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Being totally booked otherwise this weekend, thought I might get a quick start out of the blocks ... but I see that ol' Nick has well and truly beaten me right from the git-go. And what a start he has made ... so definitely go check that table out as you don't see Buckman engines very often, and he's showing a whole slew of them right off the bat ... WOW.

Oh yeah ... back to my own table.

Had quite a bit of trouble making my videos, as wind and weather were not cooperating very well with me. Was hoping to do all my filming outside as it has been quite nice for winter weather, but even the slightest of breezes will kill an alcohol flame under a Stirling Cycle engine, and I had quite a bit more than slight breezes as you will hear in a couple of the videos, so I had to end up running some inside in rather poor lighting.

Be that as it may ... let's start out with a couple of rare old favorites that I've had for quite a long time now.

A pair of very uncommon Stirling Cycle engines from the Solar Engines of Phoenix Arizona company of the late 1970's through the mid-90's, when they were bought out and most of their product line was taken over by PM Research. PMR has chosen not to re-produced the Beam Engine however, and their version of the Ericsson vertical has a pumping feature and cooling reservoir, which the older Solar Engine's model lacks.

Without further ado, here is my first "Rare Pair":

A very nice start Daniel  , I always like to see your offerings

Thank you for the kind words Daniel 

What a fine pair of rarities that I don’t remember ever seeing    Can’t wait to see what else you dig out for us 

nice pair you have there mate

Well okay now .... I'm back again for a bit. Been out in the shop doing some serious loading for the matches I have both days this weekend. Still have some to do, but I'm mostly ready now, and will get back to finishing it all up shortly.

But first I want to leave you with my next offering here on my Table of Rare Pairs. Another pair of Stirling Cycle engines from a really obscure Canadian maker. These two engines seem to be all they ever offered, and seemingly not for very long, back in the mid-1970's, and while sort of clunky and chunky, they do have a certain "charm" to go along with their rarity.

Here then are the Ericsson vertical and a hefty horizontal with what has to be one of the most bizarre linkages that I've ever seen ........ from the ECO Motor company in Guelph, Ontario, Canada:

There's four great engines to start off the weekend. That orange rider looks familiar,
I think it was on line, no wait, in my dreams. Yeah that's where I saw it.
Great table, great start, Daniel.

Charlie, Tommy, Nick ..... your kind comments are greatly appreciated!

I'll be moving on to some steam engines next .... possibly later this evening, or first thing in the morning, hopefully before I head off to the shoot.

Was hoping that we´d get the chance to see the ECOs running on your table Daniel...

Thanks for sharing a rare opportunity to see both types in action, and that even side by side here