Vintage TAIPAN MK 5 ", Diesel Model Aeroplane / Airplane Engine NIB
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:774028 | Type: MK 5, 2.5cc Diesel |
| Brand: TAIPAN | MPN: Does Not Apply |
| UPC: Does not apply |
Up for auction is this rare, Taipan MK 5, 2.5cc, front induction, loop scavenged Diesel circa 1960.
This particular motor is stamped (IFS 422) denoting that it was once in the collection of Ivor F Stowe.
It is pretty much mint, with exceptional compression, and appears to have been factory test run only.
The extended starter spring mounting is there, but the extended Prop Driver is not, and accordingly it is not fitted with a starter spring.
In use these motors... had a tendency to break crankcases, and so not many have survived.
Luckily this one has never been put into practical use, instead residing for several decades in the aforementioned collection.
The rather battered box although the correct one has been "touched up", but interestingly still bears the HobbyCo price tag of 4 Pounds 19 Shillings and Sixpence.
Please view all images as they best depict the as new condition of this fine diesel from Australia's Master Maker, Gordon Burford.
This particular motor is stamped (IFS 422) denoting that it was once in the collection of Ivor F Stowe.
It is pretty much mint, with exceptional compression, and appears to have been factory test run only.
The extended starter spring mounting is there, but the extended Prop Driver is not, and accordingly it is not fitted with a starter spring.
In use these motors... had a tendency to break crankcases, and so not many have survived.
Luckily this one has never been put into practical use, instead residing for several decades in the aforementioned collection.
The rather battered box although the correct one has been "touched up", but interestingly still bears the HobbyCo price tag of 4 Pounds 19 Shillings and Sixpence.
Please view all images as they best depict the as new condition of this fine diesel from Australia's Master Maker, Gordon Burford.
