(Kieth, I like your idea with the oil! When do you want me to come? hehe Maybe saying people don't understand what it costs to restore/ repair an engine on a engine forum, is a bit nieve, but that may well be the case in the general public, if money is the problem, maybe we need to raise some for them, if it is time, maybe they need more volunteers, I have no Idea, as I have never been there, don't know them etc.)
I didn't mean to generalize with my comment about cost of restoring an engine but im sure there are some on here who would love to own an engine but dont understand the cost involved until they start the process. I for one would love to see all the engines at Thursford up and running but i suspect that cost is the key problem there. I agree that it would be nice for some of the engines to be sold to those that would put them back to working order but as has been said on here that it is up to the owners to do what they want with them as they please.
I seem to remember going through all this last founders day, it will come up time and time again. I only hope that the kind folk at Thursford dont stop founders day if they find out about the sort of discussions on here as i think some of the comments could be wrongly interpreted.
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