Hi --
One of the other forums has an ongoing conversation about the possible demise of ME.
Made me recall one of the earlier series that I followed. In the early '50s there was a multi-part series on Updating an Old Engine or somesuch.
The series took a small 1900's open-crank hot bulb with forged crankshaft, & proceeded to "modernise" it with mag & balanced crank, & a bunch of other "improvements". Goodness knows how many pretty, early, small open cranks were "improved" as this series of articles ran on.
I still have the articles, as I have most ME's. I no longer read this particular series as it hurts! Strangely, I suspect they originally triggered my interest in stationary engines -- along with the realisation that I was marginally less incompetent when wielding spanners on 12" scale models than when faced with some serious lathework on tiny components ...
Colin