Can anybody help.

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Gentlemen,

A friend of mine has recently bought one of the engines on EBay and he is interested in finding out about the engines manufacturer, assuming that is what the label is for.

Can anybody help please.

Martin P

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Any history on this engine

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

There happens to be one on sale here at the moment with more detail. The label identifies the Model Name, Type Number and maker. The post code suggests it's not an antique – post codes were introduced during the 1960s.

Dave

PS I've a notion that the prototype engine was something to do with Cornish mining but…

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 20/02/2019 11:18:52

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Here's another one just sold **LINK**

In real life they were fairly small as beam engines go, not used in mine drainage, they were huge

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Gentlemen,

My friend who owns the beam engine in the thread has found some information about the company, see below.

Just quick update on Beam Andy.

Adaptors (engineering) Ltd of 94-110 Tower Hamlets Road day job seems to have been making hydraulic hose fittings and they had a little mascot on their company note paper called "Andy Adaptor". Why they went into model engineering in the late 1970's, I have no idea but the result was Beam Andy, the grasshopper steam engine and Hot Andy a hot air engine.

They also had a crack at selling home computers – setting up a computer division "when they found one of their employees was interested in computers" according to a 1983 article in Personal Computer News, so seem to have been a pretty enterprising lot.

Not long after this, the London site was redeveloped and company moved to Salisbury. I can find no more save that it was dissolved at some point after 1991.

Finding this sort of thing out pleases me and I hope is of some interest to you!

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

I've just had a quick look for Hot Andy and found this.

https://www.stationroadsteam.com/hot-andy-hot-air-engine-stock-code-2757/

Martin P

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

I think your friend got the more pleasing looking engine out of the pair!

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