August/September 2021

Gas Engine Magazine

Where yesterday’s farm engines come to life

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Hit-and-Miss
Over the past year, I’ve worked on Gas Engine Magazine from the isolation of my home. I listen to the occasional train or combine while I type, and I have two cats fighting to share my chair as my tiny dog taps back and forth in a hypnotic motion on
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Christine Stoner Editor Landon Hall Group Editor, Collectibles Richard Backus Contributing Editor Shelly Bryant Art Director Jenifer Davidson Advertising Sales Coordinator Brenda Escalante; bescalante@ogdenpubs.com Tonya Olson, Digital Content Manage
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Flywheel Forum
I need help dating the following engines: John Lauson 1-1/2hp S/N 2011 Challenge square hopper 1-1/2hp S/Ns 20803, 26803 Thanks, Richard Lehr W3ek@netzero.com 403 East State St. Delmar, DE 19940-1254 Readers, contact Richard if you can date the engin
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Coolspring Spotlight
SUSONG BUILDING CIRCA 1893 10HP FOOS The Foos Gas Engine Co. was formed in 1887 by John Foos. Foos engine production included engines operating on either 4-stroke Otto or 4-stroke Diesel cycles. For many years, Foos claimed to be the largest company
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Flame ignition
History buffs and engine enthusiasts will love Flame Ignition, a scholarly work describing flame ignition as applied to reciprocating engines, from early experiments to later successes such as the Deutz and Crossley versions of the four stroke cycle
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The Benz
Way back in the early 1970s, while chatting with John Wilcox one day, I learned that the Buckeye Pipe Line Co. of Ohio experimented with many different brands of engines, unlike the Eureka of West Virginia, and National Transit of Pennsylvania; both
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The ‘Ideal’ Collector
Age 17 Location Delhi, Ontario, Canada E-mail jc.friedrich@hotmail.com Q How long have you been collecting gas engines? A I have been collecting gas engines for about two years now, but I have been active in the hobby for quite some time. Q What attr
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Following In His Grandfather’s Footsteps
Q How many engines do you currently have in your collection? A In my collection there are approximately 17 engines. Of those engines, 10 engines are mine (four of which came from a longtime friend of my grandfather’s), six once belonged to my grandfa
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Tracing the Career of Frank M. Underwood, GAS ENGINE PIONEER
According to the October 1894 issue of American Machinist magazine, the Quast Gas and Gasoline Engine Co. (Bucyrus, Ohio) was in the process of setting up their machine shop at that time. F.M. Underwood was superintendent of the Quast Gas Engine Co.,
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Painted in 2003 by native Kansan Matthew Stallbaumer, this remarkable Farm Collector exclusive 24 x 18 print depicts a turn-of-thecentury scene featuring a 16 HP Advance steam engine that is sure to bring warm memories and hours of conversation into
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LINE UP SHOWS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Sept.10th 11th 12th 2021: Gentry, AR. Branch 37, 29th Annual Tired Iron of the Ozarks Fall Show. Antique tractors, numerous oil field engines, gas engine and home appliance demonstrations, Parade of Power and much more! Featuring: International Tract

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