Sunday Winter Warmer It’s that time of the week again. Continuing this week with a look at the fantastic Strumpshaw Hall Steam Rally back in 2024. Information on the 2026 Strumpshaw Hall Steam Rally can be found HERE #vintageengineenthusiast
.Or…. The kit that never was. Sometime around the Millennium, I decided to make a replica of a friend’s Hornsby Akroyd oil engine. Richard had acquired this engine from a local collector known affectionately as Doctor Tom. Engine number 193, a 2.5 HP Oil engine, had originally been built and shipped out to R. Hornsby … Read more
Last weekend, I was out on the first collection run of 2026. This came about, after seeing a Facebook post, stating that a Petter powered cement mixer was at risk of being taken to the scrap, following no interest when it was put up for sale a few months ago, and as such it was … Read more
Sunday Winter Warmer It’s that time of the week again. Continuing this week with a look at the fantastic Stradsett Park Vintage Rally back in 2024. Information on the 2026 Stradsett Park Vintage Rally can be found HERE #vintageengineenthusiast
The story of my Lister Q type The story begins in late 1999, an antique dealer friend of mine asked me if I would like to go and see a big engine in a workshop where it had been all its life, in the Village of Pode Hole near Spalding Lincs. I couldn’t get my … Read more
Congratulations go to Robert Cole with his Petter “Jelly Mould” article. Voted by you, the readers as the best article of the month for December 2025. Congratulations Rob, Your prize will be on its way to you shortly. Be sure to support your favourite authors with the “Like” button located at the bottom of each article. … Read more
Hey all, I have done a small refurbishment of a Lister domestic water pump. Just the air chamber with new gaskets and a clean, and upon checking the valves, there was scale and dirt in the air chamber. I put it all back together and primed through inlet pipe, driving the pump with an electric … Read more
In late November 2025, I had the opportunity to acquire a 5hp Petter M ‘Victory model’. An engine I had admired from afar but never thought I would get a chance to own for myself. After a deal was struck with the son of the late owner, a trip to Peterborough was in order, although … Read more
These are my observations on Lee Howl water pumps, nice pumps these,but people struggle with identification on them due to most having no name cast in them but from what I’ve seen, there are certain things that makes these particular pumps easy to identify. Jonathan Edwards Howl planned to start an engineering business at Tipton … Read more
January sees the first of numerous exciting updates to come in early 2026 for all our wonderful Subscribers/Members. Vintage Engine Enthusiast was started as a very low cost, online alternative to a magazine subscription. Print is great, who doesn’t like to thumb through the latest articles on your favourite hobby in print? However, there is … Read more