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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…
The Fairbanks Morse engine on display is a good example of a typical American Farm petrol engine. It would be started on petrol and then switched over to kerosene when hot. To stop pre-ignition a 3rd needle was fitted to…
Enfield was better known for its motor bikes. “Royal Enfield” started producing a small diesel engine in the 1940s, bringing out the HO2 in 1950. The design was unique in being air-cooled with two horizontally opposed cylinders that were tailored…
The industrial version of the Douglas motorbike engine (FT35) was used in the Second World War to power generators on searchlights. Technical specifications: 2-cylinders, 4-stroke, horizontally opposed pistons with Lucas magneto. History: The Douglas family built motorbikes in Kingswood, near…
Don Daw was a Tractor Museum president and local Fire Marshall who designed and manufactured this unique fire-fighting pump in 1990. He made his own pattern and smelted aluminium in his back shed, then machined all parts on his lathe.…
These motors were initially built to power Cooper Small Flock Shearing single-post stands. They were a copy of the American Johnson Iron Horse engine and were adapted to power other small applications. The one on display is for a washing…
This engine was built by Harris, Scarfe & Sandover Ltd Perth W.A. under license from Chapman & Sherak N.S.W. This was a petrol 2-stroke motor used in an inboard configuration for wooden “Putt-Putt” boats. They had a unique patented “Bounce”…
The chain-link fence maker on display is called a fence weaver. A metal wire, often galvanized to reduce corrosion, is pulled along a rotating long and flat blade, thus creating a somewhat flattened spiral. The spiral continues to rotate past…
The ram is used to pump water from a stream or creek at no running cost. (No engine, electricity, fuel or steam is required) uses kinetic energy from the force of running water. With only 2 moving parts, the Ram…
Henry Bamford founded his iron monger company in 1871 at Uttoxeter in Staffordshire. 1920 marked the start of their engine manufacturing operation with a horizontal open crank engine that started on petrol and was switched over to kerosene when hot.…