thanks there are some nice shot there.
Gidday Ian,
If that Fowler Challenger is what I think it is it is very rare, having a two cylinder version of the 'Field Marshall' two stroke diesel engine. As with many rare models, the reason it is rare is that they were not a success with the engines aparantly using a lot of oil and wearing rapidly.
Great pictures and a good selection of machines including the great little Ransomes MG6 machine.
[quote="gauntjoh"]Gidday Ian,
If that Fowler Challenger is what I think it is it is very rare, having a two cylinder version of the 'Field Marshall' two stroke diesel engine. As with many rare models, the reason it is rare is that they were not a success with the engines aparantly using a lot of oil and wearing rapidly.
Great pictures and a good selection of machines including the great little Ransomes MG6 machine.[/quote]
That is a Challenger with the 2 cylinder 2 stroke there are couple floating around in Australia but thats fairly rare unit world wide now, not many made to start with and not many survived
I like the first little crawler top photos Ian
Paul
Gidday Ian,
If that Fowler Challenger is what I think it is it is very rare, having a two cylinder version of the 'Field Marshall' two stroke diesel engine. As with many rare models, the reason it is rare is that they were not a success with the engines aparantly using a lot of oil and wearing rapidly.
Great pictures and a good selection of machines including the great little Ransomes MG6 machine.
I wish I knew about it I could have brought my d4 well maybe next time
Last years show at Kimgaroy was fantastic. I, unfortunately was unable to attend , but through Great friends sending me photos straight from the rally was able to post some photos on a thread here .
http://www.acmoc.org/bb/showthread.php?23702-Kingaroy-Queensland-Show
On the fifth photo, what is the steering wheel for? I have never seen that before. Robyn
The steering wheel is used to steer the tractor!
The steering wheel is used to steer the tractor!
You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.
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