I don't give a shit how many new parts that our Aussie friend assembled. To walk up upon a rusted bucket of mass ansd to sat" I can get her running" tells a lot about a person. I'd shake your hand friend. From the United States of America!
John Rutherford, im restoring a cheetah mk17 and was wondering how you got on with unscrewing your cylinders?. Were they seized?. If they were how did you remove them from the crankcase. Wonderful restoration job on your cheetah it gives hope to me!!
I’m a bit late to the party, but I must say BRAVO to you for what I recognise from my own similar project restoration work on a neglected 7 cyl Gnome rotary engine many years ago! It takes knowledge, engineering capability with much dedication and vast amounts of mental and physical effort to complete to this unbeatable level and of such a high quality result! Let alone the exciting but traumatic start-up demanding procedures! So well done to you all! Cheers
This video is why I love Utube. Imagine the hours and hours and hours of work it took to get this old girl running again. I salute you my friend and all the people who helped in the process . Without people like you, these and many more forgotten projects would remain forgotten . Again, hats off to you and all your supporters .Well done.
Thankyou glad you enjoyed it,,,my next restoration clip will be on utube very soon so keep an eye on it,,its the positive feedback that makes my efforts feel more appreciated.
I’m in complete awe of you( and all involved) getting that pile of rusted junk to look so beautiful and actually run.In 3 months! You make the rest of us look inadequate.
A true labor of love. I know that the countless hours of knuckle scraping work all melt away when those first puffs of smoke appear. Run it as often as you can, the worst enemy to machinary is idlness. Well done, Mike Athens, Greece
That sir is a thing of beauty -- kudos in abundance for such a dedicated restoration. All that in not much over 100 days - remarkable. I am an (old) engineer but not so sure I wouldn't have found that more than a bit daunting. Great job - great video and thank you.
as the owner of another Cheetah IX salvaged in rural Australia, I am in total awe of your achievement. Sadly mine requires even more dedication than yours after being used for fire & rescue training. Beautiful job sir, very impressed.
awsome. i love these old engines. i had the priv. of learning to fly in a fairchild pt 19. that old ranger was a kick in the butt cranking that thing while operating the wobel pump . in fact after all theze years there are still marks on the ground from firing the old gal up. cheers mates this made my whole day
Pat on the back for the fine resto job. Nothing can beat the resto of a project like that as well nothing can beat the sound of a running radial.....cheers from East coast Canada, NL. See 60 wannabes there tapped the dislike what is that all about? Jealous alive on utube!
Well done folks,what a great and professional restoration,and who needs a Gym when cranking this beauty. May have originally been built in my home town of Filton Bristol England. Well done.
Great work on the resto mate. My dad rescued one of these from a farm near Alstonville many years ago and donated it to a local aero club. I think it's still around somewhere. Your video makes me wish I could have done something with it before he donated it.
Always loved radials. Would be so cool to have one on a stand- even a non runner. Also love the idea of modern steam engines, a radial steam engine would be something to see running.
That Is Really Pretty Cool! It Just Sat There All That Time, Waiting. You Must Be One Helluva Mechanic & Machinist! I See They Don't All Spin Counter-Clockwise.
Amazing! I was almost shouting in my chair "C'Mon Cheetah!!! Run!!!" You are real artists! I hope you find some of the historical aircraft that used this engine to fit it in.
Superb restoration and plenty good enough To go back in an aircraft. Let's hope it doesn't stay on that stand, let's see it in the air where it belongs.
You did a remarkable job of restoration! It's a real work of art. Beautiful piece of machinery. You clearly put a lot of time, energy, and care into it, and probably a few dollars. However, if you're really going to use it to fly that forklift, I think you're going to need a couple of wings and some tail surfaces! ;-} Seriously though, a truly masterful restoration. I wouldn't even know where to begin. Thank you for sharing your efforts with us. Radial engines are really cool. Thanks again.
Outstanding work of art is what you have done with that radial engine, I wish to see it in person but I am too far from you guys, to you and everyone that one way I r another collaborated to bring this impressive vidio my most expressive thanks, please keep up the good work.
They remind me of those old school vw motors.. t You know what I mean?? There both air cooled and they have the push rods outside the pistons.. very very cool man..love it
👋 Hi from the old country. That engine deserves to be fitted into a Kingsford Smith agricultural biplane, if you blokes can pull that one off, it could become an air show star reviving many memories of those who flew them. There were other aircraft which they were fitted to, some of which were twin engined.
This engine most likely had a Inertia starter, judging by how the crank disengaged each time the engine flipped ahead. Installing one would make this gentleman's life much easier
Hi it actually starts very quickly now,,prop usually only has to do 4 rotations search youtube for rusty iron rally 2014 you will see it in action now cheers
I sat here smiling, appreciating the brain power and committment behind this restoration. What a gorgeous machine, what a beautiful sound. Thank you.
thankyou
I don't give a shit how many new parts that our Aussie friend assembled. To walk up upon a rusted bucket of mass ansd to sat" I can get her running" tells a lot about a person. I'd shake your hand friend. From the United States of America!
Thankyou,
John Rutherford, im restoring a cheetah mk17 and was wondering how you got on with unscrewing your cylinders?. Were they seized?. If they were how did you remove them from the crankcase. Wonderful restoration job on your cheetah it gives hope to me!!
I’m a bit late to the party, but I must say BRAVO to you for what I recognise from my own similar project restoration work on a neglected 7 cyl Gnome rotary engine many years ago! It takes knowledge, engineering capability with much dedication and vast amounts of mental and physical effort to complete to this unbeatable level and of such a high quality result! Let alone the exciting but traumatic start-up demanding procedures! So well done to you all! Cheers
This video is why I love Utube. Imagine the hours and hours and hours of work it took to get this old girl running again. I salute you my friend and all the people who helped in the process . Without people like you, these and many more forgotten projects would remain forgotten . Again, hats off to you and all your supporters .Well done.
70 years of rusting and sitting idle and you brought it back to life. Not much impresses me, but THIS impresses me to no end.
Thankyou glad you enjoyed it,,,my next restoration clip will be on utube very soon so keep an eye on it,,its the positive feedback that makes my efforts feel more appreciated.
I’m in complete awe of you( and all involved) getting that pile of rusted junk to look so beautiful and actually run.In 3 months!
You make the rest of us look inadequate.
thankyou
What a thrill ! Found me self on the edge of the chair and straining with the man cranking.Thanks for the great show. Congrats...........Pete in USA
The Before and After is incredible. Brilliant job on the restoration.
thankyou
A true labor of love. I know that the countless hours of knuckle scraping work all melt away when those first puffs of smoke appear. Run it as often as you can, the worst enemy to machinary is idlness.
Well done,
Mike Athens, Greece
That sir is a thing of beauty -- kudos in abundance for such a dedicated restoration. All that in not much over 100 days - remarkable. I am an (old) engineer but not so sure I wouldn't have found that more than a bit daunting. Great job - great video and thank you.
To accomplish that in just a few month, takes a LOT of knowledge, ingenuity, skills and dedication. Such a nice purr to hear it run. WOW Superb job.
No matter how many times that I watch this,when that thing fires up I have to smile,good job.
brilliantly done in bringing what was a pile of scrap back to its working former glory!
Awesome video, I love seeing these being brought back to life, so much effort but always rewarding to see it run. Great job guys.
as the owner of another Cheetah IX salvaged in rural Australia, I am in total awe of your achievement.
Sadly mine requires even more dedication than yours after being used for fire & rescue training.
Beautiful job sir, very impressed.
Amazing rework on that engine!!
Superb Job Guys!
Unbelievable! It's almost brand new. This will run another 100 years.
A great resurrection, sir! Eleven out of ten.
Marvellous job, I love seeing the finished engine and appreciate the sweat and toil it took.
WOW!!! What a beautiful job restoring this piece of history!! 👍🏼😃👍🏼
IT IS PEOPLE LIKE YOU WITH THE SKILL AND PATIENCE AND DETERMINATION TO RESTORE SOMETHING THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ENJOY. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU
Thankyou glad you enjoyed
+ROBERT HORNER God you had me scared for a second there with all the cap's.
I love how the rolling shutter on the camera makes the blades appear to warp. Looks really cool.
That's amazing work! Great to see it run after being left in such a state. Goes to show anything can run with enough love and hard work!
Just beautiful, I love round engines!
I can't get enough of these radial engine sounds. Beautiful engine!
awsome. i love these old engines. i had the priv. of learning to fly in a fairchild pt 19. that old ranger was a kick in the butt cranking that thing while operating the wobel pump . in fact after all theze years there are still marks on the ground from firing the old gal up. cheers mates this made my whole day
Pat on the back for the fine resto job. Nothing can beat the resto of a project like that as well nothing can beat the sound of a running radial.....cheers from East coast Canada, NL.
See 60 wannabes there tapped the dislike what is that all about? Jealous alive on utube!
Well done folks,what a great and professional restoration,and who needs a Gym when cranking this beauty. May have originally been built in my home town of Filton Bristol England. Well done.
Amazing transformation - incredible dedication to achieve this. Kudos John. A joy to behold. :)
not only do ya have to respect the pilots who fought with these, but the men who worked on them too!
Great work on the resto mate. My dad rescued one of these from a farm near Alstonville many years ago and donated it to a local aero club. I think it's still around somewhere. Your video makes me wish I could have done something with it before he donated it.
great demostration the world need more people like this today everything rely on a computer congrats and keep going iam enjoy this stuff oh yeah
absolutely incredible restoration! another beautiful piece that time forgot well preserved!
Thank you! amazing
That was so totally worth all the work. Impressive.
yep. The old engine was repaired well. I sort of thought that he replaced almost everything, but still is amazing.
Amazing. Really envy your ability and technology to restore such complicated machinery
Excellent presentation, John. Well done.
Great job with the restoration. Glad someone is keeping these old things going.
Always loved radials. Would be so cool to have one on a stand- even a non runner. Also love the idea of modern steam engines, a radial steam engine would be something to see running.
What an absolute beast this man brought back to life. It's awesome, and terrifying!
That Is Really Pretty Cool! It Just Sat There All That Time, Waiting. You Must Be One Helluva Mechanic & Machinist! I See They Don't All Spin Counter-Clockwise.
Super cool, if it wasn't for guys like you the history would rust away
Fantastic craftsmanship - well done
Fantastic stuff!! Great job on the restoration thanks for sharing the video with us.
Congrats John on a job well done, sounds and looks great
Amazing! I was almost shouting in my chair "C'Mon Cheetah!!! Run!!!" You are real artists! I hope you find some of the historical aircraft that used this engine to fit it in.
+Octavio Valadao Ferreirinha de Oliveira Hello Octavio,what a wonderful name, yes I wish they find an Aircraft too.Kind regards.
Superb restoration and plenty good enough To go back in an aircraft. Let's hope it doesn't stay on that stand, let's see it in the air where it belongs.
You did a remarkable job of restoration! It's a real work of art. Beautiful piece of machinery. You clearly put a lot of time, energy, and care into it, and probably a few dollars. However, if you're really going to use it to fly that forklift, I think you're going to need a couple of wings and some tail surfaces! ;-} Seriously though, a truly masterful restoration. I wouldn't even know where to begin. Thank you for sharing your efforts with us. Radial engines are really cool. Thanks again.
Superb job and obviously airworthy with a build up like that, now to find something to fit it into...
smooth running radial dam nice job on the restoration
Brilliant! What a restoration job.
Excellent job.
Goes to show NEVER give up
Wonderful Brilliant job on the restoration.
Beautiful rebuild! Outstanding job!
good job mate not even a wisp of smoke from exhaust once you got it going meaning the rebuild was perfect , grats
thankyou
I believe Step 3 through Step 93 is cranking, cranking, cranking! Ha ha! Awesome work, amazing result!
Phucking beautiful. I have something similar drawn up in Solidworks just struggling with the cylinder heads.
So good feel when engine starts ! Respect .
Amazing restoration, much respect.
Top job Mullet ! very impressive.
What a great work... well done !!
Outstanding work of art is what you have done with that radial engine, I wish to see it in person but I am too far from you guys, to you and everyone that one way I r another collaborated to bring this impressive vidio my most expressive thanks, please keep up the good work.
Very, very impressive! Great job! Thanks for sharing
thankyou
Now thats real art, and deserve great respect. Greatet respect from here.....
Excellent job, congratulations.
ibtake my hat off toyou sir thats the fastest forklift iv seen great inthusiam
Amazing job, nothing like seeing an old engine breathing once again ;)
that is awesome. Good job, congratulation.
Congratulations from Belgium
Just trying to do the same chalenge with a Continental w670
Your stand is beautifull , thank you
Roland Servais gday Roland don't you recognize me ? you sent me pics so I could build my Pinkney a cpl yrs back
I enjoy your video. I also like your comment written on the video. Bravo.
They remind me of those old school vw motors.. t
You know what I mean?? There both air cooled and they have the push rods outside the pistons.. very very cool man..love it
Great job nice video a old life reborn
I loved the sound of these
Only one thing... Its just perfect!
Full power yes I want video, nice also this!
thankyou
great job bringing it back from the dead!!! wow!!!!
Incredible! great work!
thanks John
👋 Hi from the old country. That engine deserves to be fitted into a Kingsford Smith agricultural biplane, if you blokes can pull that one off, it could become an air show star reviving many memories of those who flew them. There were other aircraft which they were fitted to, some of which were twin engined.
That is sooo soooo cool. Congrats.
muy muy bueno!!!! felicidades hermoso trabajo.saludos Carlos
Awesome! Great work buddy!!
very good job !!! Greetings from germany
Wonderful effort.
Well done, great job.
This engine most likely had a Inertia starter, judging by how the crank disengaged each time the engine flipped ahead. Installing one would make this gentleman's life much easier
Now I know why electric start is such a blessing.
Nice job gentlemen.
Once it starts its cool..I bet that felt damn good to the ol boy who built that
I'd be getting a 24AHr battery drill hooked up to that crank handle ….
I take my hat off to you! Well done!
Nicely done.
an amazing achievement many congrats to you all
Amazing job.
Fancy starting up a whole squadron of those?"
Hi it actually starts very quickly now,,prop usually only has to do 4 rotations search youtube for rusty iron rally 2014 you will see it in action now cheers
Congratulations.Very nice
Lovely, thanks so much for saving it.
It runs awesome!
Beautiful.
Congratulations that is so beautiful
Wonderful. I want to have my own!
what a job, respect!