Banbury (Bloxham) Rally 2024
 

I have Paul Gilbey's photoreport of last weekend's event on my site:
https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk.../ukindex24.htm

It's readily accessible form home but we had car problems again.

It was certainly warm! A couple of rollers I'd not seen before which was a bonus. Last time I saw Fowler 8889, that too was a very nice roller..

https://i.postimg.cc/0yD7RTpk/Fowler-8889.jpg

That is not Fowler 8889, regardless of the registration on the front. It is actually Fowler 9005

Thanks for sharing

I've (belatedly) checked my picture gallery from 2013 when the picture I posted was taken. The notes state "incorrect registration, actually 9005". What was the reason for 9005 carrying the registration for 8889? The TER states 8889 was "reconfigured" from a roller in 2015. It's all very confusing.

It was a joke between two party's. 9005 was waiting some new parts being made, so some where borrowed off 8889 to get 9005 out that season.

Thanks. That clears that up! As we've seen here before, a photo can lie.

Next time you see 8889 look at the rear wheels, they are from Gainsborough...

Off what I don't know.

Early ex auzzie traction engine, they're the right size but wrong make, i did consider re badging them and possibly eventually make a set of proper fowler pattern wheels but as for now they'll do and become part of the engines history (no different imho than a wrong chimney or allen headstock), we ve still all the roller bits to revert it. including the returned bits borrowed by Craig/ froudy.

I was told when I bought them that they were ex NZ . They are from a Marshall 'round pin ' engine , probably 1890's . The spokes still carried the name of the makers in the Black Country , and the BB , I think , stamp for the grade of wrought iron . When adapting them the quality of the hub castings was rather questionable , containing sand and water , and voids . The centres for the driving pins had to be altered , and an eccentric bush had to be fitted to one of them to bring the middle into the centre . These early Marshall wheels never carried hub caps .
The front wheel centres , which I bought ready butchered , were from the water cart supplied with the Allen Bros ploughing set . They needed rebushing , and that was a job not without problems . The old chilled iron bush was fitted into a taper of about 1/16 in 7" . I had to drill them length wise through the wall , and then split them down their length with a bolster chisel . Only then was the taper on the outside of the bush revealed . At the critical moment my local dump had provided me with a long enough drill .