June - July 2020

Gas Engine Magazine

Where yesterday’s farm engines come to life

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Gas Engine Magazine
Christine Stoner Editor Landon Hall Group Editor, Collectibles Richard Backus Contributing Editor Arthur Hur Associate Editor/Online Terry Price Art Director Kirsten Martinez Prepress Jenifer Davidson Advertising Sales Coordinator Brenda Escalante; b
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In Memoriam
March 7, 1951 to March 8, 2020 Lifetime engine enthusiast, vendor and GEM advertiser Lee Pedersen was killed in his home on March 8. Lee was 69 years old. Many of you have a personal connection with Lee who has attended many gas engine shows across t
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Sentimental Motives
Why seek community with fellow enthusiasts? To connect with like-minded people. To discover inspiration. To share knowledge. To discover others who are overcoming similar challenges and reaching their restoration goal — finding ways to replace the ir
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Spark Plug Cleaning, Alcohol Controversy Response, And A Marshall County Farm Find
I build, collect, repair and display model gas engines. One of my pet peeves is spark plugs, the very small ones are over $30 each, plus shipping. I had a small Bull Durham spark plug cleaner left over from my auto shop days. However, the top hole wh
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Auction Block
Second installment preview conducted by Aumann Auctions, Inc. Online only auction takes place June 30, auctions begin closing at 6pm. An open house will be held June 25 thru 27 at the 30th Annual Hoosier Flywheeler show in Peru, Indiana — 3474 West 2
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It’s Alive
Enthusiast Forrest Spaulding and three friends planned to attend the Florida Flywheelers Antique Engine & Tractor Show, but mobility was an issue for some of them. The answer: this buggy, pieced together using recycled and custom fabricated parts, mu
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Franklin Engine Modification
I bought an engine the end of April 2019. Cast on the base is “Franklin Gas Engine Patd.” Everyone knows these engines as Parsell & Weed engines. I have the vintage book Gas Engine Construction by Henry V. A. Parsell, Jr. and Arthur J. Weed, dated 19
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Gearless Weber Inverted Vertical
Although best known for its line of high-quality horizontal singles, Weber Gas Engine Co., Kansas City, Missouri, got its start with a unique and somewhat complex inverted vertical engine. Designed by company founder George Weber, the engine, which a
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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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1900 “Cheap” Carburetor
Gasoline is a liquid which possesses the property of rapidevaporation when placed in intimate contact with air, and the more thoroughly the two can be brought into relation with each other the richer will be the gas produced. In this carburetor the d
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SHOWS & SPECIAL EVENTS
July 25th, 6th Annual Antique Engine Show, Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Museum, Kent, CT. 31 Kent-Cornwall Road (Route 7). 10-4. For additional information call (860) 927-0050 or check www.ctamachinery.com New exhibitors welcome. 49th An
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A Decade Down The Road
Q How many engines do you currently have in your collection? A I personally have approximately 25 flywheel engines and almost 200 drag saws. While a few of the engines are fairly common, some of the more rare and notable ones are my 30hp and 300hp Ve
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‘The Twin’ Found At Last!
This story actually starts 56 years ago, when I was 8 years old. My parents took us kids to many antique shops all over the East Coast. At a shop in Lafayette, New Jersey, I happened across a 1952 Jacobsen Lawn Queen reel-type mower half-buried in we
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Jacobsen History
Knud Jacobsen, Henry Ford, Eli Keikoffer (of Disston and Evinrude 2-stroke engine fame) and Jerome Increase Case were close friends and close in business, as well. Jacobsen made patterns for Case, and they worked hand-in-hand for many years. In 1921,
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A Born Collector
Q How long have you been collecting gas engines? A As far back as I can remember I have always helped my father work in the shop on engines, but I didn’t get into collecting gas engines until about seven years ago. It all started with finding a drag
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