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I’m really thinking I must give Weeley a look this year. Especially in view of Charlie’s mysterious post. One question, are there facilities on site? 70 miles in the Commer will necessitate several bottles of water to combat heat in the cab. If not Charlie might not be the only member with something different and rarely seen on show, especially if the hedges are short…..

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Hi chaps
Glad you have got to the bottom of the problem. If it runs ok possibly best not to fiddle with mag as from personal experience they can be difficult to adjust!
Yes, you are right about the pegs. The long one is the one that engages, the short one is a blank to stop soil getting in the hole. If the long one won’t easily engage when you want to swap them over, push it in as far as you can then lift machine up by handlebars while pushing on peg and it should go in.
There are two red sprung pawls on the outside rim of the inner part of the wheels which transfer the forward motion from the inner rim. I find these are best left engaged when working. Reverse motion is transferred by the hinged pawls. If you just engage one of these it will provide reverse to the selected wheel which assists turning round at the ends of the working rows.
Peter

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Hi Contact Peter Martin
01366 500781 or
07770 351049

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Hi Ian and Anthony
Charlie will be able to date accurately from Monro records, but judging from mine, fairly early one , 1949/50 I’d guess.
The carb isn’t like mine but SIMARs were fitted with AMAL carbs. I might be tempted to check timing and magneto before fiddling with carb. I have the timing info. I can send it if you pm me your email address.

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Hi Andy
You have to book in advance. I have contact phone numbers, I’ve pm’ed them to you. Great show, well worth a visit.
Peter

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Thanks Dave.
I couldn’t remember from last year whether they were sent early or not, didn’t want to miss it! SIMARs will be out in force!

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If anyone can do it, Charlie can!

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It actuallylooks not as bad as it seemed in the first photos. Are you tempted to have a bash at restoration, Charlie? I
Easy for me to ask, of course! But there’s no doubt they were well made, for the wheels to be capable of turning after where its been defies belief. Have you any idea how long its been buried?

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Fairly close to mine 560115. Wonder what happened to the Waterperry one? Probably had a harder life than mine!

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Yes Charlie, it was. No sound on film but good to see SIMAR as it would have been when nearly new. I’ve seen it before somewhere. Also a Farmers Boy(I think, only a small glimpse).
As for women making better gardeners, not sure, but my mother could handle a Hatz Gem with the best of them, sometimes working all day with it, so maybe a grain of truth to it!

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Nice machine Charlie. I was tempted but a long way from me, and no room in the shed! Must try and sort out the A4 now the weathers warmer.

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Whoops only saw 3 2Ds, must need new glasses, mind you only went for a quick look round, having too much fun with Honda.

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A big thank you to all involved in putting this event on. Great opener to the season. Gets bigger and better every year. There would be photos but some idiot forgot his phone. Never mind I’m sure someone more sensible than me will post some. Highlight for me was the Petter V4 crawler, what a noise on straight pipes! And 3 David Brown 2Ds. And the fact that the Honda ran faultlessly!

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Sorry chaps, I didn’t realise the SIMAR was so popular! It wasn’t because I think it will rain tomorrow that I left it at one machine Andy, I’d had it with rain running down the back of my neck while prancing about on the Commer bed.
Its dark now, and neighbours might object to being woken up by the sound of a healthy 2-stroke first thing on a Sunday.
However, for those who like being deafened, I’ll be at Little Ellingham with the SIMARs later in the year! And a plug for Tracks and Steel Wheels in the Autumn, great event this in North Elmham, lots of heavy crawlers and the odd few tracked and steel wheeled horticulturals. Good day out, again we’ll be there.

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Well, supposed to be cloudy but dry this afternoon. Continuous rain, thanks BBC Weather… Fed up with loading in the rain now just bringing Honda, assuming the forecasters can get it right some of the time.

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