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My Little Maytag

Why am I writing about Maytag when CPM has so many fine engines here? I guess its nostalgia creeping in. One day, I was thinking about some of my early engines, and the little two-cylinder Maytag popped into my mind. Gosh, I sure had fun with it way back then. “Then” was almost 60 years ago!

“One kid had a two-cylinder Maytag and I bought it for $2.”
“His is a great story of success, rising from such humble beginnings.”

Beginning in 1957

When I was a freshman in high school, the science class had a section on engines. Many of the guys brought in examples and I was impressed. I had fooled around with a little old Briggs & Stratton that my dad had, but had never seen

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