elansprint72 Posted February 19, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Eccentrics, human and mechanical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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davidmires Posted February 20, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 20, 2007 Pete, is this in the UK? I can see this is an American engine, a "hit and miss" type. Most likely an oilfield engine. Were these things used in England? I've heard one run...eccentric, indeed. Good stuff :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker Posted February 20, 2007 Share #3 Posted February 20, 2007 Eccentrics, human and mechanical. Long live eccentricity I say - and my wife agrees, saying she hopes I live long!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted February 20, 2007 Pete, is this in the UK? I can see this is an American engine, a "hit and miss" type. Most likely an oilfield engine. Were these things used in England? I've heard one run...eccentric, indeed. Good stuff :-) David, yes it's in the UK. This is a gas engine, and before the coming of mains electricity to the countryside, almost every farm would have one of these on site. They were used for all sorts of things, producing electricity, powering pumps, threshing machines or sawing wood. The gas would be made on the farm in a power-gas producer, these could run on wood, coal, oil or just about anything that would burn. This one at the show was running on bottled propane. If you call petrol "gas" in the US, what do you call gas? Thanks for your comments Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmires Posted February 20, 2007 Share #5 Posted February 20, 2007 Hi Pete, I guess there were probably stationary engines produced in England then. I just wonder how many were imported from the 'states... Here, they were used for pretty much everything as well. The ones used in the oilfields had the advantage of a constant source of fuel from the fields themselves. Re: gas - We usually just say or "propane" or "natural gas" or "acetylene" or identify it in some other way. Diesel is usually referred to as fuel by the macho dually driving types... Gasoline is just gasoline. Gas for short;) As in: " I need to go and get some race gas" Cheers, David. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted February 20, 2007 David, There seems to have been many UK manufactureres. I went to this event expecting to see big steam traction engines but instead found it full of these folks who just sit by their little chugging engines all day, taking in the fumes! Takes all sorts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted February 20, 2007 Share #7 Posted February 20, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Pete, Great reportage, amazing bunch of guys playing with their toys. Great idea, and great shots. Thanks for sharing. Ed. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neila Posted February 21, 2007 Share #8 Posted February 21, 2007 Enjoyed those Pete - made me smile thinking of all our rather peculiar eccentricities, summer days and little to do. Lovely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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