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precise and accurate details of the items for sale, an asking price and a photo
if available. Inclusion of an advert does not imply any endorsement by OTW, responsibility for the accuracy of descriptions or for any subsequent communications with advertisers. |
November 2024
New addition 5th Nov
From Paul Goodall comes this remarkable selection of items, much of use to car builders, especially the runnable tyres that are currently in very short supply. For sale: Almost thirty converted twin shaft car engines, part of a deceased enthusiast's estate. These were all converted by Alan Knight and are all in excellent condition as delivered by Alan. Prices from £75 for Allbon Dart 0.50cc to £225 for a Cornell racing 2.5cc engine. Other engines are AM 10, 15, 35, DC Spitfire, DC Sabre, Elfin 1.49, 2.49, ED Hawk 1.5, 2x ED Racer Mk4, McCoy 29, Mills 1.3, CS Oliver Tiger 2.5, 2 x Temp 2.5cc and one unknown “one off” about 5cc There is also a spur gear drive with sprag clutch and a good RITM 2.5cc RRV Russian engine on mount with axle needing attention so cheap. I have seven or eight tether Hydro model boats in good running order and three RC boats, one scale electric power and two ICE modern RC Hydros with tuned pipes. For lots of model engines, collectable to modern RC, or users see my web site at www.bamopro.co.uk I also have a few car bodies left McCoy, Hornet 19, Hot Rod, Bremmer Whirlwind and Dooling “F” type etc plus about 100 runnable car tyres and a few wheel hubs. Contact Paul Goodall for details and individual prices, photos etc 01283 713715 or email john(at)johngoodall.me.uk |
New addition 1st Nov
After the highly successful 1st International swapmeet that can be viewed on Tightlines, a second, similar but larger event is being organised at the same location. Details below 2nd INTERNATIONAL MODEL ENGINES SWAP MEET 15th FEBRUARY 2025 Lampertheim-Hüttenfeld (Germany) An der Tuchbleiche 39, D-68623 Lampertheim-Hüttenfeld at LW Compressors GmbH / Germany BUY SELL SWAP TRADE vintage Model engines, Parts, Planes, Kits, Tether Cars, Boats Team Racing Models and TR engines NETWORKING AND KNOW HOW EXCHANGE Model engine exhibition Saturday 9.00 a.m – 5.00 p.m Entry / Parking free
HIGHLIGHTS : Engine demonstrations of old engines,
KRATZSCH, EISFELD, and radial engines, V 12 cylinders, Miniature
Tether Car Race Track •
Tables are available please register/reserve latest December 31st 2024 Contact: Amadeus Kurz / Dr. Peter Rathke / e-mail: modelengineswap@gmail.com
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New addition 1st Nov
For Sale-Relisted: Not all sales go according to plan unfortunately, so the owner of this immaculate Northfield Ross six cylinder motor has asked us to re-list it. For further detail of cost and shipping, please email OTW otwmedia0@gmail.com in the first instance and we will pass your enquiry on to the vendor. |
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For Sale: A long forgotten piece
of traditional tinplate work. Vintage style body to fit a
standard M&E chassis other than the 'Special' with the rear
mounted motor. Surface rust only. £30 + £8.00 postage in the UK Contact Hugh email h.blowers(at)btopenworld.com Now Sold |
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October 2024
New Addition October 22nd
For sale: Bjorn Granberg has passed us details of his father's collection of tethered cars,
engines and assorted spares that he is selling. There is an
extensive list, all photographed, described and priced with
shipping costs from Sweden. To this end we have attached the
link to the gallery rather than try and copy and paste every
item.
https://airtable.com/appsLx0KdKgCBQvnd/shrq3uYKuPvLOhijU/tblAoIYi9JOJy4h4h Engines include Bjorn's contact details are included in the gallery. |
New Addition 21st Oct
For Sale: Full size Drawing Board approx. 50 “ wide X 36” deep with Plastic facing sheet and parallelogram drafting head plus scales on folding steel stand, could be used as a modelling board if folded flat. Cost me a lot of dosh, but £10 only. Could deliver within a 60 miles radius at cost of fuel? I also have a few new copies of Clanford’s A_Z of Model engines at £25 copy plus P&P at cost John Goodall 01283 713715 or email john(at)johngoodall.me.uk in South Staffordshire. |
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From Martin Coe come these very useful selection of spares, including four sets of useable tyres, which are always in short supply and a set of wheels to save lots of machining. With no more of the Redfin 'sneakers' being available the fuel cut-offs are a timely addition to the parts on offer.
I’ve been through my spares boxes and have a few more items to sell which I’ve collected over the years but not likely to use. Contact Martin Coe email martinf2d(at)yahoo.co.uk See below for cars also for sale. |
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4 runnable tyres. £25 including p&p within UK. ~59mm diameter. 3 used, one new |
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4 runnable tyres. £35 including p&p within UK.~71mm diameter. All new.
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Wheel hubs and axle. £20 including p&p within UK.
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September 24
Late addition from Philipp Meier of the Swiss Model Car Club. We always spend far too much of our days on youtube watching live streams from tethered car events when we are unable to get to them. Philipp outlines details of his plans for more live streaming from Witterswill.
Another time in which I take up the topic of advertising for our hobby. At the GP Swiss I made another attempt to broadcast a live stream. At the 2023 European Championships in Basel, I tried this for the first time, which was the deciding factor to do it again. Whether it was a success and how many participants watched the stream, the traces we left on YouTube were worth the effort. With today's possibilities to create a live stream, it only takes a little courage and time to invest. I can highly recommend OBS (open broadcast software) as software for the stream. This application is free and there are many instructions for it on YouTube. I am also still learning, and luckily my sons Janis and Laurin are supporting me. |
Only one new ad this month, but now a choice of a project version or a ready to run Gary Barnes Railton/Arrow. If you fancy placing an ad to free up a bit of space or raise a bit of liquidity for the upcoming swapmeet and auctions, then please do.
For Sale: This is probably the last of the Gary Barnes KG Enterprises Reproduction Railton/Arrow cars imported to the UK. They have been out of production for a while, so this represents a unique opportunity with a choice of this 'project' pan handle version or the complete and ready to run car below. I have another project that I’m unlikely to finish! Gary Barnes Arrow Project £595 + PP
Existing engine holes suit Super Tigre 40
RV. Martin Coe email martinf2d(at)yahoo.co.uk |
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August 24
New and Important Addition 12th August:
We are delighted to be finally able to reveal the results of a project that has been on going for a number of months to make the entire range of Oliver castings available again. OTW has known of the plans for a while, but now, Ian Harper has everything in place to supply castings for these iconic cars. Most importantly, these are not 2nd or 3rd generation castings, but from the Oliver/Howlett originals, and at a very competitive price. We have to applaud Ian for making this happen and making the castings available again after a significant hiatus.
The Oliver model car bodies are available once more from me “Ian Harper”, a recent convert to Tether Cars, having purchased the original body patterns from Paul Ironmonger. I obtained a good deal from a local and friendly Black Country foundry enabling me to offer sets at a reasonable price bearing in mind recent cost increases in power and aluminium prices. I intend to extend the range with a Vanwall and maybe one more in the near future preferably British, your advice is always welcome. Photos show the complete line up of castings and most of them built by John Goodall except the unfinished Bomb. Alfa Romeo, BRM (with re-contoured intake), Ferrari, Maserati, Mercedes and Tiger 2.5 are all priced at £130 a set of top and bottom halves, with Bomb and Bottoms Up priced at £110 plus £10 shipping in UK only. Please enquire actual shipping cost if outside the UK. Please contact me Ian Harper at Telephone 07840 389274, or email ianharper1961@gmail.com Thank you. |
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New Addition 7th August, a one-off
For sale: A unique opportunity to purchase a 'unique motor'. In the mid 1980s, Gerald Smith, the renowned engine builder from Nuneaton built himself a series of one off radial engines, based on multiples of a unit on a common crankcase, all machined from the solid. Everything, including the magneto was built from scratch by Gerald. The Osprey 3 cylinder, Buzzard 5 cylinder and Kite, 7 cylinder. Apart from the Kite, these remained with the Smith family until the sale of his collection at Gildings in 2005. It was something of a surprise when the Buzzard turned up at the Buckminster swapmeet where we believed it to have been snapped up but that was not the case, hence it is now offered for sale. To our knowledge it was run once after its sale by the late John Scott Scott at Old Warden some eighteen years ago. This unique Gerald Smith motor, built 1986/87 and the last motor he completed is for sale at £3950 (substantially less than it cost the second owner at Gildings.) Contact Paul Goodall phone 01283 713715 or email john@johngoodall.me.uk |
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New additions 5th August
Prompted by the advert for the V twins below and the mention of building Morgans prompted Steve Betney to advertise the following from a previous Morgan project abandoned due to a change in the scale of the model being built. Almost one stop shopping? For sale: Micro chain for Morgan, GN etc chain driven cars, from Steve Betney, I have for sale a few unopened 5 metre packs of Renold O3B 5mm pitch micro chain, which is normally incredibly expensive. This is £90 per pack, which comes from the manufacturer supplied with just one connecting link, but I can supply a few further links at £5 each. This is beautifully made precision chain, a real piece of mechanical art to my eye anyway, and you can judge how diminutive it is from the photo of a short length alongside a 1p coin. O3B sprockets are fortunately fairly widely available by the way, and at quite reasonable cost. I also have available a set of 3 wheels for a scale Morgan car or other 3 wheeler car, sturdily made by Herbie's Wheels in Germany and with runnable 4" diameter rubber tyres. The rear drive tyre is a solid repro Meccano tyre, the front non-driven tyres are of a nice scale pattern in a slightly softer compound. Set of 3 for £100. Postage extra at cost. contact Steve email:- stevebetney(at)aol.com |
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For Sale: Pair of V twins
Dean
Clarke of New Zealand Vee Twin 5cc RRV engines, brand new in
original boxes with papers etc, superbly made and finished. I
have two, one glow at £425 and one diesel at £475. This will
save you approximately £100 on import duty and shipping. Why not
build a Morgan three wheeler like Steve Betney is for your next
car? The current production of Dean's engine is FRV only and is
listed at £431 for the glow version plus shipping and import
duty of course. Mailing cost within UK only will be £12. or
I can take to Buckminster in future. |
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July 24
Price Reduction:
For sale:- Gary Barnes replica Railton Tether Car with McCoy 60 engine, replica Dooling Arrow body and onboard glow: Has been run at Gt Carlton, ready to run at Buckminster. Now £1,000 and would consider PEX. A very substantial saving over what they cost originally. Can be collected (RG29 area) or can be posted at buyers cost. More photos and details can be provided on request. Contact Martin Coe:- martinf2d(at)yahoo.co.uk |
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