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| Ailsa craig year of manufacture |
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Peter F
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| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 05:25 pm: | 
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A friend has an Ailsa Craig 2 cylinder petrol marine engine. Model no. LA2. It is fitted with a Zenith carby. From my knowledge of Veteran cars, I would estimate it around 1915. Does some one know the year(s) of manufacture, and the HP of this model? |
Mariner
Visitor
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 06:02 pm: |
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Hello, I am not sure of your model, but I know a man who can perhaps help. Dr Robert Kisch who is descendant of the Ailsa Craig inventor used to run the company and knows all about the engines and history. I can't quite place his address, but I got it off the web, so it must be around somewhere. I have an Ailsa Craig R2 "Pup", twin cylinder 2 stroke from about 1925. This has a Zenith too. |
Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 104
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 03:57 pm: |
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Dr. Kisch's site www.ailsacraigengines.co.uk seems to be defunct. Perhaps he has passed on or is in poor health? |
Chris Kisch
Visitor
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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Dr Robert Kisch
Villa Martinique
Chemin du Moulin
St Ouen
Jersey
Channel Islands JE3 2FL
Dad was the last owner of the manufacturing plant until 1964. Can place every engine produced from 1905 - all 10,604 !
Site was withdrawn as it needed total revamp. |
Chris Kisch
Visitor
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 11:13 am: |
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Dr Robert Kisch
Villa Martinique
Chemin du Moulin
St Ouen
Jersey
Channel Islands JE3 2FL
Dad was the last owner of the manufacturing plant until 1964. Can place every engine produced from 1905 - all 10,604 !
Site was withdrawn as it needed total revamp. |
Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 110
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 08:56 pm: |
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What could be told from an engine plate with "TYPE DF3 No.3211" and under that a milled flat with "ACRO LICENSE" hand stamped into it? |
Chris Kisch
Visitor
| | Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 09:34 am: |
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"TYPE DF3 No.3211", The engine was a 3 cylinder Ailsa Craig engine. If you were to write to my Father at the address in this thread, he could tell you when it was manufactured. ACRO licence indicates that it was made under licence at a factory agreed by my Grandfather. This could have been made during WW2 as no engines were made under licence after WW2. The only other indication of RO would be the Ricardo licence- which was basically the Whirlpool Combustion chamber that was used for the RF and RFR series. |
jenn cole
Visitor
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 08:55 am: |
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Hi, I have an Alisa Craig in my timber boat and would love to know more about it - ie year it was built, any history, diagrams, anything The Serial number is LA2 2594. |
Joey Craig
Visitor
| | Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 - 12:02 am: |
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Mint condition Kermath Sea Jeep 4 with original owners manual dated January 1st 1946. Bought from John G Rapp Co., 123 Second Street San Francisco California. Sitting on a rack in the beautiful warmth of a northern California pear shed. Anybody have a ballpark price for this big beautiful bastard? |
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