Ruston & Hornsby 1HR, smallest horizontal diesel they made and relatively rare with only 200 or so built from what I have been told.

5.5bhp, nearly half the weight of the 1ZHR and quite dinky  



Bought another Lister S-O-M alternator to go with it, that will be rigged up the same as for the big engine.

Peter

Ship is between Long Beach and Oakland, Tim has to pay for a Contraband Inspection on arrival, may be just an X-Ray, may have to strip it all out.

Already X-Rayed in Portugal, seems like they have a thing about unusual shipments!

Peter

Container turned up at 09.15,  loaded and gone by 12.00.

6 pallets and 2 cars on trolley frames for mobility.

Lots of space in a 40 footer but soon used up when you're bunging car-length parts in.

Peter

Container-stuffing this weekend, got to move a lot of hardware around so we can get the car bodies and parts boxes out.

I'll get some pictures if I remember the camera.

Peter

We took the Ruston and trailer up to Shildon in County Durham last weekend, for a vintage machinery show at the National Railway Museum (there are two, one at York, the main one and the other at Shildon which is the overspill site)

Weather was very cold with a bitter wind, the Ruston ran near 20 degrees (C) cooler than normal, but ran the whole day without any problems.





Another Ruston, this one is a 1HR, 5hp, the smallest of the range:



and finally a 1XHR, 8hp:



Peter

Thanks for the info, guys, I wasn't aiming at anyone, just wanted some insight as to what happened.

Peter

Bear in mind that My CE sold to Mike Liserby is not the 8/1 being discussed previously by 'bschwartz'.

Just to save any confusion  

The trouble with this whole situation is partly due to the 'Gold Rush' to get old iron shipped the North Americas.

Engines that were selling in the UK for $75 to $150 were suddenly making silly money on ebay, and it got worse.

Every old bit of Lister iron that could be made to stand up straight in front of a digital camera was sought out, and the more that sold, the more questionable became the quality of the items on sale.

The engine I sold to Mike had new pistons and liners fitted, I checked and they were. Others weren't as honest, unfortunately.

To give you an idea of how the market went, I sold those 6 engines that I am holding for under $2000 the lot. I have 10-12 years of storage on them, plus changing from wooden pallets to steel stillages. I know of one guy who is asking about shipping 6 SOM sets to the USA now, and I'd imagine the price per unit is probably what I sold all six of mine for.

To a degree, it is only the money being made on these as they change hands and countries that is driving this market, left alone they would still be a fairly popular but not often rallied diesel engine.

You don't see that many at rallies over here as they are not considered a suitable engine, plus so many have gone that there is a premium on their heads now when they show up.

Peter