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Latest buy
« on: September 11, 2019, 01:40:08 pm »
[ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ] Hi everyone. This arrived today, I thought it was a number 9 but it's too small and it's too big for a number 10 so all I can think it is, is an old number 8 but I can't find a pic' of one with the shoe type slide for the piston shaft. The gentleman from who I bought it said he'd had it sixty years and it was old then.....
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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2019, 01:49:47 pm »
Nice one Allan! I find the wiki page helpful with Stuart numbers/sizes, scroll just under halfway down to the section "List of Stuart steam models" and you will find dimensions for each model

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Turner_(company)
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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2019, 01:50:38 pm »
No 8, 9 and 10 dimensions

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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2019, 01:56:40 pm »
Sorry about all the same pic's but that is the reason I detest computers so much. They make as much sense to me as a politician. :)
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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2019, 01:59:02 pm »
Helen and Allan of the Frog and Ferret railway.

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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2019, 02:24:19 pm »
Most likely is a very early Stuart No 8 from your description, nice engine Allan!
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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2019, 04:12:51 pm »
Most likely is a very early Stuart No 8 from your description, nice engine Allan!
Thank's, yes that's what I thought...... ;)
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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2019, 04:22:05 pm »
Mighty fine looking engine, Allan. And sounds like an early model also...well done!
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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2019, 06:47:51 pm »
What a nice addition to your collection .... and being such an early model makes it all the better!
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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2019, 07:24:05 pm »
Great addition to your collection - a very desirable Stuart.
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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2019, 08:48:04 pm »
A nice old engine. Surely a rare find.
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Re: Latest buy
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2019, 03:03:49 am »
Thank you gentlemen for your kind comments. I like the older Stuarts, they teem with history. It was covered in oily rags and hadn't been touched for sixty years according to the chap I got it from.....
Helen and Allan of the Frog and Ferret railway.