1760 entered new ownership earlier this year when a group of 5 of us (including Ed and Jim Crane, Geoff James, Jamie Keyte and myself) bought her.
The plan is to fully rebuild her, including mostly new boiler, once we have finished off Aveling 1995 which is coming back together at a pace now.
She was reboilered by Avelings in 1895, and spent most of her useful life with Corporation of Reading before ending up in the ownership of Aveling-Barford. She is the roller on the front cover of 'A Hundred Years of Road Rollers' and is the same one A-B took to various exhibitions as part of their sales display, and also had a session in a couple of museums. This is the first time she has been seen out in a few decades, and has generated quite a lot of interest as the oldest roller in the country. Thanks to Michael and the GCR for having us along.
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