Re: SER1 1595 engine

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Landrover Opperduit wrote:
> Dear Australian Friends,
> 
> Sometimes distance is shorter then expected. This Dutch-Australian or
> Australian-Dutchman is visiting Perth (WA), my place of birth, in December
> 2005 / January 2006. So the psychological distance is short. I don't know
> where you (Diana, Bruce, etc.)live, distances in Autralia exceed the ones in
> Europe by far. So the "piece of tring" to Perth may still be longer than the
> distance from Lekkerkerk to UK, where finding a 1595 block is rather easy.
> 
> Nevertheless, I will try tot find a 1595 block nearby at first.
I know of a few Series 1 engines in the scottish borders.... in various
states of working-ness....

My last one cost me a bottle of whiskey (and a few years of friendship,
before-hand ;-) )

        -- 
         Ian Stuart, Perl Laghu. EDINA, Edinburgh University.
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