Smugmug wants a login in to see the pics
OK probably need to change the setting somewhere.
Smugmug also tries to sell me my own pictures even when I am logged to my own site.
So ....
Happy new year all. Or was that y'all.
Double clicked that link and it played.
Quote from Brstr on December 31, 2023, 3:49 pmHappy new year all. Or was that y'all.
Double clicked that link and it played.
I'm guessing it's because you have an account. I tried again (because I really want to see your rig) and got a logon screen.
I must agree........I say I must agree..........with my colleague in Pennsylvania.....we have to have a Smugmug account to sign in.....to view those pictures.
But I can save Drew some time......I have seen all of Brstr's pictures, and his vehicles are PHENOMENAL.
Especially the 1920's Fiat.
Two Million Mile Rider...All 7 Continents
Exploring the World in Comfort
OK try a different tack.
Down sou5h at the moment at my sisters place.
Drew would love it.
She has collected random metal bits for decades from farm clearing sales.
Drapes them artistically as you do.
Heading this morning to Wellstead Bremer Bay museum.
Lots of pioneer stuff and old motors.
May take pics.
Let's see some pics. Sounds like my kind of place!
One for Drew
I will get a roasting If she finds out I've posted her place on line.
But hey only live once.
Now?
Quote from Brstr on January 11, 2024, 6:27 pmOne for Drew
That's cool. Great use of chains.
Being a vintage mech head, have to say I'm digging the tractors too.
I was having trouble last night loading pics.
Very little mobile reception and slow internet.
Country living
The upside is it's soon peaceful and beautiful scenery.
My sister had to detour over east with floods on her way home here.
Here yesterday we had a half hr detour because of fires. The kicker was the drizzling rain at the time???
The Lanz Bulldog had special meaning to me. 1951 model.
It was identical to the one dad bought in Victoria 60 yes ago and shipped on the train to Western Australia so he could clear his 2000 acre bush block.
10.3 litre 2 stroke diesel that is pre heated with a blow torch then started by hand turning the flywheel. Did it easily as a kid.
I last drove it as a 13yr old clearing scrub with a heavy chain between it and an AW7 international my older brother drove .
We went down into a gully and snagged a big stump going up the other side.
Stalled the Bulldog which rolled backwards down the hill with the engine running in reverse.
(2 stroke diesels can do that trick)
Me a scrawny kid heaving on the steering wheel with one foot on the clutch and the other on the brake to no avail.
So here we are in the gully, engine pop popping happily backwards?
What to do?
I revved to the Max (900rpm?) Then shut the throttle completely. That gave plenty of time to jump down and pop the cover from the flywheel.
And wait for it with a hand on the manual fuel pump handle.
As it almost stopped I gave a pump.
It kicked back forwards again followed by some more pumping to pick up some revs.
That gave enough time to run around and open the throttle up again.
Next was run back and put the cover on the flywheel then back to driving laughing like hyena at what I had just pulled off.
Still don't know how I got the timing right 1st up.
Taking of was an exercise as well.
You rev it up enough not to stall and slip the clutch same as a normal engine but the results are more exaggerated so to speak.
Lots of pop pop popping then blaaat....... blaaat.....blaaat. as it all but stalls and the momentum of the massive flywheel overcomes the inertia of a heavy machine along with that massive cast iron piston.
Loved that tractor.
They have other tricks as well.
On a cold morning start up they blow smoke rings high in the sky.
And never leave one idling on soft ground.
Not done it but that big piston rocks the machine back and forth enough to bury itself apparently.
Sidecar content.
My mum's dad had a sidecar I believe a Douglas?? Not 100%.
She was born 1929 and rode in the chair till big enough to pillion.
The other is a dodgy Ural.
