{"product_id":"plenty-son-vertical-twin-for-restoration-stock-code-10321","title":"Plenty \u0026 Son vertical twin for restoration","description":"When we first moved to Newbury in 1992, on the Hambridge Road in town was Plenty \u0026amp; Son, makers of diesel engines and pumps - and outside their works was a large steam engine (where it stands to this day - by the magic of Google street view \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/i2fKisMoj3Rx8cma8\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eyou can see it here\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Founded in 1800 at the Eagle Ironworks in the centre of town, in later years Plenty specialised in marine steam engines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    At the other end of the scale, this must have been one of the smallest engines they ever made - we're told it drove a refrigeration plant at a local factory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    It's spent the last forty years in a private collection less than ten miles from where it was built - we suspect that, travelling back to our works last week may have been the first time it had ever left Berkshire!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    We rate it about 70% complete - a challenging, although entirely doable restoration project. The missing parts mostly have the matching component on the other side from which to cast a copy - top cylinder cover, eccentric strap, valve chest \u0026amp; cover - or replicate from stock material - valve spindle, crosshead and connecting rod.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Not a weekend job, however it would produce a handsome engine of manageable size - the thing stands at just under four feet tall, we'd put its weight at around eight hundredweight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020079321429,"sku":"10321","price":495.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/10321-1.webp?v=1779910585","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/plenty-son-vertical-twin-for-restoration-stock-code-10321","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}