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BMB made motorboats using that little Spryte engine inboard.

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Some bits in The Cultivator as well.

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I’ve downloaded it for the Cultivator, Dave, and it’ll go in the Events Off section, which is growing at a rate of knots!

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Here’s a drawing and parts list for the S12, on our machines they were only used on Howard Bantams with Mk15 engines but small motorcycles had them as well.
http://www.villiers.info/carbs.php

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Send it in and ask for offers, lawn care items are quite sought-after, it seems pretty rare. I am the editor.

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Somebody like our “Thomas” or “Mr Wallingfield” may have dragged one over a municipal playing field or two during his apprenticeship!

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Confession time, I got a phone number wrong in an advert, please ring me if you find you can’t contact the person.

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Geoff – There’s an I in team and that be I!! It was nice to get not one but two articles from Scotland.

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…and mine! I like the Chairman’s bit, More thoughts on your search for a place in the country, please, Geoff….

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In the instructions it advises honing the bore.

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Vermorel made most of the Cooper-Pegler sprayers. Here’s a similar one behind a garden tractor….
https://www.facebook.com/BANBURYSTEAMRALLY/photos/pcb.2731558853792827/2731554210459958/

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Thanks for the king words about the Cultivator. Sorry to see that you’re not so well Expeatfarmer, you did do some excellent displays, I particularly remember the one at Newbury.

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Here’s a link to CEI or British Standard Cycle thread…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Standard_Cycle

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At some point in the Fifties British Industry went American, Whitworth, BSF, BA, CEI and a host of other specialised threads went and all new designs were required to have UNF/UNC. This led to the Mini range and some others having engines with BSF/Whitworth types and chassis fittings, having been designed in 1957, using UNF/UNC threads. Then in 1973 it all changed again and we went Metric. Having said all that the one thread in use all over the world to this day is ¼ Whitworth. It is found in the bottom of very camera ever made and on every tripod, good old Joseph Whitworth, specified it in in 1841 and it led to the first National Standards in the world, British Standards. Seems a bit appropriate to be writing this on the day when Britain has left the EU! Not that we’ll abandon the metric system now.

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Happy New Year from Val and I! Downloaded the Calendar OK, a great effort from Robert to put it together!

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