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Les
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| Mamodman123 wrote: | That 101 flywheel is damn heavy, they aren't all brass though. Just the outer rim  |
I stand corrected, mostly brass. 
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Nick
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| Great engines, where were the Jensens? |
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Les
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| ncseverson wrote: | | Great engines, where were the Jensens? |
I don't have any yet, I am still waiting for mine to arrive from the States. 
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johnreid
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I hope that some day I will own a Bowman, every one I see is so impressive. I love the looks of them.
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Cranko
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Excellent collection you have there Les  |
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Nick
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| johnreid wrote: | | I hope that some day I will own a Bowman, every one I see is so impressive. I love the looks of them. |
John, I want a Bowman too! If they ever show up on US ebay, I hope we don't drive it way up bidding against eachother.  |
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oldstuff
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Be still oh beating heart.
After the Wilson earned first runner-up for EOM, a forum search for "wilson's" brought me here.
The first page, all those photos...Les, you're killing me! 
I've never heard of the Wilson. Yours looks wonderful, but what about them?
Rare? How old are they?
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Sandman
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Congrats on an excellent display there Les.
You've done our hobby proud mate.
Well done.
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Les
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| oldstuff wrote: | Be still oh beating heart.
After the Wilson earned first runner-up for EOM, a forum search for "wilson's" brought me here.
The first page, all those photos...Les, you're killing me!
I've never heard of the Wilson. Yours looks wonderful, but what about them?
Rare? How old are they? |
Thankyou, but all I know is that they made two different models, they were made in Liverpool around 1946/8 and as for rare I have only seen a handful on e-bay in the last three or four years.
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Les
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| Sandman wrote: | Congrats on an excellent display there Les.
You've done our hobby proud mate.
Well done. |
Thankyou but not all the models are mine, some belong to Chris Withers.
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johnreid
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| johnreid wrote: | | I hope that some day I will own a Bowman, every one I see is so impressive. I love the looks of them. |
Wow, a blast form the not so distant past
Although not a big Vertical fan, that Wilson is a fine engine Kes, keep entering it as it does deserve to be EOM and I am sure it will some day soon, just like I will some day own a Bowman
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Nick
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| So we won't be bidding eachother up, like I wrote? |
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redryder
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Looks like you were having some serious fun.
Thank you for the great photos.
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MamodFan
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| Mamodman123 wrote: | | That 101 flywheel is damn heavy, they aren't all brass though. Just the outer rim |
Really? All the ones I have had have been brass, interesting.
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