FS : Augusta 2 cylinder engines

I have two of these which a friend has asked me to try and move for him.
The asking price is $3500.00 CDN each.

http://www.igs.net/~jcb/misc/augusta/augusta01.html

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John Bartley
43 Norway Spruce Street
Stittsville, Ontario
Canada, K2S1P5
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Interesting little engines......any idea what they were originally used for?

rich a. wrote:
Interesting little engines......any idea what they were originally used for?

My "OLD" EAA Engine mauanual shows them as designed for aircraft, ther
was also a 4 cylinder version.
Bill Higdon

rich a. wrote:
Interesting little engines......any idea what they were originally used for?

Hi there,

Because I know nothing about these, I will copy here the answer I sent
to another interested person :::


Thank you for the reply. I'm going to be a bit embarrassed here I think. The only answers I can give are;

1) Two strong guys can just lift one engine and crate assembly (125-150lbs?) I would guess the crate at 35-50lbs.
2) I was told that they were originally helicopter engines, but were purchased by the Canadian Government new, to be used as test engines. What the testing was, how many hours they have etc, all those interesting questions, I don't know the answers to. They are sequentially serial numbered, and in their original crates.
3) I've advertised them a couple of times over the last year, and while I've rec'd a couple of replies similar to yours, I've yet to find anyone who knows about them, or knows where or indeed if, parts are available.

They were purchased quite a few years ago at a "Crown Assets" (Gov't of Canada) auction by the person I am selling them for.

cheers

ps : from about 6:00am to about 9:00pm, my home server is up and running. These pics may be seen in high resolution at http://216.58.89.253:83/Photos01/For...tors/FirstOne/ This is a home dsl line, so the speed will only be about 20kbps max, but you're welcome to look.

Thank you

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Canada, K2S1P5
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John

Search on Google for "Meccanica Verghera" (Italian Company) and drill
down for "Augusta".

Should find some data on your engines.

Big John

On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 08:39:53 -0400, John Bartley wrote:

I have two of these which a friend has asked me to try and move for him.
The asking price is $3500.00 CDN each.

http://www.igs.net/~jcb/misc/augusta/augusta01.html

Big John wrote:

John

Search on Google for "Meccanica Verghera" (Italian Company) and drill
down for "Augusta".

Should find some data on your engines.

Big John

Thank you very much for the info John. There's a lot of interesting
"Augusta" stuff to look at, and not just aviation.

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John Bartley
43 Norway Spruce Street
Stittsville, Ontario
Canada, K2S1P5
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Big John wrote:

John

Search on Google for "Meccanica Verghera" (Italian Company) and drill
down for "Augusta".

Should find some data on your engines.

Big John

Thank you very much for the info John. There's a lot of interesting
"Augusta" stuff to look at, and not just aviation.

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John Bartley

Post some of the interesting links, so us lazy types can learn about them,
too!
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Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

Post some of the interesting links, so us lazy types can learn about them,
too!

Ok, here it is, but you've got to like motorcycles too, or it's not so
interesting!

http://www.google.ca/search?q=Meccan...=Google+Search

cheers

ps : does being licensed for both bikes "and" planes mean that you have
a subconscious death wish?

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John Bartley
43 Norway Spruce Street
Stittsville, Ontario
Canada, K2S1P5
( If you slow down it takes longer - does that apply to life also?)



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"John Bartley" wrote
ps : does being licensed for both bikes "and" planes mean that you have
a subconscious death wish?

John Bartley

No, I think it just means you like: lean to turn and keep the ball in the
center

Eric