{"product_id":"vintage-vertical-engine-stock-code-8447","title":"Vintage vertical engine","description":"A finely made, well-proportioned vertical single cylinder engine fitted with Stephenson reversing gear and crankshaft mounted governor.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    A builder's plate, shown in old photographs belonging to the previous owner although lost at some point over the years, reads \"A.Wood, maker, 1922 Manchester\" - the engine hasn't left that area in the last 100 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    I suspect Mr Wood had a working relationship with the full-size engine - possibly as a fitter, given the high level of detail and excellent standard of workmanship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    One of those engines where, the longer you look, the more detail you see: a cast oil trough beneath the eccentric straps; bearing caps and eccentric straps fitted with thin locking nuts and nicely formed stud ends; finely turned oil cups fitted throughout; prototypical regulator valve with spoked handwheel and acme thread; cylinder drain cocks with spring-loaded relief valves; flanged and bolted pipe unions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Overall the engine is in good condition, paintwork looks to be original, with a patina acquired over the last hundred years. The engine, as you would expect, turns over smoothly and runs on air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The only work we would suggest is making and fitting a replica builder's plate (the size and shape known accurately from its outline in the paintwork and brass mounting screws, still fitted), along with a flywheel bar, used for turning the full-size engine over dead centre when starting - there are a pair of brackets on the base of the engine to store it when not in use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009779323221,"sku":"8447","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/8447-1.webp?v=1779899173","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/vintage-vertical-engine-stock-code-8447","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}