soundmotor
super modified
Got this over the summer, 1950s and made in England. This is the nicest one I've had and I am keeping it. Like the others, it was inoperable from never being cleaned. The wick was solid w/ tar and red kero use so it would not even move. Further, tar had run down into the gallery and stuck it solidly in place. Torched it loose then lots of scraping & chipping to get out the tar. Ordered a new wick and mica window earlier and got them yesterday. After filling it w/ K-1 white kero and letting it sit for 30 minutes it fired right up which was gratifying. These are great machines and usable in doors, little odor when running right. I've never experimented w/ fuel mixes but apparently you can make them virtually odorless with some fuel mixes. This one is winter heat back-up when we lose power -