New Zealand - badass

[Akzle]

per a workshop in churchur early 20trh century
http://theoldmotor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/zeal3.jpg
http://theoldmotor.com/?p=121559

[Drew]

Love all the belt driven power tools, with the drives mounted to the rafters.

[Kickaha]

Toss a modern day OSH guy in there and he'd have a heart attack

[Akzle]

Love all the belt driven power tools, with the drives mounted to the rafters.

very common - one steam mill could power an entire shop.

the lathe on the far left was originally foot powered (think singer sewing machine) but converted to the overhead layshaft. (foot pedal and flywheels still visible)


no fucking chuck guards or emergency stops round here boy!

[Akzle]

carbide or primus head lamp... anyone know anything about the motorbicycle?

[unstuck]

carbide or primus head lamp... anyone know anything about the motorbicycle?

Looks like a Henderson to me.:scratch:

[unstuck]

And those overheads look like listers????

[jellywrestler]

per a workshop in churchur early 20trh century
When this photo was published thirty years ago it was said to be in wellington

[jellywrestler]

Looks like a Henderson to me.:scratch:

tell him he's dreaming, the only thing common with a henderson is two wheels and four cylinders, the bike in the front is an FN looks pre 1907, they statred life as a 360cc then went to 440cc.
other bike looks like a minerva but very hard to identify bikes that early

[unstuck]

tell him he's dreaming, the only thing common with a henderson is two wheels and four cylinders, the bike in the front is an FN looks pre 1907, they statred life as a 360cc then went to 440cc.
other bike looks like a minerva but very hard to identify bikes that early

My bad, although it is CHCH. :2thumbsup http://theoldmotor.com/?tag=herreshoff-car

[Dave-]

awwe yeah, I bet that smells like workshop.

[Akzle]

awwe yeah, I bet that smells like workshop.

machine oil, warm metal, damp tobacco and "l'espirit" exhaust fumez. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[FJRider]

... the bike in the front is an FN looks pre 1907, they statred life as a 360cc then went to 440cc.
other bike looks like a minerva but very hard to identify bikes that early

I think 1905 ... actually ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Four


other bike looks like a minerva but very hard to identify bikes that early

Good spotting ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva_%28automobile%29

[FJRider]

When this photo was published thirty years ago it was said to be in wellington

Actually it's at 162 Oxford Terrace in Christchurch. Circa 1912.

http://theoldmotor.com/ ... Scroll dow for the images.

[jellywrestler]

I think 1905 ... actually ...





Good spotting ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva_%28automobile%29
you're talking shit, they never put the windows in the crankcase till 1906, think you'll find the one in wiki is an 06 as they also started mounting the oil pump on the right side of the tank for the first time in 06, can't see the left side to see whether it has windows in the cases.
it's either 06 or 07 as in 08 they changed the front forks side plate from the upside down L shape to more like a T shape.

[Katman]

you're talking shit, they never put the windows in the crankcase till 1906, think you'll find the one in wiki is an 06 as they also started mounting the oil pump on the right side of the tank for the first time in 06, can't see the left side to see whether it has windows in the cases.
it's either 06 or 07 as in 08 they changed the front forks side plate from the upside down L shape to more like a T shape.

Trainspotter.

[jellywrestler]

My bad, although it is CHCH. :2thumbsup http://theoldmotor.com/?tag=herreshoff-car

read it closely and it says 'shows the interior of a workshop which MAY have been in Christchurch'

[jellywrestler]

Trainspotter.

yip and if it was a Katana I bet you'd be first to latch onto it. hey i called in the other day with a Kat 650 sticker but you wern't around, next time

[FJRider]

you're talking shit, they never put the windows in the crankcase till 1906, think you'll find the one in wiki is an 06 as they also started mounting the oil pump on the right side of the tank for the first time in 06, can't see the left side to see whether it has windows in the cases.
it's either 06 or 07 as in 08 they changed the front forks side plate from the upside down L shape to more like a T shape.

I stand corrected. They also mention in this link ... the fin-less heads on the 1905 model ..

Judging by this link ... it was the 1906 model

http://users.senet.com.au/~mitchell/bikes/fn/html/earlyfn.htm

[unstuck]

Actually it's at 162 Oxford Terrace in Christchurch. Circa 1912.

http://theoldmotor.com/ ... Scroll dow for the images.

Copycat.:whistle:

[Ocean1]

Toss a modern day OSH guy in there and he'd have a heart attack

Best thing that could happen to the cunt.

A lot of the old engineers I knew as a kid had fingers missing, mostly because of those flat belts. Didn't slow them down much that I noticed.

Molasses. In the workshop of a friend of my fathers I remember getting fed molasses on toast for lunch, cooked over the pot-belly in the middle of the shop. The molasses came from a gallon tin under a bench, it was used to dress those leather belts.

And to feed the local nippers.

[awa355]

I like the wooden floor. Last garage I saw that in is the Rawene garage.

[pete376403]

machine oil, warm metal, damp tobacco and "l'espirit" exhaust fumez. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

When I did my apprenticeship over 40 years ago the foreman smoked Erinmore Flake in a pipe. I can still smell it like it was yesterday.
And diesel exhaust rather than l'espirit but still good.

[pritch]

Trainspotter.

Yeah. I was thinking anorak but the sentiment is the same. Impressive though.

[Akzle]

When I did my apprenticeship over 40 years ago the foreman smoked Erinmore Flake in a pipe. I can still smell it like it was yesterday.
And diesel exhaust rather than l'espirit but still good.

borkum riff.
I actually have half a pouch somewhere. Fuckall places selling choice tobacco now.

[unstuck]

borkum riff.
I actually have half a pouch somewhere. Fuckall places selling choice tobacco now.

Mates old man smoked that, I can smell it now you mention it.:2thumbsup