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January 1982

Smoke Rings
I don't know how I missed these old hit and miss engines for about 59 years.

The Kewanee Private Utilities Company
Kewanee became a highly accepted brand of pump.

West Virginia Oil & Gas festival
Over 125 engine owners from seven states gathered at the Sistersville.

BIG 4 DRAWS BIG INTEREST
Big-4 is a tractor and not steam-powered.

OUR SEARS ROE BUCK ""ECONOMY"" TRACTORS
I just saw it at a swap meet two years ago.

MODEL TRACTORS BECOME A FULL TIME JOB
Parker has at least 1,000 model vehicles all displayed on the walls of his house.

OUR VERY RARE OLDS
I find there are several collectors who have unusual engines.

SHOW REPORT
Gas plowing at the annual October Horseplowing Display.

GRAND AUCTION OF VINTAGE TRACTORS, STATIONARY ENGINES AND FARMING BYGONES
Stationary Engines and Farming Bygones at the Royal Bath and West Showground.

ABENAQUE MACHINE COMPANY
Some views of the old Abenaque engine plant that was built in Wesminster Station.

JOHN DEERE DEALER OFFERS INSIGHT
I am a John Deere dealer and I would like to share some information.

ANOTHER ENGINE RESCUED FROM DESTRUCTION
This eight-horse Dempster was found in a pasture south of Humbolt, Nebraska.

WHAT IS IT!
I bought this engine a couple months ago at a local junkyard.

*Puf 'n' Pop*
His collection includes a Fairbanks diesel, make and break, horizontal.

HUNDAY
National Tractor And Farm Museum.

MY COLLECTION
Some people say young people don't care about how tractors work.

""FARM TRACTORS: 1950-1975""
Book Review.

POST CARD
15 HP Galloway and its model.

 

March 1982

Smoke Rings
The Collection of Engines and Tractors

HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE DOMESTIC ENGINES OF SHIPPENSBURG
The Summer of Single-Cylinder Gasoline Engines

First Things
The Collection of Cast Iron Seats

First Aid For Flivvers
The Major Causes of Rough Running Engines is Poor Spark Coils

ANTIQUE MACHINERY
The Summer of Metal Binder and Threshing Machine

An experimental McCormick Deering engine
Experimental Engine are Shown in Different Shows

REWARD IN MODEL BUILDING
A Model Gasoline Engine Has a Special Reward

BOOK ON MAYTAG MULTI-MOTORS
A History of the Maytag company

THE BAYOU OLD TIME ENGINE AND POWER ASSOCIATION SHOW
The Magnificent Collection of Marine Engines

First Fordson Rally
The First Annual Fordson Tractor Rally

HUBER ON A LETTERHEAD
The Restoration of Huber

THE GOLDEN ROLL
Aldie Was An Old Tractor Collector

Engine Ignition Circuit
The Engine Ignition

POST CARD
John Deere Tractors

 

May 1982

Smoke Rings
Recently Discovered a Witte Diesel Power Plant

HOLT RESTORATION
Article tells of the Restoration of a Holt Model 60

ALUMINUM CASTINGS
Metal Casting is a process where Liquid metal is Poured into Mold

SHOW TIME REFLECTIONS
Position of Show Manager at Antique Powerland

A COVER WE COULD NOT RESIST
The Membership of the Historical Engine Society

ENGINE COLLECTING IN HOLLAND
Engine Collection includes Petter, Lister, Fairbanks, Hercules

BASIC HINTS FOR REDUCING DISPLAY ENGINE SPEED
Early-Day Gas Engines have some Form of Speed Adjustment

MOTORBOAT SOCIETY ISSUES 1ST YEARBOOK
The Motorboat Historical Society formed in 1980

FROM THE STEMGAS ARCHIVES
Description of Al-Wa-Tracs for the 10-20 Tractor

A TRUE 1 HORSE POWER and its replacement
Horse powers of Treadmill type were Common in New England States

SOLOMON VALLEY SHOW
Kansas Chamber of Commerce to Sponsor an Antique Show in Stockton

""Power in the Past"" Vol. 3
Book by C.H. Wendel titled Power in the Past Volume 3

OLD IRON EUPHORIA
Long period of Pounding,Sandblasting,Cleaning,Repairing,Painting of Whoosis

MINNEAPOLIS MOLINE DEPOT
Mrs. Smith had an Old Minneapolis Tractor

RIVERBOAT STEAM and GAS SHOW
Annual Show of the Riverbend Steam and Gas Association

THE GOLDEN ROLL
Early Day Gas and Tractor Association

EVERGREEN FARMS, FRANKLIN, ILLINOIS
Morgan County Fair Association Museum

 

July 1982

SMOKE RINGS
The Basket case engine was badly stuck, its crankshaft bent.

A VISIT TO THE SECOND GREAT STATIONARY ENGINE RALLY LONGLEAT, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND
Scenes From England's Second Great Stationary Engine Rally, June 1981.

RARE TRACTOR EASILY RESTORED
Buying old tractors shipped in boxes and crates.

BEGINNER'S LUCK
A plan was already forming in his mind.

ON THE GAS ENGINE TRAIL
A partial concrete floor was run, but not reinforced.

JOHN DEERE DEALING IN ENGLAND
Don's long career as a John Deere dealer and collector.

4-H MEMBERS CAN BECOME COLLECTORS
Lancaster County has two tractor maintenance clubs.

THE RUMELY RECOLLECTION
Power and the Plow show was held in downtown LaPorte.

COUNTY THRESHING DAYS
The eighth annual Country Threshing Days at Goessel.

THE GOLDEN ROLL
Tony Ausdemore was a life long farmer in the Midwest.

POST CARD
The new Case tractor and gang plow of the Deem family.

ENGINE TRADE NAMES
A trade name listed under more than one manufacturer.

 

September 1982

SMOKE RING
I had quite some experiences with hit and miss engines.

WOODY TURNER
Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Association.

THE GOLDEN ROLL
Engine and tractor collector enjoying this hobby for 16 years.

IHC-TYPE ""M""
The M the smaller size ,1, and 2 horsepower earlier mogul engines.

DICK HEAVEN'S UNIQUE FATHERS' DAY PRESENT
10-20 International tractor all freshly painted..

The OHIO GAS ENGINE
Winter we acquired our own 4 HP Ohio Motor Company engine.

Forks of the Wabash
Homer Adams everyone club here in good ole Huntington.

POST CARD
1938 UDLX MM Comfortractor.

 

November 1982

Smoke Rings
James is 72 years young and has a lot of tractors and engines

Evinrude Honored
The internal combustion engine was just beginning to make headway

A Root Grows in Winona
The engine ran the first time that he attempted to run it

ELK RIVER SHOW
Then it was back to the work at hand having an engine show

IHC-TYPE ""M""
International Harvester offered the 6 horsepower M to the public in 1918.

TWIN CITY 21-32
This was the FE engine with two cylinder blocks with two valves for each cylinder

THE LITTLE RED MACHINE
There was 70 pounds of air in the back tire and the clutch slipped terribly

Good Start For West Tennessee Show
The First Annual Show of the West Tennessee Antique Engine Association

THE GOLDEN ROLL
1927 Rumely Oil Pull for her own and was found driving it in many parades and antique shows

SOUTHWESTERN ANTIQUE GAS & STEAM ENGINE MUSEUM
In addition we do gas and steam stationary threshing

On the Road Again
A 1935 International Cat, overhauling the engine

Post Card
Herb Schroeder, Jr.'s Buzz Saw

 

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