Alan

Thank you for the adverts about Aspera Frigo. Interesting to see the connections between all the companies. I had not seen those adverts before.

I have a Tecnamotor service manual, attached as a PDF. There is a list of 2-stroke engine specifications at the end of section F.The models mentioned are AH47 AV47, AH58, AH81, V51-TA, H51-TH, VA-VH,…[Read more]

Attached is the BV series brochure, which may date from the mid-1980s.

Also, a 1987 Tecumseh advert and a 1978 Aspera advert. Both are from UK magazines.

Thank you for the information. I agree that it is difficult to find all the data regarding Aspera!

Indeed, there is a Whirlpool link to Aspera. I have now found the Whirlpool history in a business publication. It lists that in 1985/6 that Whirlpool bought “A majority interest in Aspera s.r.l., an Italian compressor manufacturer”. Aspera produced…[Read more]

And it’s a 5-hp engine.

There’s some useful info on the Mountfield cultivators in the attached brochure PDF.

I have poked around the internet to see what I can find about the buildings on Stirling Corner Borehamwood. I assume these were the Opperman premises – but if anyone knows differently then please correct me.

The Ordnance Survey maps show a building appeared at Stirling Corner in 1938 – Opperman started there in 1938/39. This building no longer…[Read more]

As you will have no doubt found, there is some information online about Opperman. However, it is a bit sketchy and there doesn’t seem to be much about the factory.

There are references to different addresses for Opperman. A new factory was built in 1939 at Sterling Corner, Borehamwood. This no longer exists and, from anecdotal evidence, I think…[Read more]

That does look like a Gutbrod ride-on mower. Your tractor looks complete, although I cannot see if you have the mower deck. It is a reasonably scarce machine and the 1966 engine code seems a likely date.

I recall the mower deck would have been 24″ wide. It would have been side-discharge by the front right wheel.

The steel seat, steering wheel,…[Read more]

There’s an advert and pictures in the gallery:

Bean

Hello All,

Thank you for the comments.

Firstly we haven’t altered the website layout – honestly, it wasn’t us! But it appears that one of the numerous automatic software updates has upset the sidebar that runs down the right of every page.

Things like ‘Recent Replies’ and ‘Recent Topics’ should show in the right column when logged in.…[Read more]

@urbanalfa

It could certainly be from a tree or nursery stock.

A few years ago when working I found many tags from fruit trees and plants that had fallen to the ground and been buried for decades. I still have quite a few in different shapes and sizes. One unusual one is for Narcissus Masterpiece – this cast plant label measures 62mm x 18mm x…[Read more]

I have looked through adverts, catalogues, etc., and cannot find anything that looks like your item.

I doubt that it has been fixed on a machine. I would have thought that if it came with a machine, it would have the maker mark such as Ransomes or Greens. Also, it appears to have no other fixing than the ability to take a length of wire or…[Read more]

Is there anything on the reverse of the disc? Or a way that it has been fixed onto anything?

Hello Sprayerman,

I’ve done some research and the evidence points to it being called a Shandy Barrow. I cannot find any reference to Shardy Barrow – but, as you mentioned, that may be a regional name.

Archive newspaper articles and adverts in the late 1800s and through the 1900s show the use of the name ‘shandy barrow’ across the country and…[Read more]