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The Big Stuff => Full Sized Steam Engines => Topic started by: Jim on May 13, 2019, 08:28:14 pm

Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Jim on May 23, 2019, 02:39:46 am: Here's a little more on the company, they exported a lot of steam engines to Australia its says -

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=2245
Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Jim on May 23, 2019, 02:36:31 am: Quote from: Weedensteam on May 22, 2019, 07:42:20 pm
Buffalo Pitts has an interesting history, from steam engines to aircraft, interesting reading here:
http://www.buffalopitts.com/home.html

Thanks for that link Frank, enjoyed that read.
Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Weedensteam on May 22, 2019, 07:42:20 pm: Buffalo Pitts has an interesting history, from steam engines to aircraft, interesting reading here:
http://www.buffalopitts.com/home.html
Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Jim on May 21, 2019, 07:18:53 pm: Quote from: txlabman on May 21, 2019, 12:40:13 am
Lovely. Did you get to see it running Jim?

Yes Charlie and it a thrill standing so close to it.
Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: txlabman on May 21, 2019, 12:40:13 am: Lovely. Did you get to see it running Jim?
Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Nick on May 13, 2019, 09:09:03 pm: Must not have been run much since restoration, they sure don't stay that clean for long!
Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Jim on May 13, 2019, 09:04:41 pm: You could be right, because that would be a lot of units of these that they made.

Its a wonderful looking engine and sounded just awesome!
Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Stoker on May 13, 2019, 08:55:56 pm: Well I don't know how that company made use of their serial numbers, but likely they made a whole range of products, and possibly used only one series of serial numbers, so there may actually have been only very few of this particular model.

Love the seat set-up!!!
Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Jim on May 13, 2019, 08:50:20 pm: Daniel from the serial number, they made a hell of a lot of them!
Title: Re: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Stoker on May 13, 2019, 08:44:01 pm: What a beauty!!!

I could let that one live in my woodshed just fine .... Hell, I could let that one live in my living-room!!!
Title: Buffalo Pitts Company
Post by: Jim on May 13, 2019, 08:28:14 pm: This has been lovingly restored.

I wonder what year this made its way to Australia.

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