If I'm driving something that takes 50 turns lock to lock I don't want to be going faster than that.Rather sporting cockpit, as befits the dizzy and once illegal speed of not four but FIVE miles per hour!
I wondered that, too! Mind, if it was at Hall's, I'd probably assume they'd just brought it out of the shed to haul a boat up the slip. I reckon some of their gear was doing duty in the same era that the traction engine was built.Has their boat hoist broken down?
From the timd when we actually mqnufactures stuff i have seen s a generator mafe by revell of ipswich. It was aboard ths ss robert stephdnson at oostende voor anchor anout 3 yrs ago. As was its ateam engine built in lowestoft . Plus an 8 cylindsr gardener fully rebuilt to original spec. Both engines coupled to same drive train.
I presume she visited so the driver could have a pint of Shipyard and the engine gallons of water; or perhaps negotiations were taking place for a Winter Lift and Storage Deal
I went to a vehicle auction in ELy several years ago (2007?) and a pile of rust that had been a traction engine... It sold, as I recall for about £100,000...Have any of you seen the prices attached to some of these wonderful machines?
£300k-£500k seems to be the going rate along with a few POA's...