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ELMET MARINE ENGINE – c. 1940

ELMET MARINE ENGINE – c. 1940

This attractive West Australian-built engine was manufactured by Ed and Laurie Metcalf (hence ELMET) at 338-340 Beaufort Street, East Perth.  It is a 2-stroke engine typically used in wooden, clinker-built boats (often referred to as “putt-putts”). Mainly exported to Malaya…

MASSEY FERGUSON AUTO HEADER 587 – c. 1970

MASSEY FERGUSON AUTO HEADER 587 - c. 1970

The Massey Ferguson MF587 is a self-propelled Header made in Australia by Massey-Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd. from 1969 to1973. The Headers were commonly called “Combines” due their ability to carry out the 3 functions of harvesting: Stripping, Threshing and Winnowing, that…

WINGET 42 – c. 1962

Winget by Pederick - 1962

The Winget Company was founded in 1908 by John Burn using moulds to cast concrete and other garden tractor requirements. The Winget 42 was designed and developed by Winget in the UK, but was built here in Western Australia, under…

WILSON 5hp OIL ENGINE – c. 1919

Wilson 5hp Oil Engine c.1919

One of Museum’s rarest engines is the “Wilson” built in Aberdeen Scotland. There are only around a dozen left in the world. They run on kerosene, owing to the scarcity and cost of petrol in that era. Starting was a…

TWIN CITY 21/32 – c. 1929

Twin City 2132 - 1920

The Twin City 21/32 hit the agricultural market in about 1929, following the successful development of the 12/20 and 17 A feature of the engines of these tractors was the use of four valves per cylinder, pretty much before this…

RANSOMES CRAWLER MG5 – c. 1953

Ransomes MG5 - 1953

The MG5 was built by the firm Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies. They were designed to operate in small orchards, vineyards and market gardens. A total of 15,000 of the MG series were eventually built, becoming Britain’s number 1 selling crawler.…

OLIVER HG CRAWLER – c. 1947

Oliver Cletrac HG - 1947

Cleveland Tractor Company (Cletrac) was founded by Rollin White in 1917 manufacturing tract type tractors of various sizes. Ironically the Oliver Company which later bought Cletrac, was itself bought out by the White Motor Co. in 1960. Cletrac started production…

WEST HO! 4hp ENGINE – c. 1945

West Ho! - 1955

This motor was produced in Western Australia by one of two sources: Kays Engineering Pty Ltd of 38 Catherine Street, Subiaco or the proprietor of the Overgaard’s Boatshed in Claremont. The advertising provided by Kays Engineering suggests that this company…

VILLIERS Mk10 ENGINE – c. 1965

Villiers Mk 10 - c. 1960

The little Villiers Mk10 on display was manufactured in Ballarat Vic. The Mk10 is a simple, neat and compact engine with few moving parts. Villiers Engineering of Ballarat started producing Mk10 small air-cooled engines from 1953 and the model was…

SUNSHINE MODEL A19 ENGINE – c. 1920

Sunshine Model A19 - c. 1920

The SUNSHINE family of engines were manufactured in Australia by Hugh V. McKay at the Sunshine Harvester Works at Sunshine in Victoria. The engines were made in a 2-stroke configuration in the 1910s & 1920s, coming in a 3hp, 5hp,…