Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

Thank you!! I’ll do that now

Regards
Will

Hi Grahame,

Cox and Turner supplied the rings. £58 inc delivery. I’m so pleased with the engine – now the rings and valves have been done I can hardly wind it over the compression is so good. Ready for many more years!

Regards
Will

In the end I used 10 thou inlet and 16 thou exhaust (not sure why 16 exactly!). With a hone and new rings it now has huge compression and runs beautifully

Ps the last magazine I have is dated dec ‘24

What a lovely story Geoff!

Yes I will never plough at the levels of Brian or yourself and others, but I do intend to use the machines as well as showing them (14274,13421,14355,P12352C) Annoyingly I just missed a local working day a few weeks ago. I have a few ploughs and a set of discs and a cultivator so I can have some fun 🙂

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Thanks so much Geoff, I really do appreciate the time you must take in writing your replies. All very interesting stuff, thank you again.

The tractor I will be showing is a Norton, 13421 (on your register already – ex Brian Carter), it’s in very good condition and sounds wonderful. As far as I know it had lain unused for some years before I b…[Read more]

I have just taken on a similar machine (1952) which has been stored outside for 20 years or so, it’s proving to be a bit of a pig, with a lot of seized parts, but it looks to be in far better condition than ‘yours’. I’d be giving that one a very wide berth I think, unless you are looking for a full on restoration project..

Perfect Geoff, thanks again 🙂

Thanks Geoff, if I did that would I be able to compete at ploughing matches? I only ask the question as I thought I had read somewhere that – essentially – everything on the plough had to be original, or from the correct time period or something.
Thanks!
Will