One of the most attractive line of 1.5cc diesels has to be the Philtech line, made in Australia during the early '90's.

They also made glo engines and case colors I've seen are silver, black, blue, red, yellow, orange and there may be more.

My first one was a black case standard diesel with gold muff, with a serial number ending in 091.

Then I picked up a first run, non-serial numbered silver version from a bud in Australia.

One day I was talking to another engine collector and told him to be on the lookout for additional Philtech engine colors. Turns out he had one that he would trade but his was also black with gold muff. I made the deal because I knew the black one was a limited edition for the USA and thought it might come in handy as trading material.

When I received the engine I couldn't believe the S/N. Mine was 091 and this one was 092.

Anyone else have pictures of their Philtech engines?

Hi Dan

Don't have a photo but have a Philtech 1.5 diesel sitting in the collection and it's the same as the second picture, ser # 030 ; a very attractive paper weight [&o] but crude [:'(]

Ployd in OZ

iI wonder if Philtech ever did produce and sell any of the multi cylinder engines that they prototyped and displayed.
Dennis

G'day Here is a pic of my first run engine. It used to be silver but I tried to clean it with brake cleaner (I think) and it very quickly took the silver paint off. I have the muffler in an original box somewhere and the needle valve is currently in one of my Taipans. The casting is really horrible. No wonder they painted them. This one runs quite well. I also had a blue Mk 2 but I gave it away. It also ran ok but it was initially quite hard to start. This one started easily. The casting looks like a very bad sand casting made by a first week apprentice. The machining looks ok to my untrained eye. Mike.

Mike,

I think the casting work was why they decided to paint them.

The black paint on one of mine washed off with denatured alcohol

Chances are if you see one of these with paint intact it has never been run.

I may bet some of that hi-hemp car engine paint and redo mine and then bake it in a toaster overn for an hour or so at about 250 degrees.

Anyone else have any ideas for baking paint on an engine?

Hi Dan, Mine is bluish Purple with a gold cylinder. A friend has a red one with a black cylinder.
Tony G

Tony,

Can you post pictures.

These Philtech engines are nifty-looking and look good on the shelf.

For running, I have other engines.