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Carette 677/8
« on: May 25, 2019, 05:40:19 pm »
Hi all
After many hours down the workshop here is the largest carette vertical ever :)
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2019, 06:11:05 pm »
Monster sighting!!

Jeez Dan that is
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I have a lovely /6 variant.

How many of these /8s in the wild???
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2019, 06:24:40 pm »
What a beutiful engine you have there.Top Notch. Love that lil whistle.Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2019, 07:45:59 pm »
That's way bigger than any vertical I have ... heck, it look's to be half the size of my water heater!!!   ;c)
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2019, 08:17:55 pm »
Beautiful engine Dan, I love color scheme and it runs soooo smooth, thank for posting.
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2019, 01:36:47 am »
I would love to see who had these large pieces when they were new.

Nice one Dan!  8)
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2019, 02:13:21 am »
Dan that is a beast of an engine and beautiful at the same time. I like the colour and the markings on the engine and she runs nicely.
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2019, 03:40:44 am »
Thanks all :)
Not sure how many there are out in the wild I know of 4 myself.
Each engine is marked with a number the highest number I have seen is 15 so far so there must be at least that many made , but how many survived I don’t know :p
Mine is mostly number 15 but with an engine from number 11 as the boiler was not in great condition. I sold the spare boiler as I don’t have the time to restore 2 of them 😄
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2019, 04:59:14 am »
Such an impressive engine

Well done Dan, very well done indeed !
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2019, 06:12:59 am »
I do favor the "bigs" & that is a nice BIG engine, I really like the mechanical sound she makes while running, thanks for showing.
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2019, 10:19:14 am »
Quote from: Dan-c on May 26, 2019, 03:40:44 am
Thanks all :)
Not sure how many there are out in the wild I know of 4 myself.
Each engine is marked with a number the highest number I have seen is 15 so far so there must be at least that many made , but how many survived I don’t know :p
Mine is mostly number 15 but with an engine from number 11 as the boiler was not in great condition. I sold the spare boiler as I don’t have the time to restore 2 of them 😄

Was yours missing the engine? or beyond repair?
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Re: Carette 677/8
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2019, 07:17:25 am »
It was missing the engine luckily got another one that had a bad boiler and made one out of the 2 :)
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