That’s one reaction I’ve gotten to my recent campaign regarding the enginediy/stirlingkit/ENJOMOR/MUSA iteration of the ETW Westbury Whippet.
The “what’s that got to do with.” Folks, and the “I’m just a steamer” crowd might could give us a little rhythm, because it turns out, as one fellow whippet buyer has discovered, not only are stirlingkit and enginediy conjoined twins, but ENJOMOR, and Kacio, maker of fairly pricey steam stuff, are both International brands of products made by a company called MUSA, a machine tool outfit specializing in cnc manufacturing. A cursory examination of a couple of Kacio steam engine listings were absolutely written by the same person who wrote the Whippet instructions, including offbeat side notes about the powder coat process, copied word for word.
A fellow enthusiast fo7nd the MUSA Alibaba shop, which we can recognize as the common parent of stirlingkit and enginediy, and featuring the same products, under their own brands. Kinda l8ke when Jeep and Chrysler went to great pains to project an image of independence, while marketing the same vehicles under both brands….. everybody wants their own brand legacy, real or invented. If that means Dior in Paris, and Harley in Milwaukee, that’s how the fortune cookie crumbles.
It’s all the same people, even as they’ve got some of us convinced to buy Jeep but not dodge….