Mamod Steam.

[Guest Ferret1959]

Elton, you did ask. :D

 

My first quick restoration.

 

 

 

 

 

My toy

 

Big toy

 

Real thing.

 

 

I have a few other bits that I'll post pictures of later.

 

Got a steam car to collect on Saturday and two tractors coming in the post from Ebay.

 

Never had the money in the past to buy toys like this so now I'm going mad on them. :D

[Severn Wolf]

Ahhhh, good old Mamods!

 

Always wanted one of the steamrollers but could never afford it!

 

Had to make do with two statics but they were worth hours of fun!

 

Nice one ferret

[Guest sandpipper]

Nice pictures ferret take me back to when i was 10yrs old and burning my fingers by picking the thing up,i used to confuse my perants by being clever enough to build one of these but to stupid to know not to pick it up when it was hot,lol

[jeepster]

isn't your PC steam powered ferret?

[jedibond]

Errrrrrrrr, being the youngster that I am.............................................

 

What are they ????????????

 

:D:D:D

[gozzer]

Who's the guy with the yellow coat and no head, in the picture with the big green one?

 

Errrrrrrrr, being the youngster that I am.............................................

 

What are they ????????????

 

:D:D:D

Edited February 7, 2006 by gozzer

[Guest Ferret1959]

Who's the guy with the yellow coat and no head, in the picture with the big green one?

 

You are mistaken, it's a high vis jacket and a pair of overalls hanging on the steering wheel.

[Elton]

Errrrrrrrr, being the youngster that I am.............................................

 

What are they ????????????

 

:D:D:D

 

If you missed out on Mamods, you missed out on a real gem.

 

Mamods were scaled down, fully working steam engines.

 

The bottom picture that ferret posted was made into the one that was the most popular selling one, I believe, but the range was vast and included staionary engines, too.

 

You used to fill them with water and then heat them using lit fuel blocks. As I said, they were fully functional and the moving ones had a steering column that screwed into the chimney bit.

 

What sort of money do they fetch these days, Ferret?

[Zigs]

i just sold a TE1 traction engine to john storey for £25 as it was missing its canopy, you can still pick them up for reasonable money. its the burners that cost as they often get lost.

[Guest Ferret1959]

Elton, anything from £15, that's what I paid for the stationary engine up to over a ton for larger moving machines.

 

I have just bought a couple of trucks from Ebay that good bargains, just fired one up a few minutes ago and she runs sweet.

 

Got a Roadster car for £30, picking that up on Saturday.

 

Burners are only 6/7 quid and even a piston set is only about 8 quid so all in all a much cheaper hobby than fishing.