I don't give a shit how many new parts that our Aussie friend assembled. To walk up upon a rusted bucket of mass ansd to sat" I can get her running" tells a lot about a person. I'd shake your hand friend. From the United States of America!
John Rutherford, im restoring a cheetah mk17 and was wondering how you got on with unscrewing your cylinders?. Were they seized?. If they were how did you remove them from the crankcase. Wonderful restoration job on your cheetah it gives hope to me!!
I’m in complete awe of you( and all involved) getting that pile of rusted junk to look so beautiful and actually run.In 3 months! You make the rest of us look inadequate.
I’m a bit late to the party, but I must say BRAVO to you for what I recognise from my own similar project restoration work on a neglected 7 cyl Gnome rotary engine many years ago! It takes knowledge, engineering capability with much dedication and vast amounts of mental and physical effort to complete to this unbeatable level and of such a high quality result! Let alone the exciting but traumatic start-up demanding procedures! So well done to you all! Cheers
This video is why I love Utube. Imagine the hours and hours and hours of work it took to get this old girl running again. I salute you my friend and all the people who helped in the process . Without people like you, these and many more forgotten projects would remain forgotten . Again, hats off to you and all your supporters .Well done.
A true labor of love. I know that the countless hours of knuckle scraping work all melt away when those first puffs of smoke appear. Run it as often as you can, the worst enemy to machinary is idlness. Well done, Mike Athens, Greece
Thankyou glad you enjoyed it,,,my next restoration clip will be on utube very soon so keep an eye on it,,its the positive feedback that makes my efforts feel more appreciated.
That sir is a thing of beauty -- kudos in abundance for such a dedicated restoration. All that in not much over 100 days - remarkable. I am an (old) engineer but not so sure I wouldn't have found that more than a bit daunting. Great job - great video and thank you.
Pat on the back for the fine resto job. Nothing can beat the resto of a project like that as well nothing can beat the sound of a running radial.....cheers from East coast Canada, NL. See 60 wannabes there tapped the dislike what is that all about? Jealous alive on utube!
as the owner of another Cheetah IX salvaged in rural Australia, I am in total awe of your achievement. Sadly mine requires even more dedication than yours after being used for fire & rescue training. Beautiful job sir, very impressed.
Monumental accomplishment. If someone would have asked me if it was restorable to running condition based on my first look, I would have said no. I nearly pushed the eject button on my latest motorcycle resto' which sat in the Oregon rain for twenty years so that should give you an idea on how easily I get gun-shy. But I shouldn't compare such a simple restoration to that relatively complicated beast. Amazing work gentlemen!
He basically refurbished air replaced every part. You can get any engine to run this way. Not Monumental as museums do this all the time. He just had the money to do it with help from others.
awsome. i love these old engines. i had the priv. of learning to fly in a fairchild pt 19. that old ranger was a kick in the butt cranking that thing while operating the wobel pump . in fact after all theze years there are still marks on the ground from firing the old gal up. cheers mates this made my whole day
Well done folks,what a great and professional restoration,and who needs a Gym when cranking this beauty. May have originally been built in my home town of Filton Bristol England. Well done.
That Is Really Pretty Cool! It Just Sat There All That Time, Waiting. You Must Be One Helluva Mechanic & Machinist! I See They Don't All Spin Counter-Clockwise.
Great work on the resto mate. My dad rescued one of these from a farm near Alstonville many years ago and donated it to a local aero club. I think it's still around somewhere. Your video makes me wish I could have done something with it before he donated it.
Superb restoration and plenty good enough To go back in an aircraft. Let's hope it doesn't stay on that stand, let's see it in the air where it belongs.
Always loved radials. Would be so cool to have one on a stand- even a non runner. Also love the idea of modern steam engines, a radial steam engine would be something to see running.
Outstanding work of art is what you have done with that radial engine, I wish to see it in person but I am too far from you guys, to you and everyone that one way I r another collaborated to bring this impressive vidio my most expressive thanks, please keep up the good work.
👋 Hi from the old country. That engine deserves to be fitted into a Kingsford Smith agricultural biplane, if you blokes can pull that one off, it could become an air show star reviving many memories of those who flew them. There were other aircraft which they were fitted to, some of which were twin engined.
You did a remarkable job of restoration! It's a real work of art. Beautiful piece of machinery. You clearly put a lot of time, energy, and care into it, and probably a few dollars. However, if you're really going to use it to fly that forklift, I think you're going to need a couple of wings and some tail surfaces! ;-} Seriously though, a truly masterful restoration. I wouldn't even know where to begin. Thank you for sharing your efforts with us. Radial engines are really cool. Thanks again.
Amazing! I was almost shouting in my chair "C'Mon Cheetah!!! Run!!!" You are real artists! I hope you find some of the historical aircraft that used this engine to fit it in.
