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 well this arrived today
A New Zealand made Topliss steam engine .
Twin cylinder and reversing with speed control.
Topliss are a New Zealand Tapware company and these were made a long time ago.
I only know of 1 other and it was not complete .
I am very lucky to have purchased one via a TM  auction.
 A bonus is the box and instructions.

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Cheers
Dennis

Wow Dennis .... what a unique engine, and with a name like that it sure does get your attention. I like everything about that one, the long burner, the reversing twin cylinders, and did I mention the name?!?!   ;c)

I actually have never heard of these before now, but I'd definitely glad to find out about them. Any chance of a video with it running?

there is a bit of one on the Mamod forum that was resurrected
he reckons around 1965 and between 100 - 150  made
 i would think probally not many boxes left floating around .

cheers
Dennis

Great engine Great find.

  Nice runner...and Cute.  Interesting reverser
that also acts a bit as a throttle.  Nice slow speed.
You might resto it but I'd give it an appropriate
wipe-down, mild cleaning and leave it as it is.

  So, where can I order one?  Yeah, surrrrre, ha, ha.

  Maybe there are also singles and
you could put them together on a
blind date.  Can't imagine there are
Topliss Twins w/o Topliss Singles.
Something to hunt for?

Good, Left-field Get,
Wayne

Great Steam Plant - did't know that they produced steam engines Down Under.
I like the simple design of a 2-cylinder oscillating engine - very few mechanically
parts. I think the instruction sheet and box is very rare too!
I made one myself  using scrap metal. Have a small video. Happy steaming!
Merry go around

Great Steam Plant - did't know that they produced steam engines Down Under.
I like the simple design of a 2-cylinder oscillating engine - very few mechanically
parts. I think the instruction sheet and box is very rare too!
I made one myself  using scrap metal. Have a small video. Happy steaming!
Merry go around

That is a very interesting design and in need of further looking at .

New Zealand made engines

Cranko ( 1945 - 1956 ).
David Auld ( 1966 ish  - 1990s )
BriMo  around 1970s
Alex Radford
W H Price
Topliss  1965 ?
Turbo Jet
I have some of each

Cheers
Dennis

Congratulations, a rare engine - and with all paraphernalia, very interesting.
Thanks for sharing this here!