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…..and not forgetting all of the Trusty products sold there, either. Numerically it was the biggest export market that Tractors (London) had in the Forties and Fifties.

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I’d put OO grade grease in to replace the EP90. It may be a bit sluggish to start with until it warms up but it will certainly be a lot quieter and less likely to leak.
We always used to use it in the Ransomes Gang Mower gearboxes and it works wonders- it sticks to everything like s**t to a blanket!
I certainly haven’t seen another preserved Electrac; are there any more in the country?

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That’s a really well engineered engine by the look of it. I should say, over-engineered, but you should be able to overcome the problems without too much trouble. The little end bush will probably be the most difficult one to replace.
Good luck with it, Charlie. It will be good to see it working at the events this year.

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I know that John Little and Dave Foster are planning on putting on a small club stand there.

Good luck with it, fellas!

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Sorry, Robert, I thought it was Dave’s suggestion. It shows that I can’t be right all the time!!

It does seem that they have been well received, though. If you are reading this and haven’t renewed your club membership then this may just jog your memory, please don’t leave it until the end of February.

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You beat me to it, Mick. I would like to echo your comments and express the club’s gratitude to Robert (Trustymad)for his perseverance in getting the design right.

Just in case some of you are not aware, we have ordered 650 coasters to commemorate the club’s 25th anniversary in 2018. These coasters are being sent out in the post by Charlie with the insurance cards as people renew their memberships. Once they have gone, they’ve gone so don’t delay sending your renewal to Charlie to ensure that you don’t miss out.

A “Very Well Done” to Robert; not forgetting Dave Clark’s input as well for thinking up the idea in the first place!

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Tyzack also made plough parts for Tractors (London) Ltd, the makers of the Trusty tractor. I have certainly got disc coulters and plough points with their name stamped in.

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Andy- the engine is definitely not a Blackburne for a few reasons. The magneto is fitted across the front of the engine, whereas the Blackburne has one fitted at right angles to this to take the drive off the end of the camshaft. Also, the head is flat with two large brass plugs above the valves (one has the spark plug in it, the other is a blanking plug) whereas this engine has a domed top to the head. I realise that the rotation is the opposite way, but the cowling on the first picture is incorrect for the tractor anyway and the engine should rotate anti-clockwise when viewed from the right hand side. Compare the two pictures of the tractors that I have included- the colour one is my own No.220 which is the oldest surviving Trusty.

Sean- without consulting the records I would have a good guess that the original engine would have been a JAP 5 since it falls in the middle of a large batch of others fitted with the JAP 5.

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I am certain that I’ve seen that cowling on Ransomes mowers from the 1930’s. It may not be the original, but just as a matter of interest what does the serial number plate look like?

Just so that you can see which way my mind is working, take a peek at the picture below which has an early Villiers fitted.

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You are quite right, Angus. Things like that annoy me, too, and the big danger is that if inaccuracies appear in print in these magazines somebody in the future will take them as being totally correct and (surprise, surprise) there will be a two-stroke version of the Villiers Mk12 before you know it.

When I used to write my magazine articles for Tractor magazine the research used to take a lot longer than the article took to write.

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The themed section is run by Jim and Mel Wakefield who run it in conjunction with the Newark Showground.

Your best bet would be to contact them through the Newark Showground office using the contacts section on the Newark Showground website.

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That’s what we do best and maybe we don’t say enough about it! Alan is doing a cracking job and long may he continue to do so.

I haven’t had my copy yet, so I’m guessing it’s still a “work in progress”!

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It certainly looks like a two-stroke, so you’re partly right!

Any idea of it’s age, Charlie?

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You’ll have to come over next year. Also in the military line-up there was an Austin K5 (which was a rival for the AEC Matador) which is the only one I’ve ever seen in the flesh- a rare beast indeed!

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Oh- I nearly forgot. This is for Charlie, just in case he was feeling left out.

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