{"product_id":"ruston-hornsby-5hp-ip-open-crank-engine-stock-code-8770","title":"Ruston-Hornsby 5hp IP open crank engine","description":"A Ruston-Hornsby 5hp IP open crank engine, considered by many collectors to be one of the finest petrol\/paraffin engines ever made - they were beautifully built, reliable and quiet running. The design was introduced in 1920 and was built until 1928, when it was superseded by the OK design.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    This is an engine from towards the end of production, with straight spoke flywheel, brass beaded crank guard and Bosch low tension magneto. Bought some years ago with the intention of driving line-shafting in the engine shed at home, it arrived the day before our Heywood collection \"At Home\" event in the Autumn of 2019, having been unearthed from the barn it had lain in for the previous thirty years, bought by the previous owner's father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Friend Geoff - now retired, he was in at the beginning of SRS, helping to build the very first Stafford prototype - came over to work his magic on the engine (he did his apprenticeship with Ruston back in the day and, since retirement, has been in constant demand from engine restorers throughout the county).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Although unused in decades, the engine proved to be in good condition, turning over freely and with no damage apparent to castings. With some persistence and fettling of the Bosch magneto, the thing fired up and ran the next day (albeit for short periods, given the complete lack of any silencing!).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    And that was the last time it ran - since then it has again been stored. Work progressed on the railway and rolling stock in the collection, signals and a station building have been made, turntable pit dug, boiler inspections for the locomotives came and went. Whilst we have collected a superb collection of belt drive machinery in the meantime, including a Pittler lathe similar to Sir Arthur's, horizontal mill and a lovely small planer, the Ruston has remained in the stables, awaiting installation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Time has finally come to admit that, magnificent though it is, the engine is simply too big to drive a lineshaft with a bench drill on the other end of it (to be honest a small electric motor would do the job just as well, if nothing like as stylishly). So, time has come to - rather reluctantly - move it on; a complete, largely unmucked-about-with engine which could be run as it is, or given a full strip and repaint to produce a superb example of the type.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Complete with a copy of Nigel McBurney's book comprising the set of articles he wrote for \"Stationary Engine\" magazine giving a detailed, blow-by-blow account of restoring a 5hp IP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    We reckon it's something around a half ton on its trolley. No problem assisting with loading at this end (or, indeed, unloading your vehicle if you happen to have something just as pretty but smaller to part exchange!)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010182861141,"sku":"8770","price":3450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/8770-1_e1c7b054-56f1-4b13-9e43-a36cdc2f7fdb.webp?v=1779904716","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/ruston-hornsby-5hp-ip-open-crank-engine-stock-code-8770","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}