ÿþ<html> <head> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Stationary engine collection with before and after restoration, and articles on their restoration."> <META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="stationary engines, antique engines, restoration, oil engines, diesel engines, bio diesel, old engines, historic engines, Hornsby, Cliff and Bunting, International, Titan, Famous, Steam Engines, Campbell, H.V. Mckay, Sunshine, Wallaby, Sundial, Sundex, Austral, Lister, Petter, Bamford, Crossley, Cooper, Macdonald, riverboat, Robinvale, Maronoa, Murray River, Rural Life Museum"> <title>Stationary Engine Collection - photos and restoration articles</title> </head> <body> <p align="center"><big><big><big><big>Len's Stationary Engines</big></big></big></big></p> <table width="75%" align="center"> <tr><td><img border="0" src="windmill.gif" width="75" height="180"></td><td> <p>I'm Len Hopcroft. I live on the Murray river in North West Victoria, Australia.</p> I have been interested in stationary engines since I was small boy when steam and oil engines were in common use along the Murray River. <p>I have restored over 30 engines over about 10 years. It is becomming more difficult to find engines to restore, so I have built a new one instead. I will add more photos and some details when time permits. </p> <p align="center"><a href="MakingABillabongEngine.html"><img src="Billabong.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="The Billabong" title="The Billabong"></a></p> </td></tr> </table><big><big><big><big> <p align="center">To see some of my favourite engines, <a href="engines.html">&lt;press here&gt;</a></p></big></big></big></big> <div align="center"> <H1>Published articles</H1> <table border="0" width="70%" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <tr bgcolor="#0040a4"> <th><font color="white">Select article below</font></th> <th><font color="white">Topic</font></th> <th><font color="white">Published</font></th> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><img src="new.gif" alt="New"><br><a href="MakingABillabongEngine.html">Making a Billabong Engine</a></td> <td>The journey of building a new engine.</td> <td>Stationary Engine Magazine, July 2011, No 448</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="DaysGoneBy.html">Days gone by!</a></td> <td>Memories of a Pitt Oil Engine.</td> <td>The Olde Machinery Mart</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><a href="cliffandBunting.html">The Cliff and Bunting</a></td> <td>The saga of the recovery and restoration of a rare Cliff &amp; Bunting, and Australian-made open-crank diesel.</td> <td>Stationary Engine Magazine, March 1995<br> The Olde Machinery Mart, April-May 1997</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="international.html">International Famous Budget Restoration</a></td> <td>Tale of an 8hp International Famous restoration</td> <td>Stationary Engine Magazine, March 1996</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><a href="sunshine.html">The Sunshine Challenge</a></td> <td>A tale of endeavour, inspired by that primeval urge that is rooted in every true engine man - the lustfor rust.</td> <td>Stationary Engine Magazine, July 1996</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="foundAtLast.html">The Last Piece of the Puzzle</a></td> <td>The story of my first engine restoration.</td> <td>The Olde Machinery Mart, December 1996</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><a href="steam.html">Take a Step Back To Steam</a></td> <td>My first steam engine restoration.</td> <td>The Olde Machinery Mart, June-July 2002</td> </tr> </table> </div> <h1 align="center">This is our river boat the Maranoa.</H1> <p align="center"><a href="Maranoa.html">&lt;press for more information&gt;</a></p> <p align="center"><a href="Maranoa.html"><img src="Maranoa1.jpg" width="400" height="228" alt="The Maranoa" title="Press for more details"></a></p> <p align="center"><em>Last updated April 25, 2012</em></p> <div align="center"> <!-- extreme-dm.com --> <a target="_top" href="http://t.extreme-dm.com/?login=hoppi19"> <img src="http://t1.extreme-dm.com/i.gif" height=38 border=0 width=41 alt=""></a><script language="javascript1.2"><!-- EXs=screen;EXw=EXs.width;navigator.appName!="Netscape"? EXb=EXs.colorDepth:EXb=EXs.pixelDepth;//--> </script><script language="javascript"><!-- EXd=document;EXw?"":EXw="na";EXb?"":EXb="na"; EXd.write("<img src=\"http://t0.extreme-dm.com", "/c.g?tag=hoppi19&j=y&srw="+EXw+"&srb="+EXb+"&", "l="+escape(EXd.referrer)+"\" height=1 width=1>");//--> </script><noscript><img height=1 width=1 alt="" src="http://t0.extreme-dm.com/c.g?tag=hoppi19&j=n"></noscript> <!-- extreme-dm.com --> <script src="http://www.myfreecounter.net/script.php?id=3944" language="Javascript1.2"></script> <noscript><img src="http://www.myfreecounter.net/noscript.php?id=3944"></noscript> <!--<br><small><i>(since August, 17 2003)</i></small>--> <!-- <br><small><small>(since 11 January 2003)</small></small> --> </div> </body> </html>