That certainly was a bargain, and a nicely executed restoration/modification as well.
Good job Bruce!
As far as the age goes it is tough, but very close to 1960.
Dating these older Wilescos ainīt very precise, as thereīs missing quite a bit of solid documentation, as to when the changes was introduced exactly.
By squinting my eyes a bit, when looking at your before movie, it appears to have had the oval sticker, which as a rule of thumb would lift it to the 60īs.
But still it is old enough to have the old 1950s style connecting rod, and a 6 spoked flywheel.
At some point in the mid-60s the flywheel was changed to 5 spokes, and well before that happened, the connecting rod was changed to the flat stamped tin version.
in looking at what was left of the sticker residue , it looked to have had an oval sticker on it. I am surprised at the size of the boiler in comparison to the cylinder assembly, it has great capacity to run a long time at low wattage. I had to borrow the S/V & whistle from another engine to shoot the video, & I'm also missing the chimney, they're all the 6mm x 1.0 thread.
Thanks Jan.
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