April - May 2019

Gas Engine Magazine

Where yesterday’s farm engines come to life

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Forward Motion
One of the best–if not the best–aspects of collecting old engines is the people. When I was first introduced to the vintage engine hobby, I was completely out of my element. I had a solid background in car and motorcycle engines, but hit-and-miss eng
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Daniel Best 3hp, Fairbanks-Morse 5hp NZ Restoration, Unidentified Air-cooled Engine
Attached is a photo of my mother taken in July 1927, during her vacation at a Chico, California, dude ranch. Notice the engine in the background behind the pump. The second photo shows a 1891 Daniel Best engine, one of three images received from Greg
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HIT-AND-MISS A UNIQUE BRIGGS & STRATTON CONVERSION
People express themselves in a wide variety of ways. Some paint pictures, some compose music, others build houses, while yet others craft fine jewelry. A few, like Gary Richardson, retrofit old engines, converting them into hit-or-miss engines. The s
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THE BRIGGS & STRATTON MODEL FH AND A LITTLE BRIGGS & STRATTON HISTORY
Briggs & Stratton Corp. started as a partnership between Stephen Foster Briggs and Harold M. Stratton in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1909. Initially, the pair focused on supplying parts to the young and booming automotive industry, producing components
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Coolspring Spotlight
Evan Evans first started a brass foundry in Chicora, Pennsylvania, in the 1880s. To profit from the recent discovery of oil in the surrounding area, he moved to nearby Butler, Pennsylvania, in 1894, and formed the Evans Manufacturing Co. Evans was bu
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A Concrete Addition
If you’re a regular visitor to the annual Old Threshers Reunion, held every Labor Day weekend at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, since 1950, you’ve probably watched Steve Alt give a demonstration or seen one of his engines–even if you didn’t know it. A dedicated
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Midwest Engines
Gary Hansen’s gas engine collection started with his grandmother’s old washing machine. “It was a Maytag 92 with a side exhaust, the kind of machine with an open gear wringer at the top, that she bought back in the late 1930s. I restored that, and ki
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Finally Open: Coolspring Machine Works Exhibit
Yes, the Machine Works building is finally open to visitors! It made its grand debut at our Fall Exposition & Swap Meet, and after waiting 44 years, I was exuberant! Chatting with visitors and running engines was delightful, and all went so well. Six
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Gas Engine Magazine
From start to finish, Peter Rooke’s newly revised, easy-to-follow narrative will impress and educate both new and experienced hobbyists with exhaustive coverage of the process. In 112 pages, Rooke meticulously leads you from stripping an engine throu
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Line Up
Aug. 09-10-11. 2019: The 50th Annual Threshermen and Collectors Show. Albert City, IA. Hosting the Iowa Massey Collectors Association and featuring all things related to the Massey line of tractors, implements and machinery. Also featuring vintage fa

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