Thanks for that.
It's a bit of a long tale, it starts with a mate, an old time steam 'Cheif Engineer, looking at a 90 year old barge in Holland, with a J type main engine and a CS donkey motor forward, for the cargo handling gear.
We live in the Pyrenees and run a ski chalet / B&B and when we move from here we'd like to go 'off grid', there's a world of opportunity up here.
Looking on the www for information on the CS Lister led me down the Startomatic path. Then on Ebay there was an L type with what looks like a frost damaged top end, in Bridport, one of my old stamping grounds
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251806210415?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
As a slow time project I wondered was it possible / practical to start from there, obviously not!! and thanks for setting me straight.
Is there anywhere else I should be looking for a CS 6/1 in rebuildable condition? - France,and the Pyrenees in particular doesn't seem like a target rich environment!