Kritika
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TE1 "Flat Canopy" in all its Glory.Well it’s taken me a while- as holidays and business trips seem to keep getting in the way.  But last night I finally gave it a good clean and polished the brass.
We are having a nice sunny day here in the south of England  , so I took advantage and shot off these post-cleaned shots. I hope you enjoy them as much as I like this engine, it’s now become my firm favourite in my collection.
My 1963 Mamod TE1 Nut and Bolter with grooved back wheels and the all important 1963 “Flat canopy” 
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Lewis
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Man that looks good 
A great engine you have there 
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Les
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That looks very nice.
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johnreid
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I doubt it looked that good when it left the factory, top rate job there 
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steamyjim
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That looks great mate
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kusuchi
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Great Looking TE1 Very nice condition. Great set of photos.
How much cleaning did you have to do to get it to shine so beautifully.
It certainly is a beautifully preserved engine
At some point, it would be great to assemble the best preserved of every edition of the TEs for a Bible photo op.
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Kritika
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| kusuchi wrote: | Great Looking TE1 Very nice condition. Great set of photos.
How much cleaning did you have to do to get it to shine so beautifully.
It certainly is a beautifully preserved engine
At some point, it would be great to assemble the best preserved of every edition of the TEs for a Bible photo op. |
About 10 min on the paintwork but about 30 min on the brass bits which are small and tricky Richard.
Remember Richard I still want your N&B TE when you need room on your shelf’s, It will be WELL looked after
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kusuchi
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| Kritika wrote: | | kusuchi wrote: | Great Looking TE1 Very nice condition. Great set of photos.
How much cleaning did you have to do to get it to shine so beautifully.
It certainly is a beautifully preserved engine
At some point, it would be great to assemble the best preserved of every edition of the TEs for a Bible photo op. |
About 10 min on the paintwork but about 30 min on the brass bits which are small and tricky Richard.
Remember Richard I still want your N&B TE when you need room on your shelf’s, It will be WELL looked after |
I remember.
But I still have two whole bookcases without a single engine on them. 
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Les
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| kusuchi wrote: | | Kritika wrote: | | kusuchi wrote: | Great Looking TE1 Very nice condition. Great set of photos.
How much cleaning did you have to do to get it to shine so beautifully.
It certainly is a beautifully preserved engine
At some point, it would be great to assemble the best preserved of every edition of the TEs for a Bible photo op. |
About 10 min on the paintwork but about 30 min on the brass bits which are small and tricky Richard.
Remember Richard I still want your N&B TE when you need room on your shelf’s, It will be WELL looked after |
I remember.
But I still have two whole bookcases without a single engine on them. |
Yet.
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CCairns
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Great to see such an early TE1 in such beautiful condition.
Makes the rest of us envious - Well Done.
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Kritika
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An Arty shot for your screen savers…
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Mamodman123
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Yup she's a minter! wonderful engine! Really great to see!
Has it been fired?
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Kritika
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FIRED !!!
It was running full steam when I found it MM, I had to empty the hot water and meths out so I could take it home mate
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made-in-england
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Lovely Mate!
Where are you in hampshire cos ive had crap weather today!
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Manxman
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Oh that is lovely. Another great engine. Between us, we must own a fair few of the gold lettered examples of the TE.
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Minor1PJG
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A real beauty
And to think I was so close that day, but missed it 
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Les
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| Minor1PJG wrote: | A real beauty
And to think I was so close that day, but missed it |
Snap.
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Kritika
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| Manxman wrote: | | Oh that is lovely. Another great engine. Between us, we must own a fair few of the gold lettered examples of the TE. |
We’ve cornered the world market Chris
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Kritika
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| made-in-england wrote: | Lovely Mate!
Where are you in hampshire cos ive had crap weather today! |
Tucked away in a microclimate behind the Isle of White mate…. but don’t tell anyone, once our secret is out they will all want to move here.
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MTA
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| Kritika wrote: | | made-in-england wrote: | Lovely Mate!
Where are you in hampshire cos ive had crap weather today! |
Tucked away in a microclimate behind the Isle of White mate…. but don’t tell anyone, once our secret is out they will all want to move here. |
Hayling Island? (you can tell I didn't take Geography can't you )
That is a real looker there Steve
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Griffin
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That is one exquisite early TE1, a real fine job you have done there, great to see.
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Sandman
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Excellent job and a beautiful engine.
Well done.
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Kritika
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| Griffin wrote: | | That is one exquisite early TE1, a real fine job you have done there, great to see. |
Thanks for the kind words guys, but really I did very little, just a quick clean. It’s just a nice example, complete with box and all original accessories.
But glad you like it as much as I do.
I’m starting my website soon, so I will be asking a few of you in the coming months if I can use some images of your engines you have all posted in the last year or so (especially you Chris) 
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Nick
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You did a great job polishing that one up.
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Wallace
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Looks great Kritika
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oldstuff
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What a lovely TE!
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bessytractor
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How did I miss this 
its amazing! Really well preserved. I just used your excellent pics as a TE1 colour reference while I was repainting mine!
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Steve_S
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She's a beauty! Well done.
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Kritika
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| bessytractor wrote: | How did I miss this
its amazing! Really well preserved. I just used your excellent pics as a TE1 colour reference while I was repainting mine! |
No problem,
I wished I had entered this one in the engin of the month now not my "Old Glory" TE.
Hope your TE comes out close to the origional colour bessytractor. I you need more pics you can see them on my website.
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johnreid
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| Quote: | | I wished I had entered this one in the engin of the month now not my "Old Glory" TE. |
There will be more months to come
I think the EOM is getting to be a higher standard to break.
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Kritika
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Very high standard John, there are some fantastic engines competing recently.
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kusuchi
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Assuming we survive the flat cap, I'll see you there.
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bessytractor
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| Kritika wrote: | | bessytractor wrote: | How did I miss this
its amazing! Really well preserved. I just used your excellent pics as a TE1 colour reference while I was repainting mine! |
No problem,
I wished I had entered this one in the engin of the month now not my "Old Glory" TE.
Hope your TE comes out close to the origional colour bessytractor. I you need more pics you can see them on my website. |
not quite, its definitely not right, but its not unattractive. You'll see what I mean in my thread in the restoration section.
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