Engines, Brands & Manufacturers

[charlie]

Seeing Sachs has reminded me of another Hatz

[andyfrost]

Hirth
Acme
Corborn (spelling???)
Jowett/Bradford
British Junior
Howard

I would hazard a guess the list would run into the hundreds , that’s without getting old stationary engines involved.

Andy.

[alan]

Andy, Yes the list would be a very long one. The more I look then the more I find!

[will-haggle]

Did any early mowers have Blackburn engines, Blackburn was an aircraft firm, they were used in some motorcycles and Morgan 3 wheelers…. Any early mowers, Andy Hall?

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by will-haggle.

[will-haggle]

How about Drayton, as used in Ransomes Crawlers. German diesel marine engine….

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[trusty220]

Blackburne engines were used in some early machinery- my own Trusty 220 (the 45th production machine) has a Blackburne engine. This manufacturer had no connection at all with Blackburn Aircraft Ltd as you can probably guess from the spelling.

Blackburne engines were produced by a company called Burney and Blackburne who were based originally near Farnham in Surrey to make motorcycles during and after the First World War; motorcycles were discontinued in 1922 and they concentrated on small engine production up to the end in 1937, selling their engines to light car and motorcycle manufacturers.

The aircraft confusion obviously comes about through the similar name but note that Blackburn Aircraft Ltd is spelt without an “E” on the end. Further confusion was introduced in the “Seventy Years of Garden Machinery” book which describes the Bean toolbar tractor as being made by an aircraft manufacturer in Blackburn, Lancashire. As we all know, the Bean was made by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd under contract, but Blackburn Aircraft was based in Brough, East Yorkshire, local to where the designer lived; there has never been an aircraft manufacturer in Blackburn, Lancashire.

The important part of this is that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in print and you should always cross reference any facts to determine their accuracy; never rely on one source for your information.

[andyfrost]

“The important part of this is that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in print and you should always cross reference any facts to determine their accuracy; never rely on one source for your information.”

Geoff , very tue words , as well as the internet provides us with good info , it also carries some bloomers. The recent thread on here about Flymo engines being a good example . a clear picture of an original JLO engined machine , and a posting claiming it should have been Aspera , fortunately most of us noticed the error.

Andy.

[enginear]

ABC, Blackburn.

[alan]

I hadn’t heard of ABC engines so looked them up. Sources say that a company called A.B.C. Motors Ltd, London, were started in 1912 and was known for aircraft engines including vee, vertical and radial types.

This reminded me about Wankel rotary engines used on a few mower brands including Wolf.

Indeed, Drayton engines and also Blackburne to add to the list.

I have seen on adverts (but don’t know the manufacturer):
Acme & Intermotor (Danarm/Bertolini cultivators)
Oleo-Mac (on their chainsaws)
Komatsu Zenoah

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by alan.

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