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Wellard Street, Serpentine, WA, 6125
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Wednesday: 9am-1pm
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Note: Closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day
Hanomag tractors were first built in 1924 when the R26 model was released. The company was based in Hanover Germany and was founded in 1835, making steam engines. They also branched into motor cars, trucks and earth moving equipment in…
The Irish “N” Model Fordson tractors were produced from 1928-1933 and followed on from Ford’s very successful first model “F” tractor, released in the US in 1917. Outwardly both models looked the same but the cooling system was upgraded on…
This Fordson Major arrived at the Museum door as a 4-wheel tractor and was transformed into a half-track by the application of a standard conversion available at that time. WA Distributors (1947): State Branch of the Ford Motor Company of…
According to Peter Henshaw, the E27N “was a great improvement on the elderly Fordson gasoline power unit” as it had a petrol/kerosene power unit. Brought into production during the Great Depression, the tractor was originally produced in the Ford factory…
R.A. Lister Engines was founded in 1867 by Robert Ashton Lister, making various agricultural implements. The firm branched into engines, especially for dairy and shearing, in the early 20th century. The firm is still in business concentrating on large engines,…
This engine is the baby sister/brother to the larger version described above. This 7hp engine used to be taken to the Royal Perth Show driving a well piston pump but is now retired as a static display hooked up to…
The Museum’s 11.5hp Hornsby engine was imported from the UK by Harris Scarfe & Co and arrived in Fremantle on 31 October 1919. It was on-sold to the Doolette Estate, Mardella in 1920 to pump water from the Serpentine River…
The Sachs air-cooled Wankel engines were sold by Finsbury (Aust.) as water pump engines, with direct coupled water pumps. These engines were classed as 4-stroke motors, but still required oil to be mixed with the petrol, like a 2-stroke…
This tractor came from the Fordson factory in the UK. WA Distributors (1947): State Branch of the Ford Motor Company of Australia Pty Ltd, Stirling Highway, North Fremantle. Technical Specifications: 6-cylinder, 4-stroke, Perkins P6 diesel engine. Bore 3½” and stroke…
Field Marshall tractors were manufactured in Lincolnshire England between 1930 to 1957. The last single cylinder tractor produced by Marshall was the 3a which could be purchased for £UK525. The 3a on display used an improved fuel injection system and…