Your Oldest Engine/Tractor etc Down Under

[Oldsiron]

Something to get the yacken cracken
how about a list of your oldest piece?
can be a engine, mower, truck, tractor, steamer,
hoe (rotary) etc

ENGINE: 5A OLDS circa (1901)
TRACTOR: (1938) HR7 Lanz Bulldog
MOWER: (1950) villager

Chris

[Don Selmer]

1893 PIERCE INVERTED 3/4 h.p.
1893 PIERCE INVERTED 1 H.P.
1897 FOOS BELT-DRIVEN GOVERNOR WIPER SPARK
1909 IHC FRICTION DRIVE TRACTOR
1909 IHC 2-SPEED TRACTOR

[Patrick M Livingstone]

My oldest engine is my vertical Columbus c1903.

My oldest car is the Ford Model A (1928)

My oldest Australian engine is my 3.5hp Austral Oil Engine (October 1917)

[Steve Shearman]

My oldest would have to my Rider Ericsson 6in Hot Air pumping Engine

[Wayne Timms]

Hello Chris,

The oldest internal combustion engine in Australia is in the Sydney Powerhouse Museum.

It is an Otto Langen fluted column rack and pinion.

The engine would have been built in the 1860s.

The engine can be seen on Wayne Grennings webpage :

http://wgrenning.googlepages.com/ott...erengines-12hp

Regards,
Wayne

www.bluefuel-whitesmoke.com

[wegotallama]

Australia also has an 18th century steam engine - A Boulton and Watt Planetary if I remember...I found it because Josiah Wedgwood also had one in his factory.

[Patrick M Livingstone]

The Boulton & Watt belongs to the Powerhouse Museum (who also have the Otto-Langen). The B&W dates to around 1785 and according to the museum is "the oldest rotative steam engine in the world."
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/coll...177&img=113241

[Russell Gilbert]

My oldest engine is a Hornsby Akroyd. 3.5hp Stationary engine dated 1904. Still hunting for my first pre 1900 engine
:-)


Russell

[E27N]

1927 Kohler 110V 800w genset

[Luke]

Thought that I would chime in,

My oldest American engine: Olds Type a 4.5HP about 1910-12
Oldest Aussie made engine: 2HP Sunshine o/crank late 1920's-early 30's
Oldest English engine: 2.5HP Tangye 1915
Oldest vehicle: 1963 EJ Holden panel van

Cheers, Luke

[WilliamInOz]

we got a steam engine around 1850-1870 i think made in melbourne.
theres a pump thats 1856 from bedford in enland.

Cheers, Will

[Michaely]

Hi all, has been a bit quiet with the "loss"of the TOMM forum - so glad to find the aussie smoke stack!

My oldest engine(s):

Olds gearless - not sure of hp but probably 10 -12. An early serial number which I'm guessing is late 1890s - although I'm sure they sold em later than that. Current project.
Olds Type A 12 hp - a late B series engine which would be 08/09 I guess - runs.
F-M jack of all trades 6hp - ?1905/06 going by the pre 1911 serial no list. Project
Hornsby 9 1/2hp - definately a 1906 engine - runs

check em out on Youtube - search under "mikelsjunk"

Mike in Orange NSW

[Oldsiron]

Hi Mike, can you post pics of your gearless and 12hp olds?

here is my 5A

regards Chris

[Michaely]

Hi Chris,

The top two are my Type A 12hp serial # B8022. Transport is not original. Had to make or get made a few bits to get running. The bottom pic is #2711 which is the second oldest of the 8 or so serial no.s I have for the gearless type. It looks a bit sad now but will be OK in a year or so - maybe even making a noise. The bore is 7" but as the plate is missing not sure what the HP is but is the same size as the 12Hp engine at Coolsprings - a later engine - #4715..

Mike

[Oldsiron]

Thanks for the pics Mike, can you bring the big girl to the Murrumbateman field days in October? our feature engine is "OLDS"
(We are aprox 3 hrs from Orange)
regards Chris

[Patrick M Livingstone]

This thread needs another kick along
My oldest English engine is my 4hp Blackstone (tested 15 April 1915).

My most modern engine is my Ronaldson-Tippett N from the 40's

[Mozart.1756]

My oldest American engine is F-M jack of all trades 1903

Oldest English engine all from 1906, 5 hp Blackstone, Honsby 2hp and a Petter handyman anglo 5hp.

[Oldsiron]

Hi Mike, have you seen this pic before?
18hp gearless at the olds museum.
#7354



regards Chris

[Bob Geyer]

Mike,

Any possibility of posting a picture of the Hornsby?

Thanks

Bob

[Michaely]

Hi Chris,

No I havent seen this actual phopto but I have seen engines like this in other photos. The engine is type G which kind of looks like a Gearless but isn't. I've never seen one in Oz - doubt if they came here. Have a look at Wendells red book where it shows this engine. Thanks for posting the pic.


Michael