Meadows 4 cyl marine engine
This is my 4 cylinder Meadows marine engine. Henry Meadows Ltd. of Wolverhampton made 4 and 6 cylinder engines in the 1930s which they supplied to small English car manufacturers, including Lea-Francis, Fraser Nash, Invicta, Lagonda and HRG. They also entered the marine engine market where they were used in high performance craft and also twin engine air-sea rescue boats for the RAF. Whilst the high starting handle and water pump cooling indicate it is a marine engine, possibly a 28 HP Kittiwake, it had clearly spent its life as a stationary engine driving a generator
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