This is a gallery of two halves. All engines captioned "J. Oliver" are current production, using the original tooling, dies and machinery, of John Oliver's famous engines and these are made by Tom Ridley at his Hinkley factory. All other engines are earlier models from the 1960's and 70's.
The J. Oliver Engines production is just a continuation of the original Oliver Tiger manufacturing and the serial numbers for Tom's engines just follow on from the original series. Anybody who knows Tom will understand why I have no hesitation in commending J. Oliver engines to you as they really are manufactured with care and precision and how else are most of us going to lay our hands on a MK V Tiger?
The JO19 engine is the first new engine designed and built by John Oliver and Tom Ridley jointly and as you can see it is a very handsome beast.
Oliver Tiger Schnuerle port Cub
Oliver Tiger Schnuerle port Cub rear
Oliver Tiger Mk III
Oliver Tiger Mk IV
Oliver Tiger Mk IV with exhaust collector
Tom Ridley - J.Oliver Tiger Major 2 (production of all engines taken over from John Oliver)
Tom's Engine Looks Right
Tom's Engine Feels Right
Congratulations to Tom and Julie for producing such a nice engine
J. Oliver Exhaust Collector and Carb for Major 2
J.Oliver Tiger MK 5
J. Oliver JO 19
J. Oliver Tiger MK IV
Old and New Production Schnuerle Cubs
J. Oliver Tiger Cub MK 2
J. Oliver Tiger MK III Long with Exhaust Collector