Sept 2010 - Issue 247
Special features
36 Meet Colossus!
When engineman John Atkinson saw the remains of 10hp tandem McLaren No 897, a straw-burning engine repatriated from Argentina, he had the vision to turn it into the road locomotive he'd always wanted. It's nearly finished and will appear in the McLaren line-up at The Great Dorset Steam Fair. And it's big! Roger Hamlin checks progress so far.
44 An Aveling re-union at Rothbury
The Vintage Vehicle Gathering organised by Coquetdale Agricultural Machinery Preservation Society on 19-20 June was significant for the owners of two Aveling & Porter rollers.
48 T&R Williamson: painting the past and present
The firm that supplied paint to Fowlers of Leeds among others during their engine-building days is located in Ripon and is remarkably still in business today. Derek Rayner paints a picture of a very long and proud history.
54 Lancashire mill engines abroad: Part 1
Preserved in the Norte Shopping Centre at Matosinhos in Oporto, Portugal, is a typical Lancashire spinning mill engine - and the only complete and assembled Buckley & Taylor mill engine to have survived, writes Dr DA Collier.
57 Great Dorset Steam Fair 2010
It's nearly time for the greatest steam show on earth, which includes the largest ever gathering of McLaren-built engines.
70 Foden steam Wagons
John Crawley continues his follow-up series showing additional photographs, drawing upon his vast archive.
74 Ireland's 'only' Marshall MP6
Peter Love, with the help of Enda Curren, tell the story of a rare Marshall MP6 tractor - the only example sold new to the Republic of Ireland and which made its restored rally debut at Charleville, Co Cork, on 27 June.
80 'Little Geordie' NCK Rapier face shovel
Alan Barnes meets Stephen Robson and his father Willie and their restored NCK Rapier 305A, which is now retired and housed at the Chain Bridge Honey Farm near Berwick-upon-Tweed.
84 A moving restoration
David Vaughan relates the tale of a rescued vintage pantechnicon and its subsequent restoration - which made its public debut last month.
88 Early preservation: the colour files
John Crawley presents a further selection of engines at the end of their working lives or on the early rally fields.
92 Open-top season
Clive Baker shares some of his memories of open-top buses as he recalls the summers of the past when the sun always shone.
Regular features
6 News & events
32 Vintageworld
38 Underbidder
53 Road Roller Association Notes
78 Reviews
95 Subscribe to Old Glory and save money!
96 Enginelines
98 Helpline
100 Museum Guide: Waterworks, Hereford
102 What's On
111 ADvintage - The Steam & Vintage Marketplace
Front Cover
Fowler B6 road locomotive No 8726 of 1900 is the sole surviving example of Fowlers which served in the Boer War. It was not, however, an armoured engine. Billy Treloar's hugely impressive engine made its public debut after major restoration at Shildon Engineering at an event at Vintage Vehicles, Shildon, Co Durham, on 11-12 July. Derek Rayner
