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I purchased this project as a pile of bits, engine had suffered a major crash as crank had been bent like a hair grip and repaired, there had been some parts already made (albeit incorrectly) for this, these included: new big end, new side shaft/crank shaft gears and a set of piston rings, it's also had some serious mullering, bodging and required a lot of fettling.
Rings were too large (had to machine them), Gears had been machined with too small a shaft hole and although a beautiful job new big end wasn't going to fit.

Ring machining jig

Correcting big end

Big end completed

Click image to see engine when I collected it

A bit of machining

Some parts as received loose

------------------------------In workshop------------------------------

Home in van

Building up

Needed to make base before further progress

Base constructed using 4" box and a sheet of 5mm steel on top, wheels are made from an argon cylinder

Outer frame

Frame
completed

Ready to
be welded
to top plate

Top plate
on

Wheels made

Engine now going onto base and build up continues

Initial touch down

Flywheel on piston next

Piston going in

In and connected

Exhaust made from bottom of an argon gas bottle

Pot made

Piped, painted and ready for fitting

Fitted

After a lot of machining, fettling and fabricating attempt at starting this