Green Amancos

[Simon Tansley]

Hi, I'm new to this group and was wondering if anybody could help me.
Recently, I purchased a 2 1/4 HP Amanco Hired Man, s/n 138035
(1916/1917) from a barn at an old wood yard. It is, however, green. It
had been in there for over 30 years with the owner never doing
anything with it from the day he bought it, (i know this as a fact),
and it had come from a barn previous to this where an old man used to
use it for general duties. The green paint is evidently very old and
is far to thourough for it to have been just splashed over at some
time in these past however many years. This leads me to think, (and
for David Edgington to believe so also), that this is one of the
proverbial 'green amancos' of which no-one has managed to get to the
bottom of. There are only around 25 known to be in existence and all
are genuine, in the fact that they haven't been painted since they
were new.
What does anybody else know about these rarities? Does anybody that
uses this group, indeed, have another one? I would love to know more.
Can anybody help?

Many thanks in advance,
Simon Tansley

[Dave Croft]

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Hi Simon, first check that you don't have an "Omnia"
They are green & look similar to an Associated Manufacturers engine.
See http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ensegb/hbomnia.htm
If you wish I can repost your letter to the 2 American lists
Regards,.
--
Dave Croft
England
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[Eric Brain]

I once had a green petrol kerosene Hired Man but sold it a few years ago .
It has since changed hands again and is back to five miles away from me. It
was part of a garage air compressor unit. The enthusiast who has it
currently, keeps it in its original paint but one flywheel has red primer
showing through, the other was green straight onto bare casting as was the
rest of the engine.

Eric Brain

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[Eric Brain]

Dave,
My Omnia was green because I did not know the correct colour and it just
looks nice like that. I took it to Tatton one year, expect you saw it there.

I have since found that the Omnia was black, well the most original one of
the three sole survivors in the UK has black under many other layers of
different colours. The current owner is currently investigating this colour
while doing a total restoration. Another is believed to be in a museum in
France.

It is totally impossible to mistake an Amanco for an Omnia except at first
glance in a line up of other engines.

Thanks for your interest in my H & B webpage

Eric Brain

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[Simon Tansley]

I can confirm that this is definatley an Associated Engine, and not an
Omnia, as the brass makers plater is still attached to the engine and
all the parts numbers are evident as being of Amanco origins. The
paint seems to be on top of the original Amanco red where there are
scratches in it on the flywheels and splash guard, yet there is not
alot of evidence of this red elsewhere on the engine. Mr Edgington
advised that the majority of Green Amancos did actually have the green
painted directly over the red, with only 2 of the 25 or so known about
having it applied directly onto the bare metal. With regards to the
afore mentioned engine being from a garage compressor set, one of the
more likely suggestions for the green paint to come into being is that
one particular importer / distributor of Amanco products painted them
in his 'company livery'. This could well have been a compan which
could have supplied such compressor sets.
Another feature of my engine is that it still sits on its original
hardwood skids which were caked in about 5mm of oil and muck. On
removing this, it is easy to see that these retain the original Amanco
red colour with which they would have been adorned before leaving the
works.
Can anybody else come up with any suggestions into the mystery of
Green Amancos?

[Perman]

Last night I spoke to a friend of mine about green amanco's
and he told me that he had in the past owned one which was not only green
but had as original red flywheels so yours maybe the same.

Martin P
--
replace my jumbled email with martin...@btopenworld.com. May the
force be with you, if she isn't you're on a hiding to nothing.

[jamisr...@gmail.com]

Hello I was reading this and wondering if anymore of the known amanco engines have been added to the list? I recently purchased a amanco in fort William and it was green right down to the cast is this rare or not?
Yours James m

[campingstoveman]

James,

I cant help you but if you go to this site http://www.internalfire.com/ and
join the forum you will find many willing to answer your question.

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[Eric Brain]

Not rare but unusual. I once owned a green petrol/kero Amanco and as you say
it was original green right down to bare metal. Believed to have been part
of a air compressor in a garage and I was only the third owner..

Eric

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