Hi, Thanks for your comment! After running this just to check that it worked, I put it in a display cabinet & it will now just be a 'shelf queen' to keep it in such fantastic condition. I managed to get a Mamod steam roller at the car boot sale since but it isn't anywhere near as pristine. Check out my other videos if you get a chance. Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
Hi, Thanks for your comment! Yes I paid £20 altogether but I got the small engine from him too, so I got the small engine for £10 & the Steam Tractor for £10 (hence £10 for the Steam Tractor - it will always be one of my best ever car-boot sale bargains!) Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
Hi, thanks for your comment! Yes, I don't think I'll get another bargain like that for a while (apart from getting a Tamiya Willy's Wheeler Honda City Turbo for next to nothing at the same car boot sale on another occasion - if I remember correctly I think I paid £20 or £25)! Check out the video I did on that if you get a chance. Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
@@LeonCreatorwithLeonHills in 2004 or 2005 my Dad brought a Mamod traction engine as a special birthday gift for my Grandad. I remember him bring it home and did not know what to make of if as I was seven years old at the time. despite Grandad steaming the engine up a few times he wasn't really interested in keeping it so he gave it me. when me and my brother was 12-13 years old we had a great time steaming Grandad's Mamod traction engine until Tim melted the water sight glass.
@@eliotreader8220 Wow, great present to receive from your Grandad. I think that even if the water sight glass is melted & even if it didn't run any more, it wouldn't particularly matter - these engines just look great & make fantastic display pieces. Thanks for your comments & thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
@@eliotreader8220 Nice! It is great to be able to restore these things back to how they would have been when new - I was so lucky that mine was in such lovely condition. Thanks again for watching!!!
I think I just used a bit of Tamiya damper oil where I thought it was needed. This remains one of my best car-boot sale bargains of all time - so minty!!!
Thank you - yes, I was really pleased with this one! I had a couple of the Mamod engines already but always liked the look of the Tractor Engine - just like the full-size vintage vehicles you see at steam fairs. This is definitely my favourite of all the models they made. Thanks for watching my channel - it is truly appreciated.
@@eliotreader8220 I know, I have even seen boxed ones in great condition like my steam tractor go for £350 on eBay - I do love being in the right place at the right time at car boot sales! Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
My BP to US converter says it was less than $13. If that is true, it is way, way beyond a good deal! it's a TE1A and should be more like $120. to $150.> Apparently, the shop owner didn't know what he had. $25 and some for the lot out of his car, then let you have it all for less than $13!! Are you sure they are not hot?
Hi, Thanks for your comment! Yes, this was one of the best deals I have ever had from a car boot sale - I had never even seen one of these that wasn't old with play-wear & rust etc. So to find one that looked brand new, with a box & all the bits was incredible. I think he just honestly didn't have a clue how collectable these are now. He was a Wally not to have looked it up & done a bit of research (I never sell anything until I have double checked what it is currently selling for on eBay etc). Check out my 80s toys/figures & collectables videos - I'm sure there will be lots you recognise fondly! Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
@@LeonCreatorwithLeonHills Mamod stopped making steam engines last summer due to a number of reasons but mostly down to the UK goverment banning the solid fuel tablets that where used to heat the water up.
@@eliotreader8220 Hi, thanks for your comment! I had no idea that they were still even producing engines - fantastic that they went on for so long. Interesting about the solid fuel tablets too. Check out some of my other vintage toy videos if you get a chance - there are sure to be lots that you will recognise. Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
Hi, thanks for your comment! It was a long time ago that I posted this Mamod Steam Tractor video - are you saying "Oil" because I needed to oil it in some way? I thought I checked all that at the time but I could easily be mistaken! I haven't used it again since posting - it just sits as a nice 'shelf queen' in a display case. Weirdly enough, I just managed to buy a Mamod Steam Roller from the same car-boot sale & also for £10.00 (!) though it isn't in as great condition as this one. I often like them just as much when they appear a bit more 'used' - lots of patina, worn paint/rust & soot makes them actually look their age. Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
@@LeonCreatorwithLeonHills I do enjoy your channel. The engine will go wonderfully if you make a point of oiling all the moving parts and on the piston and cylinder a special oil, steam oil. I usually do it every time it's used.
@@vanbc19631963 Hi, thank you so much for that useful information - anything like that is really helpful for me! As I collect so many different toy lines, I am not a huge expert in any of them - if I just collected Mamod, that would be easier (but then I would miss all the others)! Thanks for saying you enjoy my channel - I hoped there might, one day, be someone out there who would!!!
Avery nice buy. When you said screw thing, that is the safety valve which every steam engine has to have.
Hi,
Thanks for your comment! After running this just to check that it worked, I put it in a display cabinet & it will now just be a 'shelf queen' to keep it in such fantastic condition.
I managed to get a Mamod steam roller at the car boot sale since but it isn't anywhere near as pristine.
Check out my other videos if you get a chance.
Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
Hi, Thanks for your comment!
Yes I paid £20 altogether but I got the small engine from him too, so I got the small engine for £10 & the Steam Tractor for £10 (hence £10 for the Steam Tractor - it will always be one of my best ever car-boot sale bargains!)
Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
Very good bargain indeed! Usually it would go up for 10 times the price on ebay and places such
Hi, thanks for your comment!
Yes, I don't think I'll get another bargain like that for a while (apart from getting a Tamiya Willy's Wheeler Honda City Turbo for next to nothing at the same car boot sale on another occasion - if I remember correctly I think I paid £20 or £25)!
Check out the video I did on that if you get a chance.
Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
Great Leon, my brother had a Mamod steam tractor just like that one.
They are so beautifully painted & intricate - the fact that it works is also a huge bonus - they have some power behind them too. Hours of fun ; ))
@@LeonCreatorwithLeonHills in 2004 or 2005 my Dad brought a Mamod traction engine as a special birthday gift for my Grandad. I remember him bring it home and did not know what to make of if as I was seven years old at the time. despite Grandad steaming the engine up a few times he wasn't really interested in keeping it so he gave it me. when me and my brother was 12-13 years old we had a great time steaming Grandad's Mamod traction engine until Tim melted the water sight glass.
@@eliotreader8220 Wow, great present to receive from your Grandad. I think that even if the water sight glass is melted & even if it didn't run any more, it wouldn't particularly matter - these engines just look great & make fantastic display pieces. Thanks for your comments & thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
@@LeonCreatorwithLeonHills I eventually got a new sight glass and seal to replace the original
@@eliotreader8220 Nice! It is great to be able to restore these things back to how they would have been when new - I was so lucky that mine was in such lovely condition. Thanks again for watching!!!
I hope you oiled the moving parts first
I think I just used a bit of Tamiya damper oil where I thought it was needed. This remains one of my best car-boot sale bargains of all time - so minty!!!
Mamod now makes rubber tires to put on their portable engines
Bargain of the century!!
Thank you - yes, I was really pleased with this one! I had a couple of the Mamod engines already but always liked the look of the Tractor Engine - just like the full-size vintage vehicles you see at steam fairs. This is definitely my favourite of all the models they made. Thanks for watching my channel - it is truly appreciated.
@@LeonCreatorwithLeonHills it looks like the engine was built during the 1970s so that was a good price for a 50 year old Mamod traction engine
@@eliotreader8220 I know, I was really lucky with his one!!
@@LeonCreatorwithLeonHills very interesting as a modern Mamod portable engine is now around 200 pounds on the Internet
@@eliotreader8220 I know, I have even seen boxed ones in great condition like my steam tractor go for £350 on eBay - I do love being in the right place at the right time at car boot sales!
Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
My BP to US converter says it was less than $13. If that is true, it is way, way beyond a good deal! it's a TE1A and should be more like $120. to $150.> Apparently, the shop owner didn't know what he had.
$25 and some for the lot out of his car, then let you have it all for less than $13!! Are you sure they are not hot?
Hi,
Thanks for your comment!
Yes, this was one of the best deals I have ever had from a car boot sale - I had never even seen one of these that wasn't old with play-wear & rust etc. So to find one that looked brand new, with a box & all the bits was incredible. I think he just honestly didn't have a clue how collectable these are now. He was a Wally not to have looked it up & done a bit of research (I never sell anything until I have double checked what it is currently selling for on eBay etc).
Check out my 80s toys/figures & collectables videos - I'm sure there will be lots you recognise fondly!
Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
@@LeonCreatorwithLeonHills Mamod stopped making steam engines last summer due to a number of reasons but mostly down to the UK goverment banning the solid fuel tablets that where used to heat the water up.
@@eliotreader8220 Hi, thanks for your comment! I had no idea that they were still even producing engines - fantastic that they went on for so long. Interesting about the solid fuel tablets too.
Check out some of my other vintage toy videos if you get a chance - there are sure to be lots that you will recognise.
Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
Oil.
Hi, thanks for your comment!
It was a long time ago that I posted this Mamod Steam Tractor video - are you saying "Oil" because I needed to oil it in some way? I thought I checked all that at the time but I could easily be mistaken! I haven't used it again since posting - it just sits as a nice 'shelf queen' in a display case.
Weirdly enough, I just managed to buy a Mamod Steam Roller from the same car-boot sale & also for £10.00 (!) though it isn't in as great condition as this one. I often like them just as much when they appear a bit more 'used' - lots of patina, worn paint/rust & soot makes them actually look their age.
Thanks for watching my channel - it is TRULY Appreciated!!!
@@LeonCreatorwithLeonHills I do enjoy your channel. The engine will go wonderfully if you make a point of oiling all the moving parts and on the piston and cylinder a special oil, steam oil. I usually do it every time it's used.
@@vanbc19631963 Hi, thank you so much for that useful information - anything like that is really helpful for me! As I collect so many different toy lines, I am not a huge expert in any of them - if I just collected Mamod, that would be easier (but then I would miss all the others)!
Thanks for saying you enjoy my channel - I hoped there might, one day, be someone out there who would!!!