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Old Wilesco
« on: May 06, 2021, 02:41:45 pm »
I know, iīve said it before...I DON`T COLLECT WILESCO!!! ::) 

However, appearently a few select models can stir an interest still...

Donīt know whether or not i did good, as it is "just a Wilesco" after all.
But as this is the earliest version, and the most complete well preserved example of these iīve ever seen, i decided to bite the bullet, and enter a serious max-bid via AuctionStealer.

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Have communicated with the seller both during and after the auction, and it would appear that even the original box is there as well.
The only real flaw iīve found, is some dezink at the front of the boiler, but fingers crossed that it isnīt more than can be soldered up.

Now for the long wait, hoping and praying that it isnīt Ace Ventura who gets to deliver this one.

Once it gets here, it should find good company in this little D5:

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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2021, 03:19:00 pm »
Hello Jan,
I almost bid because it is a very well preserved very old Wilesco. But then I left it. Congratulations on your success. An enrichment for every collection.
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2021, 03:26:10 pm »
Jan .... who are you trying to fool .... yourself apparently. ;c)

Clearly you ARE a Wilesco collector, but a very discriminating one who seems only interested in earliest models.

Looks like it is in amazingly good condition from here .... well done!
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2021, 03:29:59 pm »
Looks good to me, how old do you estimate it to be Jan ?
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2021, 03:45:17 pm »
Thanks guys :)

It is a 1950-51 model, all depending on the introduction date of the D16 model.
The non-nickeled brass, and wrinkled paint on the bases, was solely used on the very earliest engines.
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2021, 05:40:24 pm »
That's a great super early model Jan from not long after WWII ended, even has the funnel.
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2021, 10:48:07 pm »
Very nice Jan, I like the way the corners on the base are held together. Much stronger.
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2021, 02:28:36 am »
...even has the funnel.
And more importantly the burner, which often is missing on our engines.
Itīs almost impossible to hunt down a pre-patent burner.
Hereīs the one from the D5:
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2021, 03:28:00 pm »
I am looking forward to seeing it once it arrives Jan.

Congratulations.

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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2021, 10:49:02 pm »
Well done Jan! Very neat early Wilesco  8)
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2021, 03:22:45 am »
Thanks guys :)

Seller informed me, that it also has what appears to be the original D16 tagged but unprinted box.
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2021, 05:34:46 pm »
Hey Jan, that is a sweat one. Does the corners of the base suggest an age for it. They're not held together
with those crimped on pieces, they're spot welded with an angle piece. I've seen that before on a D28.
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2021, 12:32:21 am »
Thanks Tommy!
If going solely by the base, an engine would be made somewhere inbetween 1950-55, if these corners were used.
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2021, 08:24:05 am »
Thanks Jan, that's really good information from someone who doesn't collect or supposedly
know much about Wilescos.  ;)
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Re: Old Wilesco
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2021, 10:18:22 am »
I had a relatively big collection of Wilescos until i discovered Jensen, and during the years it took to accumulate them, someone as anal as i is bound to pick up a bit of info now and then ;D
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