Portland Show

[sid]

it is not a disease but you will know when your engine has it//sid

[contaucreek]

Billy there are pics of the 9 on the photo gallery in my folder in the user galleries. Link at the top right hand corner of this page.

[billypurves]

Thanks for that, what year is the engine?    and what magneto have you on it?   Regards Bill.

[contaucreek]

Sorry to hijack your thread Bob. The engine was shipped to Lister Toronto Ontario Canada , leaving Dursley April 6 1916. It is set up for a Morris Lister flick mag. Engine has 2 external cams (retard, run) that act on the mag and I believe the decompression lever that lifts the exhaust valve also slides the cam in and out in conjunction to set it to starting configuration. Things in that area are still a little tight. haven't had time to do much work, Mom just getting over C surgery, been a horrible summer  Paul.

[billypurves]

Apologies also for thread theft Bob.

Hi Paul, Lovely engine, I have not seen one in the flesh.  Sorry to hear about your Mum,  a mans best ever friend.  Hope your Autumn is better than your Summer.    Regards Bill.

[rpg52]

To only partially hyjack it again, but somewhat related.  How many Portlands are there in the US?  I know of Oregon and Maine, hadn't heard of others, such as the topic of this thread!
 
Ray

[sid]

Only one.. Portland Indiana.. one of the best engine show and swap meet. swap meet held every may and show held every August. they also have one in Oct, but never been to that one.this one has remained a true engine swap meet and show//most other shows and swap meets have changed to a flea market and not worth the effort to go..it is sad to drive 1000 miles and only find junk from a flea market.this one is well worth the effort....sid

[horsefly76]

Could you tell me what "slobbering" is please as it is a term i have not heard before?

Best Regards Bill.

You don't have kids do you LOL

[rleonard]

I just got back from the Portland 2012 show.  I met Jean Desgartens (?) a regular poster on Smokestack.  He had a 3.5 CS Lister and a generator rig that I believe he was delivering to a customer there.  That was the only Lister I saw.  Certainly no Bamfords either.  I was told that there was a Ruston there but I could not find it.

Bob

[sid]

the portland show is so large it is hard to see all of it,wish I could of made the show but I should be there for the swap meet next may...hope to see you and Butch there next year/sid