I would like to see photos of some of the things other smiths see when they travel to events.

 

In the spirit of leading from the front, this is today's trip. A friend has dispersed his extensive tractor collection and had a clearing sale today for all the parts, un-started projects and odd and ends that were not purchased by the collector market. These are the machines I custom built replacement parts for.

 

radiators and wrecks ratted for parts, missing pistons, bullet holes, fire damaged, vandalised or just buried in the sand for 50 years

 

bucket loaders and an old salvaged cletrac K

 

international macormack deering TD9 and scrapped series 2 field marshall

a little pocket rocket.....the boys carefully inspecting the assessment sheet.....a rare and unusual cross engine 1920's case tractor

 

the mighty Minneapolis Moline.

A machine ahead of its time, the working implement attached directly under the machine like a modern ride on mower

articulated steering, front wheel drive and cement counterweight in one wheel to balance the load of the offset engine and drivetrain.

 

OH... and the original paint work....atomic orange!

 

David Brown 30C and an Oliver crawler

 

these machines are very popular with the second generation modern era collectors, starting to get a cult following.

 

 

field marshall VF fowler. these two are old school land clearing machines

single cylinder oil burners, they are primed and started with a special shotgun cartridge. Bruce is checking the track bushes, we declared this one the "buy of the day" almost no wear and tear and apart from the broken crossmember and a seized RH turning clutch close to paddock ready as a machine this age could be. A snip at $4500

 

caterpillar ten, almost small enough to smuggle out under your jacket!

 

 

very tidy international TD9

 

 

McCormick-Deering 35

 

one of the few completed restorations offered for sale

My dad used to have a Caterpillar 10 with a hand crank to start it = fun

 

the young and the old

M series Nuffield from the 1950's and the Hart-Parr "Australian Special" from 1920

 

 

The Action is happening! Last bids on the pair of Molines.... and a Chamberlain "SUPER DIESEL" goes to a new home.

Lemon Row _ tractors that never made it

 

Hanomag a cantankerous beast with a reputation of the ability to break down while parked in the shed.

 

 

The SIFT, never marketed well by the distributors, rarely seen or heard of today.

 

hope you enjoy the small glimpse into the hundreds of machines that were sold today.

cheers Yahoo

Yahoo this was a real treat thanks for taking the time to post and describe some of these old dogs

If I ever win the lottery my place will probably end up looking like this.

 

Fascinating.

Great pics! Gotta love old equipment......

I attended my last auction for this season last weekend. A local private museum sold their collection which included an almost complete range of the Blackstone oil engine. From 2HP to 26HP. Really big crowd, potential buyers from all over Australia.

 

 

These single cylinder motors are known in the trade as a "hit and miss" which was the original cylinder deactivation technology. The motor freewheels on the inertia stored in the flywheel with the valves shut and the injection system closed until the speed drops enough to engage the governor then it fires for one or two compressions and freewheels a bit more. It is a bit like hearing a V8 as a young lad, you never forget the distinctive sound.

 

The little 2HP motor, the baby of the sale was what most of the serious collectors had come to see. It is not completely original with parts salvaged and made, this didn't seem to matter, it still sold for more than 5 times the price of the more common 5HP version.