I too loved this comment, The English made a lot of funny looking things, but the functionality was impressive. Like the starting handle, I had not seen one of those before. Hope you feel better! and happy new year.
@Venena Religio Est If the Wright brothers wouldn't have done the first flight, someone else would have. If Columbus hadn't "discovered" the Americas, someone else would (well they already had). Brittan got a headstart, but the industrial revolution would still have happened. To be clear, I love that English quirky shit!
Seem like the little fellow found a new toy!😂 Even though the UK's machines are made so much different than ours(U.S.🇺🇸) They still do the same job😁👍 Love old machines
When I was a kid 10-12 I used to live near to a British railway marshalling yard and security was an old man who was deaf so we used to sneak in at night and race around on these very same trucks, loads of fun it was, thanks for bringing the memory back, Great video as ever, and I really like your very good English accent.
@@jimmyrutz1730 We didn't usually stop and if you fell off you tried to get back or had a walk, we used to bounce quite well as were fit not sat in front of the TV as we didn't have one back then.
Its good to see you back. I always find your videos interesting. I think there is one of these at the Tyntesfield House National Trust property in the uk.
My father after selling the family textile business bought into an engineering and iron foundry. They had one of these Autotrucks with a single cylinder 8HP Lister diesel for taking castings from the foundry to the machine shop for finishing. This had a thing like a horizontal steel ships wheel on top of the engine, which sat in a very large ring bearing above the single front wheel. To reverse, you just turned the whole engine and transmission (chain drive) through 180º using the ships wheel . At 90º you could do very slow doughnuts. Starting the diesel on a cold day in the north of Scotland, needed the largest man in the works, to spin the flywheel as fast as possible, while some else tripped the compression release and squirted in model airplane ether based fuel into the air intake. The Albion gearbox is similar to those used on Pashley delivery trikes, which used Royal Enfield engines, except that they often had a reverse, not needed on the Autotrucks.
If you use your hole punch on the “end grain” of a block, it will stay sharp almost forever. The holes you punch will be cleaner, and easier to cut clear through. When punching against the grain. Punch will have more of a tendency to bounce and not cut cleanly. More of a crushing cut. Please try it and see what you think. Keep up the great videos. Thanks
The more I see of these Villiers motors, the better I like them. They are heavy and overbuilt for their horsepower, but I think that's why so many of them still run. This one looks to be at least 60 years old, and started without much work, and runs very smoothly. Well done, Richard!
These Villiers Mk-12 engines were very common on farms in Australia, until driven out of the market by the Honda aircooled engine. We had a few on our farm, pumping water, powering saws, lighting plant etc. They were very good long lasting engines mechanically, but were let down by crappy English ignition parts. Magneto points need frequent attention. It's far too easy to strip the threads in the points bracket bolt holes. Most people fitted a bit of bent tin plate on one of the cylinder head bolts and extending over the spark plug as a much more convenient and reliable way to shut it off. If not used frequently, the cork in the petrol tap shrinks and lets fuel drip out. It's best to replace the cork with neoprene.
I say you are a serious badass! Feel like im playing medal of honor frontline on my playstation 2 watching the video. WW2 images on the screen. Your channel is the best! You are my brother and you and your family must have the best wishes from me!
Used one at school in the early sixties for the farm. Great memories, also still have one 8x4 motor truck and a smaller 6x3ft truck in use but no motor. They are rare birds but plenty were used around Poole area. Best from the UK Hampshire.
I've got the modern version of this thing, a Dr. Powerwagon. Awesome tool for bringing firewood up our steep backyard hillside in winter or just moving loads of stuff around. Great job on the video! Thanks for sharing.
Hi, thanks for your video. 50 ish years ago, I drove one of these around a Scottish castle, spraying weedkiller on the estate paths from a converted bear barrel mounted on the back.
I remember I used to see a truck like the one you drove to bring home the Wrigley truck, but it had a dump bed on it. This was in the 1950s back in Detroit, Michigan. Brings back the clock for me.
@@YesterdaysMachinery Dear Richard, I also have a horrible cold that has gone on since Christmas, but it more or less went this week. Here is my great little dog - a rescue dog I was given last July. Since this video only a week after she came to me, she has matured and become so kindly. I hope you enjoy one vid from me as much as I have enjoyed many from you. My favourite is the Volvo BM Terrier. Mine is also a Terrier. A Patterdale Terrier, bred for killing rats, though Lu is so gentle that she has no nip in her, though all the hunting instinct. th-cam.com/video/kTDHQb2s6rk/w-d-xo.html Very best wishes [as they say in Norway, Med Glad Hilsen], from George
@@georgejohnson1498 What a fine little Terrier you got there!!! 👍 (I was LOL'ing each time I heard those 'farts', seems like Lu thought them funny too! 🤣 ''Man's Best Friend'' indeed! . . . 💓
50mm bore makes it a Mk 10. Mk 12 was 55mm. Interesting piece of kit made when I was a child about 40 miles from where I was born and raised. And this is the 1st time I've ever heard of them... Many thanks from a funny looking Englishman... 👍
Hi Richard, Love your new Wrigley truck. Poole is about 75 miles from where I live, I have a version of this same type of truck, Mine is a Triton pyramid truck, only slight difference is in the chassis uses the same engine set up Villiers Mk10 and Albion 3 speed box, My one came from an ammunition depot in the UK it also has rear brakes, fantastic little trucks. There is also A truck Called a Bonser if you can find one. Well done on getting her running again. Hope you feel better soon. Take care.
Hi! Interesting. Yes i have some pages of Bonser trucks litterature that i got together with this one. So they imported them here in Sweden, but i have not seen one irl. I absolutely love the truck. I have now used it a couple of hours and it is very nice indeed. /Richard
Fantastic, i was always attracted to the lambreta yard truck that had a similar stering system, with the exception of looking t Like a trash can pulling a flatbed and having perimeter steering wheel cast into the top cover, just weird and fun. Thanks for giving this beastie a go👍👍👍
1. he starts up the machine 2. machine makes infernal noises 3. he says "That went well, so quiet!" 😀👍 *I realize that it's just how audio is recorded, but it's funny non the less 🐱
Excellent video as always, I remember seeing these around the steel works in Sheffield UK where I was born (almost 78 years ago),also on some market gardens in the countryside. Best wishes, thanks for sharing and greetings from Ireland.
The company I used to work for had several of these for moving stuff around the factory. 'Ours' had a tractor style seat attached to the front of the box for the driver to sit on, there was more space between the box and the engine. They also had a footbrake and I think ours were 3 speed, but couldn't be sure - its a long time ago. We used to race them on nights when there was no-one around 🙂
Ah! I've just seen, and now remember that you have a 2 post lift. Is the new hydraulic platform just a work bench or is it a pair of platforms to lift car size vehicles? I just found a scissor lift type where the platforms do not need to be connected so there's nothing in the way between them. $200 aud. Im very, very happy indeed! Slight upgrade from working in Sandy soil or on compacted limestone and getting grit in everything! Great video, as always. I look forward to the next one! Be happy. Cheers!!
What a great barn find! It is always handy to have a circle of friends to help find these unique pieces of history. You need to have a video of all your machinery, I would especially want to see your blue truck again. Thanks.
Awesome wheel truck. I just built a self propelled dumping wheelbarrow and then I found a video of someone who made the exact same one that I did. He converted a self propelled snowblower into a dump barrow. I love all the old stuff you find.
Around 11:30 mark. The exhaust valve stem is too long. The valve isn't closing completely, or else it wouldn't have carbon under it. I bet you could spin it easily while it was supposed to be closed. You have to remove the valve and grind the stem ever so slightly shorter. (Very little! Check with feeler gauges) Polish the valve and seat with the compound, and check/adjust the final clearance again. This is a very common adjustment on flat head small engines.
I am happy you are making videos again, I found your channel a couple of months ago when you were not putting out content. Besides the wonderful old machinery I enjoy the way you speed up the video through the slow parts. I'm from the USA and I have never seen most of the machines you work on. Great stuff
Well done for resurrecting a piece of British engineering
"Made in England, that's why it looks funny"
Best description ever.😂
They made lovely things, but you can often see from 100 yards away that it is made there 😅 /Richard
mawe42...I died laughing at that one too....but I knew he meant in a nice way...LOL
I too loved this comment, The English made a lot of funny looking things, but the functionality was impressive. Like the starting handle, I had not seen one of those before.
Hope you feel better! and happy new year.
@Venena Religio Est If the Wright brothers wouldn't have done the first flight, someone else would have. If Columbus hadn't "discovered" the Americas, someone else would (well they already had).
Brittan got a headstart, but the industrial revolution would still have happened.
To be clear, I love that English quirky shit!
@Venena Religio Est Don't get your panties all bunched up I am sure he was just joking
Great machine for firewood, coal, pumpkins, watermelons, bricks, concrete, and garbage.
So it would be comparable to something like a side by side?
I want one. It's adorable.
Seem like the little fellow found a new toy!😂 Even though the UK's machines are made so much different than ours(U.S.🇺🇸)
They still do the same job😁👍
Love old machines
Oh my God I need one of those, I have a new mission in life
Yes i have owned it for like one week and i just love it here on the farm! /Richard
My grandfather always said old is better you just proved that he was right
Yes that is right! /Richard
When I was a kid 10-12 I used to live near to a British railway marshalling yard and security was an old man who was deaf so we used to sneak in at night and race around on these very same trucks, loads of fun it was, thanks for bringing the memory back, Great video as ever, and I really like your very good English accent.
Hi, and thanks for those words! And thanks for that fun story! /Richard
What happened when you had to stop someone fell off one or crash one or did the old man security guard get fired?
@@jimmyrutz1730 We didn't usually stop and if you fell off you tried to get back or had a walk, we used to bounce quite well as were fit not sat in front of the TV as we didn't have one back then.
@@H4rleyBoy I mean you were kids and kids are bouncy. Fairly resistant to small injuries.
Ya, that's what really happened... Sure your telling us the truth.
@ 1.42, by the look of it, your truck runs on Beer 🍺 Happy new year.
Yes old pond water and mayonaise. Then she purs like kitten. /Richard
It has the turning radius of a piano stool. Excellent video, glad to see it!
Hahaha, yes it has! /Richard
Vielen Dank für das Video
Wieder ein Stück Geschichte gerettet
Viele Grüsse Frank Galetzka
Thank you. Best regards /Richard
Love all old machinery. Suggest sinus rinse for sinus infection. Change you toothbrush or scalding water on it.
thank you i really enjoy all your videos
Thanks for watching! 🙂 /Richard
Another nice video for lovers of old machines. Thanks, very interesting. I'll drink coffee for the next video. A wonderful weekend for me.
Thank you! /Richard
Its good to see you back. I always find your videos interesting. I think there is one of these at the Tyntesfield House National Trust property in the uk.
Yes u think they were extremly well used in England. And i understand why, because they are really nice to use. /Richard
Awesome! A minute in and smiling already!
Thanks for the video.
Hello museum on three wheels!
Awesome little motor cart. I sure could use one like that here on our ranch.
Cheers young Man!!!!!!!!
Hi! Take care mate! /Richard
my new favorite channel
Hi! Thank you. Where are you located at?
Take care! /Richard
OK, you got me. I want one!
Great video brother 👍👍👍
My father after selling the family textile business bought into an engineering and iron foundry. They had one of these Autotrucks with a single cylinder 8HP Lister diesel for taking castings from the foundry to the machine shop for finishing. This had a thing like a horizontal steel ships wheel on top of the engine, which sat in a very large ring bearing above the single front wheel. To reverse, you just turned the whole engine and transmission (chain drive) through 180º using the ships wheel . At 90º you could do very slow doughnuts. Starting the diesel on a cold day in the north of Scotland, needed the largest man in the works, to spin the flywheel as fast as possible, while some else tripped the compression release and squirted in model airplane ether based fuel into the air intake. The Albion gearbox is similar to those used on Pashley delivery trikes, which used Royal Enfield engines, except that they often had a reverse, not needed on the Autotrucks.
Love the stories in the comments! Feels like a lot of people got memories of these trucks! /Richard
Another nice find. Thanks for the video.
That is really cute, but it is a long way from home. Thanks for sharing. ✌️from Australia
Hi! Thanks! /Richard
Lots of fun. Thanks!
Nice weird little truck, Glad you showed it to us.
If you use your hole punch on the “end grain” of a block, it will stay sharp almost forever. The holes you punch will be cleaner, and easier to cut clear through.
When punching against the grain. Punch will have more of a tendency to bounce and not cut cleanly. More of a crushing cut. Please try it and see what you think. Keep up the great videos. Thanks
Hi! I think you have a point. Here im using a pice of nylon. Might be better to cut a slice of an old oak log. /Richard
Learned something here too!
Thanks, a great tip.
The more I see of these Villiers motors, the better I like them. They are heavy and overbuilt for their horsepower, but I think that's why so many of them still run. This one looks to be at least 60 years old, and started without much work, and runs very smoothly. Well done, Richard!
Yes i really like Villiers engines. I have a few, and all of them runs great! /Richard
These Villiers Mk-12 engines were very common on farms in Australia, until driven out of the market by the Honda aircooled engine. We had a few on our farm, pumping water, powering saws, lighting plant etc.
They were very good long lasting engines mechanically, but were let down by crappy English ignition parts. Magneto points need frequent attention. It's far too easy to strip the threads in the points bracket bolt holes. Most people fitted a bit of bent tin plate on one of the cylinder head bolts and extending over the spark plug as a much more convenient and reliable way to shut it off.
If not used frequently, the cork in the petrol tap shrinks and lets fuel drip out. It's best to replace the cork with neoprene.
Richard score’s another wonderful old machine❤. 👍🏴
Interesting. I love your serial air filtration system in the blue truck cab.
More like air pulotion system, haha! /Richard
neat little industrial hauler...I remember seeing something like that in a big parts warehouse years ago....but they were Cushmans
Yes, really nice. When i first found it i did not expect it to be as useful as it is now. /Richard
I say you are a serious badass! Feel like im playing medal of honor frontline on my playstation 2 watching the video. WW2 images on the screen. Your channel is the best! You are my brother and you and your family must have the best wishes from me!
Great to see a video of yours! Would love to see more of the Scania truck and what you know of its history. Seems very clean and original.
Very true! Trucks like that are pretty exotic for those of us not in your area.
The best thing since the Forest-Bear! You made restoring it look so easy.
Honey n tea helped me get through it blessing to you n yours
Yes my father have bees so honey and tea is used alot. Take care. /Richard
Used one at school in the early sixties for the farm. Great memories, also still have one 8x4 motor truck and a smaller 6x3ft truck in use but no motor. They are rare birds but plenty were used around Poole area. Best from the UK Hampshire.
That's a cool little truck.
I've got the modern version of this thing, a Dr. Powerwagon. Awesome tool for bringing firewood up our steep backyard hillside in winter or just moving loads of stuff around. Great job on the video! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! /Richard
Nice find.
Loved the video. Very interesting as always. Keep well.
Hi, thanks for your video. 50 ish years ago, I drove one of these around a Scottish castle, spraying weedkiller on the estate paths from a converted bear barrel mounted on the back.
Love hearing these old stories about machine memories! /Richard
I remember I used to see a truck like the one you drove to bring home the Wrigley truck, but it had a dump bed on it. This was in the 1950s back in Detroit, Michigan. Brings back the clock for me.
Don’t forget to lube up the final drive chain to the front wheel. Nice bit of kit 👍
I did later. I think the water flushed it away tho.. /Richard
Dear Richard,
Have a fantastic 2023! Lovely video.
Thanks and best wishes from George in UK.
Hi! Thank you. I wish you all good. /Richard
@@YesterdaysMachinery Dear Richard,
I also have a horrible cold that has gone on since Christmas, but it more or less went this week.
Here is my great little dog - a rescue dog I was given last July. Since this video only a week after she came to me, she has matured and become so kindly.
I hope you enjoy one vid from me as much as I have enjoyed many from you. My favourite is the Volvo BM Terrier. Mine is also a Terrier. A Patterdale Terrier, bred for killing rats, though Lu is so gentle that she has no nip in her, though all the hunting instinct.
th-cam.com/video/kTDHQb2s6rk/w-d-xo.html
Very best wishes [as they say in Norway, Med Glad Hilsen], from George
@@georgejohnson1498 What a fine little Terrier you got there!!! 👍
(I was LOL'ing each time I heard those 'farts', seems like Lu thought them funny too! 🤣
''Man's Best Friend'' indeed! . . . 💓
Great your feeling better so glad to see you video ole school machinery again 😎👍👌
Thank's! Yes fun to be back 😊 /Richard
Great job on the Wrigley !
Great machine!👍Thanks for the video😀
Cool Video! Thanks!
Very cool! Im glad there’s folks like you keeping the old stuff running and operational! Love your videos!
50mm bore makes it a Mk 10. Mk 12 was 55mm. Interesting piece of kit made when I was a child about 40 miles from where I was born and raised. And this is the 1st time I've ever heard of them... Many thanks from a funny looking Englishman... 👍
Hi! Thanks for info. The plate on the fan cover says 12. But it probably have been changed at some point then! /Richard
It works like a charm, didn't take that long to get it running. Good job!!!!!!
First time i dont have to at least clean the points to get spark i think! /Richard
...good job, nice work, keep safe...
Same to you mate. /Richard
Hi Richard, Love your new Wrigley truck. Poole is about 75 miles from where I live, I have a version of this same type of truck, Mine is a Triton pyramid truck, only slight difference is in the chassis uses the same engine set up Villiers Mk10 and Albion 3 speed box, My one came from an ammunition depot in the UK it also has rear brakes, fantastic little trucks. There is also A truck Called a Bonser if you can find one. Well done on getting her running again. Hope you feel better soon. Take care.
Hi! Interesting. Yes i have some pages of Bonser trucks litterature that i got together with this one. So they imported them here in Sweden, but i have not seen one irl. I absolutely love the truck. I have now used it a couple of hours and it is very nice indeed. /Richard
Thanks man . That is a great little machine.
Your truck reminds me of an older version of a truck I used to drive.
88 international. Split rear end. Double clutching when changing gears.
That truck sounds fantastic. The video was great as always 👍👍
Thanks! /Richard
Another great video 👍
Love this little machine!
Ayyyy glad to see you back bud, love your channel
Thank's mate! /Richard
Fantastic, i was always attracted to the lambreta yard truck that had a similar stering system, with the exception of looking t
Like a trash can pulling a flatbed and having perimeter steering wheel cast into the top cover, just weird and fun.
Thanks for giving this beastie a go👍👍👍
Really love your videos!! They are great!!!!
Thank's a lot! /Richard
"Made in England, of course. That's why it looks so funny."
You made me snort and almost had coffee come out my nose!
Haha, i said that with a good intention! I love it! /Richard
Never seen anything like that before, thanks for your video
It is a very helpful little machine. /Richard
Thanks again Richard
Very nice project 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Man, you find the coolest shit!
Thank you for more great content what a useful little cart .
Such an interesting old machine!
1. he starts up the machine
2. machine makes infernal noises
3. he says "That went well, so quiet!"
😀👍
*I realize that it's just how audio is recorded, but it's funny non the less 🐱
Haha, yes but i promise that it is quiey irl! Imagine a regular small lawnmover but half of the noice! /Richard
@@YesterdaysMachinery Only half of lawnmower? Then my phone makes it sound all wrong 😂 Thanks for the clarification!
Excellent video as always, I remember seeing these around the steel works in Sheffield UK where I was born (almost 78 years ago),also on some market gardens in the countryside. Best wishes, thanks for sharing and greetings from Ireland.
Hi! Fun to get a comment from Ireland. /Richard
Another great video! Thank you.
Thank You! /Richard
The company I used to work for had several of these for moving stuff around the factory.
'Ours' had a tractor style seat attached to the front of the box for the driver to sit on, there was more space between the box and the engine. They also had a footbrake and I think ours were 3 speed, but couldn't be sure - its a long time ago.
We used to race them on nights when there was no-one around 🙂
I thought that it would tip over easy but it seems very safe! /Richard
Nice little tractor :)
Ah! I've just seen, and now remember that you have a 2 post lift.
Is the new hydraulic platform just a work bench or is it a pair of platforms to lift car size vehicles?
I just found a scissor lift type where the platforms do not need to be connected so there's nothing in the way between them.
$200 aud. Im very, very happy indeed!
Slight upgrade from working in Sandy soil or on compacted limestone and getting grit in everything!
Great video, as always.
I look forward to the next one!
Be happy.
Cheers!!
Hi! Got my 4Ton two-post lift for heavy stuff. The new hydraulic table lifts 500kg. Perfekt for garden tractors and so on. /Richard
Glad to see a new video, You find the best stuff.
Thanks! /Richard
What a great barn find! It is always handy to have a circle of friends to help find these unique pieces of history. You need to have a video of all your machinery, I would especially want to see your blue truck again. Thanks.
Hi! Yes i might make a movie with all my big stuff at once! Yes it is a Scania L50 from 1968. /Richard
What a cool start lever and gearing. Very neat (and complete) old workhorse.
That looks like too much fun.
Looks like just the little truck to haul a few days of firewood from the shed to the front porch. Nice find.
Where have you been? I miss your videos! It's good to see you back!
Finally a new video. Good to hear from you. I was thick 3 weeks too...
Hi! Yes this was covid and something more after that. Very tired and still not 100%. I wish you all good. /Richard
@@YesterdaysMachinery I'm sorry to hear that for the both of you. I hope you wil all feel much better soon!
Greetings from Poland. I am glad you came back.
Awesome wheel truck. I just built a self propelled dumping wheelbarrow and then I found a video of someone who made the exact same one that I did. He converted a self propelled snowblower into a dump barrow. I love all the old stuff you find.
Hi! Thank you! /
i love quirky and eclectic..and you have that covered..great stuff..never get tired of seeing you and your antics..mastercraftsman too..
Thank's mate. /Richard
Great little machine. I enjoyed your systematic approach to getting it back in working order. Congratulations.
Thank you! /Richard
Love your content and old cool machinery that you find and fix. Keep it up.
Thanks mate! /Richard
How lovely to see it start and run so nicely. Great job!
Certainly runs a lot better than mine. I can spend several hours fiddling around and the thing still doesn't go - still, it keeps me occupied!
Good to see you again. Interesting little truck/runabout. Hope you're feeling much better.
Happy new year to you and your family.
Hi! Thank you! Hope you are well over there. /Richard
Around 11:30 mark. The exhaust valve stem is too long. The valve isn't closing completely, or else it wouldn't have carbon under it. I bet you could spin it easily while it was supposed to be closed. You have to remove the valve and grind the stem ever so slightly shorter. (Very little! Check with feeler gauges) Polish the valve and seat with the compound, and check/adjust the final clearance again. This is a very common adjustment on flat head small engines.
That sure looks like a handy machine! Good find! I could use that to bring in my firewood.
I am happy you are making videos again, I found your channel a couple of months ago when you were not putting out content. Besides the wonderful old machinery I enjoy the way you speed up the video through the slow parts. I'm from the USA and I have never seen most of the machines you work on. Great stuff
Hi! Thank you. I think much of my machines was rare in the US. /Richard
Nice little cart would be great for fire wood ! thanks for the video Keep on keeping on cheers.
I have used it for firewood today! Worked perfectly. /Richard
When I was young a local milk man delivered using one of these. Turned it over on a very steep bend I remember.
Yes, faster steering is hard to find! Should be great as a milk truck. /Richard
That Thing is AWESOME...
(and I want one)😁
Yes it is really usable! /Richard
A very handy little machine! My wife would love it in the garden. All the best Richard. Jenko.
Hi Jenko! Long time. Yes it is really handy to transport all kinds of stuff around. And the kids love it. Take care mate. /Richard
Reminds me of a saying a boy with this toy playing in a puddle or playing in the mud!
Haha, yes that is the male instinct. /Richard
Welcome back! Great video, looking forward to more soon. Hope you feel better quickly!
What a cool piece of machinery, and luckily it came across your path! 👍🏻
that thing is awesome.
I love old machines they just run on and on with a little tlc