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Nice subliminal message in the artwork Leo G
I guess its titled "Diesel smoke over India".

No subliminal message, it was one of my few photos with the Southern Cross clearly visible.
If I were to title it I'd call it "Storm front over Bowenfels" (south of Lithgow, NSW on the highway)

Same tree, same day:

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Same location/time:

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"Lister and Southern Cross stationary diesel engines. Made in India"
I did know there was a Southern Cross made in India, what do they call it
With Lister made in India I have been told do not start them before pulling them apart to clean out the sand removing burs and reset the clearance and then they are a OK engine

The Aussie version I used to sell (bosses insistence) were branded Metex and they were absolute CRAP. No two identical spares fitted the same or even fitted. The cranks continually cracked.

I used to recommend customers purchase the nice little Chinese stationary we sold for just a few dollars more. We made bigger profits on the Indian junk but every engine/part I sold there were always issues. I never had a Chinese industrial returned for warranty but had every Indian piece of rubbish returned at least once.

Someone may find the Southern Cross in the following two images but I'm not even going to try and look (you'd never guess, I'm into photography and astronomy)
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All my own shots.

Last edited by Leo G; 02/03/16 11:30 PM.