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Canal & narrow boat vintage engines, repairs & parts

We list suppliers and reconditioners of vintage marine type engines & gearboxes. Working canal boats were traditionally pulled by horses, mules or donkeys but during the 20th century steam and then diesel engines came into use.

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  • A slow revving reliable vintage engine is very popular with some boat owners today. But you need space in your boat for an engine room, room beneath the boat for a large propeller and a fairly spacious wallet! A fully restored vintage engine will cost well over £10,000. Russell Newbury still build slow revving engines to a 1930’s design. There is a thriving market in replacement parts and repair services for vintage canal boat engines.
  • Not all working narrowboats had an engine. They were usually worked in pairs, the motor boat which had the engine towing a ‘butty boat’. Steam engines found only limited use but diesel engines became standard, evolving from water cooled single cylinder ‘semi diesels’ like the Bolinder to multi cylinder true diesels like the Lister JP, and air cooled engines like the Armstrong Siddeley Meganser.
  • You can compare the very distinctive sounds of an early single cylinder Bolinder diesel engine, a twin cylinder Lister JP2 and a post war air cooled Armstrong Siddeley. Many of these engines are still running in traditional canal boats after 70 years or more.



Vintage Engines

A.D. Engineering,
Lincs/Notts
Vintage engine repairs, rebuilding, restoring. Replica steel Narrowboat shells built. On site services, cover U.K.
07976 569595
info@adengineeringuk.com
Classic Maritime Diesels
Anson Engine Museum, Bridge 15, Macclesfield Canal
Marine engine erectors & repairers. ‘Gardner’ vintage engine specialists. Gearbox rebuilders.
07712 052635
classicmaritimediesels@o2.co.uk
David Schofield
North Wilts
Stuart Turner spare
01793 771699
de_schofield@yahoo.com
Gardner Enthusiast
Oxford
Gardner engine parts and advice.
01865 400703
tom_hall@gardner-enthusiast.com
Gardner Spares
Canterbury, Worldwide
Gardner Engine spares online.
01227 682033
sales@gardnerspares.com
Marine Power Services
Poole, Dorset
Vintage and modern marine engine suppliers and restorers
07971 859313
info@marinepowerservices.co.uk
R N Diesel Engine Co.
Manufacturer Russell Newbery Diesel Engines
01327 700023
sales@russellnewbery.co.uk
Tangent Engineering
N. Ireland
Restoration of Gardner Engines
07825 72441
tangent.gardner@gmail.com
The Oil Engine Co.
Welshpool
Vintage Marine Engines & Vintage Marine Engine Club, Vintage Engine book
01938 820815
kwhittle@btconnect.com
Tony Redshaw Vintage Diesels
Braunston
Engines and engineering services. Fabrications and repairs
07843 604722
vintage_diesels@btconnect.com
www.vintagediesels.co.uk
Vintage Marine Diesels
Lister JP etc engines and new spares, Gardner L and LW, Lister HRW series. Norton Canes Docks.
01543 361170
francis.beechey@virgin.net
Walsh’s Engineering Ltd
Manchester
Gardner Vintage Engines
01617 877017
walshs@gardnerdiesel.co.uk

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