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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: St Paul Steam on October 15, 2023, 06:34:07 am

Title: Re: "needs a full restoration"
Post by: Junkologist on October 19, 2023, 07:41:48 pm
Wow, that’s rough!
It’s amazing to me that someone thought enough of it to even offer it for sale. I think most folks these days would just toss it in the trash.
Title: Re: "needs a full restoration"
Post by: Stoker on October 19, 2023, 08:56:31 am
Poor thing, but price seems fair though...

25$ for a nice safety valve, whistle and steam valve...and most likely a fully usable boiler and flywheel as well, would seem like a bargain to me.

Heck, i even think it would run as is, if the cylinder isnīt completely stuck.
Would be proud to have it as is on my shelf here, as a proof of Jensen quality ;D
I agree Jan, it would be a novelty to do no more than is needed just to get it to run & display as is.

I have a true wreck of a Jensen, that I got as part of a combo deal. While it doesn't look as bad as that one, it does look as though it may have been through a fire, then left out in the rain! Perhaps I should clear shelf space to allow for it to be "proudly" displayed?!?!
Title: Re: "needs a full restoration"
Post by: St Paul Steam on October 19, 2023, 06:45:59 am
Poor thing, but price seems fair though...

25$ for a nice safety valve, whistle and steam valve...and most likely a fully usable boiler and flywheel as well, would seem like a bargain to me.

Heck, i even think it would run as is, if the cylinder isnīt completely stuck.
Would be proud to have it as is on my shelf here, as a proof of Jensen quality ;D
I agree Jan, it would be a novelty to do no more than is needed just to get it to run & display as is.
Title: Re: "needs a full restoration"
Post by: classixs on October 19, 2023, 01:39:55 am
Poor thing, but price seems fair though...

25$ for a nice safety valve, whistle and steam valve...and most likely a fully usable boiler and flywheel as well, would seem like a bargain to me.

Heck, i even think it would run as is, if the cylinder isnīt completely stuck. 
Would be proud to have it as is on my shelf here, as a proof of Jensen quality ;D
Title: Re: "needs full a restoration"
Post by: St Paul Steam on October 15, 2023, 05:26:44 pm
Now there's something you don't see just everyday!

Can't quite tell if the engine base plating has just come loose, or if all the steel metal underneath that plating has simply rusted away?!?!

The metal is "gone"

Can't be completely gone as I don't think the plating alone could hold the flywheel aloft!
its only being held up by force of habit.
Title: Re: "needs full a restoration"
Post by: Stoker on October 15, 2023, 12:07:38 pm
Now there's something you don't see just everyday!

Can't quite tell if the engine base plating has just come loose, or if all the steel metal underneath that plating has simply rusted away?!?!

The metal is "gone"

Can't be completely gone as I don't think the plating alone could hold the flywheel aloft!
Title: Re: "needs full a restoration"
Post by: St Paul Steam on October 15, 2023, 11:39:44 am
Now there's something you don't see just everyday!

Can't quite tell if the engine base plating has just come loose, or if all the steel metal underneath that plating has simply rusted away?!?!

The metal is "gone"
Title: Re: "needs full a restoration"
Post by: RichSteamTx on October 15, 2023, 10:40:17 am
Condition: Used - "Fair"

I hate to see what the seller thinks is in "Bad" condition.

My vote is the base has rusted away from the plating - have to say it is interesting to look at and wonder "WTF happened here".
Title: Re: "needs full a restoration"
Post by: Stoker on October 15, 2023, 10:26:05 am
Now there's something you don't see just everyday!

Can't quite tell if the engine base plating has just come loose, or if all the steel metal underneath that plating has simply rusted away?!?!
Title: Re: "needs full a restoration"
Post by: IndianaRog on October 15, 2023, 10:23:51 am
It should buff right out!!!
Title: Re: "needs full a restoration"
Post by: St Paul Steam on October 15, 2023, 09:09:56 am
Maybe they meant to say "a full rustoration"?
took me a second to get that Bret...lol
or maybe a "fools" restoration.
Title: Re: "needs full a restoration"
Post by: Steamloco on October 15, 2023, 07:45:48 am
Maybe they meant to say "a full rustoration"?
Title: "needs a full restoration"
Post by: St Paul Steam on October 15, 2023, 06:34:07 am
I found this while trolling around Facebook marketplace, looks like it was stored in a pail filled with acid, but "needs a full restoration" (ya' think)

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