Looks great next to that P-51, but I doubt it will fly even if you put wings on it. 😊
That machine looks great. Good job. Is that the show just outside Watsonville or is this a different show? I was to the one near Watsonville 20 or so years ago and it was a good show then.
Great looking tractor, and sitting at Hollister Airport not far from one of my favorite restaurants, the Tres Pinos Inn, is the Salinas Airshow still running Bill? I remember visiting a small company making brand new Mustangs there at the Salinas Airport, that was at least 10 years ago now, what a sweet looking and sounding plane they are.
regards
Mike
G'day Mike. A bit of google and I found this http://www.calpacificairmotive.com/index.html
Sounds like the people you were thinking of.
Go to virtual tour, some great photos of a very nice workshop.
I am a bit of a plane nut, I have a mate who has got several old radials going, they looked specky running at night
Kevin
[quote="D349"]G'day Mike. A bit of google and I found this http://www.calpacificairmotive.com/index.html
Sounds like the people you were thinking of.
Go to virtual tour, some great photos of a very nice workshop.
I am a bit of a plane nut, I have a mate who has got several old radials going, they looked specky running at night
Kevin[/quote]
That's the company I visited, thanks for the link, I remember they had a young Aussie working there who was having a ball, and the workshop was very impressive, I lived 45 miles down the Valley and often flew in and out of that Salinas Airport. You should ask our "Edb" about radial engines, he was just telling me a week ago about one he restored at his home in Melbourne out of a Stuart Tank I believe, it took all his mates in the street to hand crank the recoil starter to fire her up, and he reckons all the hens in the district quit laying eggs for a week after she fired up!😆
regards
Mike
Bill,
Great pictures!! They need to be on a calander, thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
Found these nice detailed pictures of my tractor on the internet. Bill http://svsm.org/gallery/cat25
Found these nice detailed pictures of my tractor on the internet. Bill http://svsm.org/gallery/cat25
Our channel highlights machines from the earliest Holt and Best track-type tractors, equipment from the start of Caterpillar in 1925, up to units built in the mid-1960s.
Chapter Two
| Faulkner Farm, West Drove, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 7DP, UKChapter Nineteen
| Cnr Hiller Lane and Ballarat Road, Hamilton, Vic, 3300Chapter Two
| Pitt Farm, Little Paxton, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6HD, UKChapter Fifteen
| Historic Santa Margarita Ranch, 20000 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita, CA 93453, USA
Antique Caterpillar
Machinery Owners Club
1115 Madison St NE # 1117
Salem, OR 97301
Terms & Privacy
Website developed by
AdCo
"I also joined a year ago. had been on here a couple of times as a non-member and found the info very helpful so I got a one year subscription (not very expensive at all) to try it out. I really like all the resources on here so I just got a three year. I think its a very small price for what you can get out of this site."
-Jason N
