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Peter
I notice you have secured your fleet securely, we don’t want any more Simar disasters !!
Chris

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well done lads! Keep flying the flag in Kent, and Sussex of course!!

Chris

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Could be a useful source of parts Charlie, I hope it is not scrapped!

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Peter, your type 5 sounds very similar to mine, I don’t think they ever revved very fast as they had plenty of torque at low revs. Is that original paintwork? or has it been ‘restored’ in the past. There is hardly a scrap of paint on mine, and I am going to leave it just coated with linseed oil mix.
Chris

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Hi there.
Could these members of the Fisk family be related to Peter Fisk who has a smallholding in Thurston, Suffolk. he shows Chrysanths and grows a lot of veg. But i guess it is a pretty common name in that area. There is a clematis nursery owned by a Fisk. And I used to know a Derek Fisk who was a top man in the world of Stock car racing.

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Hi there Chriscross

I did find a few years ago, that by burning along the base of a wire netting fence, that it upset the galvanising and the base of the fence quickly went rusty. So beware !!

Chris

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I don’t think you neighbours will be very pleased when you start mowing the lawn Chris!!!

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I believe the landmaster Lion was the largest model, it used the same JAP 500 engine as fitted to the Howard Gem of the period, one of our ex members in Sussex has a Hawk which I seem to remember had a Villiers 40 engine.

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I don’t think I would offer more than £ 20-25, depends if it is up and running.
They are not very common now, so worth buying if you can.

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Hi there.
I think it was known as a ‘bushwakka’, but I could be mistaken, I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong!!
Chris

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Hello Charlie

Allman sprayers are still operating out of Chichester, maybe they could date them for you. but looking at the engines I too would guess late 50s.

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Hi ted20

The Howard -Clifford Hako was only supplied with a single sheet of instructions as far as I know. I am not sure if they ever produced a workshop manual, I have a Hako that runs really well, and I might have a JLO book somewhere, Rather busy this weekend, but I will look when I have 5 minutes.

Best of luck with the engine, sounds like a diesel soak is called for !!

regards
Chris

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Has anyone taken photos this year ??

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Good luck Steve, I hope it is a success this year. We would be there if there was not such a distance between us, we enjoyed it last time.
I recommend the weekend to all horticultural machinery collectors, even if you don’t have a working machine JUST GO AND VISIT Tea and cake is excellent.
Chris

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Hello there
The green painted tines are obviously from the Dowdeswell factory, meaning that they were made for one of the Howard range of cultivators. The ones with the longer blade are for a Howard 300/350/352, and the ones with the shorter blade are the centre row of blades for the same range of models. The Bantam if i remember correctly are a bit ‘taller’ but have the same mounting bolt spacings. I seem to remember being told in the dim and distant past that this range of blades fit an ‘Earthquake’ but I could be mistaken, give them a try.
Chris

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