Made by Hatch Brothers of Callington, Cornwall, circa 1950’s. Manufacturing rights later acquired by Wagstaff and Gladwell Ltd and sold as the WAGE, (information taken from 70 Years of Garden Machinery by Brian Bell).
Alan, the amount of literature and other records held in the archive is amazing. Looking at some of the Geo Monro items they hold I have been able to identify the SIMAR I have as a model 11. Well worth contacting them and arranging a visit to the reading room.
Looking at the photo of your Trusty it has an oil bath air filter and should have some oil in the bottom part. There should be a mark indicating the correct oil level.
Well done to Gareth and Darren, an excellent display. Thank you to all the club members and their families for supporting the horticultural section by entering exhibits. It was also good to meet all the club members visiting the show. Lets hope the show grows in coming years.
benjamin welcome to the forum. It would not hurt to add fuel additive such as Castrol Valvemaster, one of Trusty experts should know for sure. It would also be well worth using something like Ethomix from Frost
Kevin, I see. One simple solution would have been to issue those taking part a ‘free’ entry pass, this would mean no turning up on the day, did the organiser consider this?
That is the brand of fuel I was thinking of. I think the issue with modern 2 stroke oil is the old oils were thicker and the crank seals seem to prefer it.
I think I know the fuel you are talking about. I have various machines both two and four stroke and as a precaution always check float bowl is clean and jets are clear after winter lay up before starting, also check for spark. I then add fresh fuel.
Trying to date this I contacted the The Royal Smithfield Club. They informed me the show usually started on a Monday, so this would give 1944, 1950 or 1961 as possible years. Show catalogues etc are at MERL so that will be my next place to look.
