Re: One for the Listerphiles

On 17 Aug 2006 14:20:35 -0700, "gary millward"
<wheeliemonster27@xxxxxxx> wrote:


Bob wrote:
Gary..
Nice pic, Question, would you consider that to be a "show"
finsih did the standard finish engines have that level of detail, also
did you note that the fuel tank has two caps allthough the engine is
clearly a petrol version, I might agree with you re. a museum piece.

Reagrds
bob

PS the exhaust is in the pick up ready for the weekend. hows the S ?

Hi Bob, The finish on this engine does look very nice, perhaps the
factory finish was that good, although black and white photos can hide
lots of sins. I would think the men in the factory who's job it was to
paint the engines were pretty good at it, they were bound to be it's
what they did every day. The engine probably dates from the late teens
early twentys going by the carb and mag. Perhaps the finish was better
on the early engines?? i've seen lister petrols on the rally field
with twin fillers before and wondered, perhaps it was optional??

We'll be coming to tern valley on sunday lots of work to do saturday
:-((
Hopefully have the S sorted for Onslow park i've made the tank stand
over a couple of nights this week we should give it a proper run early
next week.

Regards Gary M


Most other photos in the directory are postcards of the edwardian era.
Seems odd to me that in a working environment with a mill there would
be absolutely NO dust on the engine. Also odd that there is only one
bag showing any sort of printing. The printing on the bag showing is
possibly South (or North) Eastern (something, possibly railway)
Company as the last letter of the first word on the top line is an H,
and it appears the letter before it is a T and the first word on the
second line ends in a Y.

The driven machinery look to me like some sort of coffee grinder, and
the tea chest in the foreground would suggest that the establishment
is supposedly some sort of beverage company.

Personally I think this is some sort of mock up. It may be a
promotional or brochure photo.

The one thig that seems totally out of place to me is the oil can on
the tea chest. It is far too small to serve any practical purpose in
the scene depicted.

Al


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