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10 Oct 2024

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Our Little HG42 Cletrac Oliver Crawler

Dale and Karen purchase their HG42 Cletrac crawler Dale fell in love with this little crawler as soon as he saw it at the Toowoomba Swapmeet but, sadly, it already had a ‘SOLD’ note on it. He’d made the decision to drive up on the Friday...

14 Oct 2024

1920 Model T Ford Truck fitted with Fordson tractor conversion

This story is of an exhibit displayed at the National Rally in Naracoorte, SA, in 2005. It was kindly loaned for the rally by my niece. A few years passed, then , in 2008 we accepted an offer to purchase the machine, as it had been in the family for...

11 Oct 2024

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One-off 1960 Deutz Tractor

The Old Machinery Magazine talks to Kerry Pietsch about his one-off uniquely engineered 1960 Deutz D5 14S Model tractor in this episode. A few years ago, Kerry and a mate got into tractor trekking, using the same tractor that Kerry used to do work...

18 Jun 2024

Tangye Oil Engine

In this episode of The Old Machinery Magazine, we catch up with former president of the Mid North Coast Machinery Restoration Club, Jim Cameron about the rescue and restoration of a Tangye oil engine from a dilapidated pump-house on a railway siding...

18 Jun 2024

Bill’s Emu Engine

This 1 1/2hp EMU engine, owned and restored by Bill, was known as a Hercules engine in the USA, and re-badged as an EMU in Australia. It has always been very reliable and was displayed driving a 3/4” centrifugal pump

13 Jun 2024

Southern Cross Engines SPECIAL

Southern Cross Engines SPECIAL This Southern Cross collection of 15 different models was displayed by Darren Grey specially for the theme at Oakey of Manufacturing on the Downs

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#188 Help - 1 I have an old Hannaford wheat pickler and hope that readers may be able to help me in dating this machine and some history on it, such as would this type be amongst some of the first made by Alf Hannaford? *John REPLY #188 Help - 1 In...

08 Oct 2024