastic, your sure you've been away, forget the GT you gotta bring that theres still a few days yet !!. is it going to have front fenders Mark ?

My visa and travel permit's arrived today, just got to have my injections on Monday and iam ready for the trip "Up North"

You'll have to wait Mark, I'am sworn to the secrets act

You could put the bits in a blender now Ian

Glad to see the acid worked Ian, just leave it outside now and let the dew do the rest

Interested in this, see the recycle section

here ye go Norm

Thought you would have grown out of the hooligan stage at your age Titch, you need one of these now your more mature

Ive got a Wheelhorse C120 8 speed sitting on my patio that iam thinking about selling. As iam going to Newby Tractorfest next week I could take it with me if anyones interested

That's not good Norm, bring it in boxes, there's enough of us to screw it together

Happy birthday to a good friend, wish you all the best mate

Well done Ian, works well and good audio, look forward to the next installment

The HT lead looks a bit long Norm, might make the motor run a bit retarded, do you want me to bring you a shorter one to Newby ?

Yeh, don't forget the battery Norm. you don't want to push it to Newby, at least its down hill from up there