The oil engine club web site is being updated
It will change over the next few days, with further updates in the coming month.
all pages can now be viewed at a resolution of 800X600 or 1024x740 and 1152X864
Part of the update is to show pictures of engines as a slide show on the front page, the aim is to have engines belonging to members, to show visitors the variety of vintage engines still in existance.
Please email me with pictures that I can put on the site, making sure there is nothing in the picture that will identify its location.
This page will also show the latest news as well as information about the club
THE LINCOLNSHIRE OIL ENGINE CLUB LOEC was established in 1975.
It was formed by a group of 'like minded' people with a common interest in 'Oil Engines', also known as 'Stationary Engines'.
They are mostly single cylinder engines, running on petrol or a petrol/paraffin mix.
In their heyday they were used for a variety of purposes, such as running generator sets and driving all manner of rotational machinery using a flat belt between a pulley attached to the engine drive shaft and a pulley on the machinery; machines could be almost anything that rotated, from mills for making flour , milking machines, circular saws, to large industrial machines.
Most of these engines were made between the turn of the 20th Century and the 1960s.
Familiar names of manufacturers of these engines include Ruston & Hornsby, Amanco (American), Lister and Petter and many more.
36 years on the club is still going strong but due to work, age and declining strength of many of our original members - our numbers have fallen over the last few years.
If you have an oil engine or just have an interest in oil engines and would like meet like minded people who are willing to help and advise you then feel free to come along to one of our meeting nights to see what we're all about and you may even like to join the club and help contribute ideas and any expertise you may have.
WHAT THE CLUB DOES
We meet every 3rd Monday of the month (except January) from around 7.30pm 'til about 10pm at Wragby Town Hall for our social evenings - varying from public speakers giving talks & slide shows on many interesting and varied subjects, to quiz nights, summer evening visits out and much more.
We hold an Annual Club Rally - ,provisionally the 2012 rally will once again be at Thorpe Camp Museum, Tattershall Thorpe in June.
We will be exhibiting our engines & and bygones as usual and will meet up with friends - old & new.
As well as the club rally, most of the members also exhibit their engines at shows throughout the summer season.
We also organise a couple of day trips out each year on a coach.
We have an annual 'Xmas dinner in late November usually at the North Shores Hotel in Skegness with a Disco of our choice .
KEEP AN EYE ON THIS PAGE FOR UPDATES
