Expensive Frick

thesmoothedeere · Jul 22, 2013

Talked to the owner for awile . Was found in a fence row . He did not tell me how much he purchased it for . It was running, upon their second boiler inspection a bottom piece was cracked . 20,000 to fix that and untold amount in paint and restoration and you have a good sounding money pit . She ran strong testing the Hp.

Adrian Billheimer · Jul 22, 2013

I bet in another 5-10 years it will cost 2-3 times that much, with boilermaking and repair sadly becoming a lost art. JMHO

sd pete · Jul 22, 2013

Its an eye pleaser.

thesmoothedeere · Jul 22, 2013

Other side

OliverNate · Jul 22, 2013

very expensive no doubt but atleast there are some out there that are willing to spend it on preserving our farming past/heritage instead of calling the scrap man

she sure is a gem that I'm sure not to many or no one else has, hats off to the owner

flambeauone · Jul 22, 2013

Theres two Frick steamers at the Appalachian Fairgrounds in Gray Tn. I think I have some pics at home of them I will try to post later. Dollywood has a Frick steam engine sitting in the park.

huntingreen2day · Jul 22, 2013

Don't know what brand it was but I saw one bring $ 150,000 one day at an auction in Ky. It was not running.

flambeauone · Jul 22, 2013

Theres two Frick steamers at the Appalachian Fairgrounds in Gray Tn. I think I have some pics at home of them I will try to post later. Dollywood has a Frick steam engine sitting in the park.

Bret4207 · Jul 22, 2013

Might be a money pit, but at least it's a NICE money pit!

There was a 12hp stationary steamer with vertical boiler in one of tour CLs here last week for $1K- and it ran. If I'd had the money I'd have got it. They fascinate me.

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