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www.nampo.co.zaNAMPO 2017
Graan SA/Grain SA
Samantha Walt,
for Engen
E
ngen’s long heritage within the agri
cultural sector is built upon a tra-
dition of quality that has seen the
company consistently recognised as
the preferred fuels and lubricants brand for
producers in South Africa.
Combining this decades’ long association
with its drive to develop the technical skills
of the country’s youth, we partnered with
the South African Federation of Vintage
Tractor and Engine Clubs (SAVTEC) for the
Engen Engine Restoration Challenge in 2016.
Winners shared a prize pool of R250 000.
‘We have been very excited to be involved
in this initiative,’ says Mr Paul Leask, Engen
Lubricants’ national sales manager. ‘The
company’s association with vintage tractors
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Joint forces to give
first engines a second life
and our support for youth skills develop-
ment makes it a natural fit for us.
‘Engen, along with SAVTEC, have embraced
this heritage project and in doing so, have
discovered that – beyond the mechanical
aspects – the challenge has brought people
together, assisted in building relationships
and provided a reminder that hope and new
life happen when love and care come to-
gether,’ adds Leask.
Key to the spirit of the competition is high-
lighting the development of technology via
the restoration of vintage machinery and
the transfer of knowledge to the youth,
with youth skills development essential to
the future sustainability of SAVTEC and the
country at large.
Mr John Kennedy, Engen’s Lubricants busi-
ness manager, says that while they are
constantly focussed on the shifting land-
scape of modern, increasingly mechanised
agriculture, an initiative that has also proven
highly successful is the Engen Museum at
Grain SA’s NAMPO Harvest Day where the
company has hosted demonstrations of the
start-ups of old engines and the driving of
vintage tractors.
‘This competition has clearly demonstrated
that giving first engines a second life is a
compelling, absorbing and highly rewarding
undertaking, requiring painstaking research,
concentrated detective work in tracking
down parts and the hands of a surgeon
in assembling and starting the engines,’
adds Kennedy.
We are proud to continue with the Engen
Engine Restoration challenge for 2017 and
entries open in May. Kindly visit our web-
site for further details and visit our stand at
NAMPO at the Engen Museum to view the
2016 winning engines.
We look forward to welcoming you to
our stand.
1: The senior competition winners.
2: Senior winners showing the restored engine.
3: The junior competition winners.
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