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More progress over the weekend...
 
Multigardner 3 has been painted and fitted to the graveyard mower chassis, and a new addition is this mower... although badged as a Norlett it is identical to the Farmfitters Rapier mower that was also offered as an attachment for the Multigardner...
 
I have another use for the B&S engine thats on it so nothing is going to waste...

Machine testing facility... oh you mean the race track !!

it says on the top its your cadet wendy  can i have my like now

Oh dear Nige you have upset the boss now !!

Looking forward to seeing photos of the completed shed Mark

Nice machine Nigel, another one left the collection sadly...

couple of picts my bolens 800 my mayfield merlin and wendys cub cadet
 

Not yet Neil, but it will be on the graveyard mower chassis as seen below...

Home now here's the photos...

A mate of mine down on the Sussex Coast (no not Mr Showman) has a large collection of stationary engines, mainly generators and battery charging sets, amongst which is a little set made by W.E.Conyers Ltd. I always fancied this little set and thought if one came along I would add it to the collection, as its 6 12 or 24 volt I could use it to demonstrate the 12 volt Tarpen equipment that I have.
 
Walking round the Sunday Sortout at Newark last November I spotted a Conyers set on the very last stall we looked at. It wasn't dear so was duly purchased and brought back to the camping field (see first photo below)
 
A few days later I popped down to see our mate Steve who owns the other Conyers set and found that not only did my set run with a bit of tinkering (and a bit of smoke - too much oil in the petrol) but that it and Steves set are only two serial numbers apart !!

A mate of mine down on the Sussex Coast (no not Mr Showman) has a large collection of stationary engines, mainly generators and battery charging sets, amongst which is a little set made by W.E.Conyers Ltd. I always fancied this little set and thought if one came along I would add it to the collection, as its 6 12 or 24 volt I could use it to demonstrate the 12 volt Tarpen equipment that I have.
 
Walking round the Sunday Sortout at Newark last November I spotted a Conyers set on the very last stall we looked at. It wasn't dear so was duly purchased and brought back to the camping field (see first photo below)
 
A few days later I popped down to see our mate Steve who owns the other Conyers set and found that not only did my set run with a bit of tinkering (and a bit of smoke - too much oil in the petrol) but that it and Steves set are only two serial numbers apart !!

We also have a few Landmaster machines, some of these were also displayed at Ardingly last year (photos taken before the low flying Trojan arrived  )

To be fair to the old blue oval I have had three Focus, a 1.6 hatch which was a bit of a dog, a 2 litre hatch which was superb, only bettered by the 2 litre estate I had for 8 years before trading it in last year for the Duster..
 
My dad was in the Ford world in the motor trade for many years so I think some of his influence rubbed off, until now I have only ever owned Ford or Vauxhall cars and they never let me down, luck of the draw I suppose...

Great refurb, well done !

Great refurb, well done !

Nice collection of engines, well restored

Superb restoration, well done !!

Thats great Ian, don't think I have ever seen Nigel smile that much or that often !!
 
Can't  say I blame him though, that looked a right laugh...

What a lovely restoration and a great story, a fitting tribute to your friend, well done that man

No problem, glad I could help
 
I am always searching for Tarpen on that well known auction site, if one pops up I will let you know...

Found it !!

Hello Wallfish, these sets were distributed in the UK by Tarpen Engineering
 
I have a large and ever growing collection of Tarpen tools and was lucky enough to purchase one of these sets in 2013
 
Photo shows my set at our local meet and greet at Xmas 2013.

Another photo from a show in June 2013 showing my Turbair set flanked by a pair of Landmaster rotavators

I have emailed Patrick Knight at Kelsey Publising regarding Tractorfest, I said I would keep him updated with developements

March 16th is your target then mate !!

This is a lovely machine, I have driven it and its so easy to drive...