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January 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Once again, we'll be carrying our index to our 1995 issues in the February issue
REFLECTIONS
A Brief Word
Once In A LIFETIME
It all started in June of 1994, at the Eagle River Antique Steam and Gas Engine Show
High Compression John Deeres
Guido Stempel designed a device to increase the compression of John Deere tractors
A PENNSYLVANIA PANZER!
The Panzer was complete with a mower deck.
Oliver Green at Wapakoneta
The Oliver Gang, a collector's club with members principally from Ohio
I've Got One I'll Give You If You Come and Get It
Back in the pickup he began to show me the fields, some of his equipment
WOW! What An Expo!
The expo was created to fund a non-profit foundation that will support the hobby
The Standard Machine Works and The Union Gas Engine Company
By 1903 Standard Gas Engine Company was organized
Old Iron and Gove Rural High School Reunion
High school reunion, visiting former students and patrons from the 1948-1950
Some of His Toys
The steam engine is a 24-75 Port Huron built in 1915
My Name Is Stephanie Belanger!
Engine is a 2 HP Fairbanks Bull Dog
April Fool!
Change the sign on his gate from Men at Play to Women at Play!
Our coleman TRACTOR
The Coleman was manufactured in Kansas City, Missouri, by the Coleman Tractor Company
Crankless Opposed-Piston High-Speed Diesel Engine
The Sterling crankless high-speed engine may forecast a revolutionary trend in design
Barn Fresh
Aermotor from the Joe Peter's Ranch in Nicolaus, California
Rare Headless Bodacious Engine
Rare headless bodacious engine with the Rubbermaid flywheels.
Digging Through History: Rust, Mud and Sludge
The Delco light plant had seen many years of useful service.
A Wonder of a Story!
The engine was tagged 4 HP Wonder
Pioneer Museum Show
The engine and tractor show the Salt River Valley Antique Power Association
POPULAR MECHANICS' BUILD YOUR OWN TRACTORS
Material to assist those inclined to send for it in building a homemade tractor
W-40 McCormick-Deering
W-40 was used on the breaking plow
My 1947 Farmall Cub
Farmall Cub was purchased from a friend of the family in the fall of 1990
Packard-Diesel Aircraft Engine
The Packard-Diesel aircraft engine is of the radial air-cooled type having nine cylinders
Mixing Concrete
Shows power for a concrete mixer on the Charles Sullivan farm
Hercules Engine News
Including Economy, Arco, Jaeger & Thermoil
IN MEMORIAM
JAMES J. JOHANNSEN, 64, of Marysville, Washington, died February 9, 1995
Kentucky Engine
Found it in Kentucky where it had been for many years in the oil fields
February 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
This issue carries our third annual index
21st Annual Antique Gas Engine and Tractor Meet at Pepperell, Massachusetts
The first annual IH tractor and equipment
FLOWER GARDEN ENGINE
Gardener governor mounted engine
Re: Lister Engines and Others
The Lister's factory parts manuals
REFLECTIONS
A Brief Word
I Need More Pockets!
Really has some nice engines
Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association
Some information about local show
Quinebaug Valley Engineers Association
The Eastern Connecticut Antique Auto Auction
BEAUTY RECLAIMED
The F-20 has a 221 cubic inch four cylinder engine.
The Wonder Manufacturing Company of Syracuse, New York
The automobiles and dealers
My Looooonnng Trailer!
Thirty years of gas engine collecting
Rain Dampens Show Grounds... but Not the Spirit of 1995 S.E.K. Engine and Tractor Show
Old Time Gas Engine and Tractor Club Show
AUCTION FEVER
That sweet little garden tractor
R. M. OWEN Had a Different Idea
The Morse tape on a drill shank
John Deere TractorModel E? I had A Dream... 70 Years Ago
The drudgery of working this machine
Maytag Deep In The Heart of West Texas
Powering a sheep shearing machine
Oh, What A Show!
Antique Engine and Tractor Club
He Does the Work, I Hand Him the Tools!
The 6 HP Fairbanks Model Z
1995 Model Engineering Exposition
Unique model engineering exposition
SAMSON ENGINES
Samson Engines
Ignitors, Coils and Batteries
An engine with a low tension magneto
Her First Maytag and Her First Show
Third Place in the pedal tractor pull
A Boy and His Bolens
6 HP 1962 Bolens garden tractor
Labor Day at Jackson's Mill Engine Show
Spence portable steam engine and a couple
Hercules Engine News
Including Economy, Arco, Jaeger & Thermoil
A Dandy Handy Andy!
Andy around the Northeast
IN MEMORIAM
The Jay Company Fair Board
Ames Number 6 Steam Engine
The mine site and can you imagine
Kerrebrook Cultivating Tractor Restored
The tractor was built in Eugene
A PICTURE AND SUBJECT LOCATOR
A Picture and subject locator
March 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Steam and Gas Engine Show Directory
REFLECTIONS
In Memoriam
NEW HOLLAND FLYWHEELERS
Labor Day Week end
Challenger Restored
Auction in June 1994
Are You Guys So Talented ... or Just Plain Fast?
Just for fun
My Prettiest Engine
High Plains of Texas
What Goes Around Comes Around
Panzer tractor
Plowing Day
John Deere tractors
Ashland County Ohio Lucky Weekend
Yesteryear Machinery Club
""Typical Gas Engines""
Excerpted from Gas & Oil Engines by D. Clerk, 1908 Edition
My First Gas Engine
74th birthday in April of 1994
Great Western
Tri-County Antique Club Show
A Second Chance
Economy/Hercules gas engines
1925 Liquidation of William Galloway Company
Profit Sharing Certificates
Constructing the Lee Traction Company MODEL L-2 TRACTOR
Rube Goldberg steering assembly
Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association
National Show in Springfield
Hercules Engine News
Including Economy, Arco, Jaeger & Thermoil
My First Ride on a Fordson Tractor
Damson plum
IN MEMORIAM
Agricultural Heritage Museum
The Lauson With Some Rare Features
Montgomery Ward
April 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Swap meets, auctions and spring meets
REFLECTION
A Brief Word
A Rare Tractor WD-40
Experiences with gas engines and tractors
Major County Historical Society's 10th Annual THRESHING BEE
Rare engines at this year's show was exhibited
The Blakeslee
Alabama, show in 1986
At Last I Know
Ashland County Yesteryear Machinery Club Show
RIVERBEND Steam and Gas Show
A special feature of this year's show
VOLCANO DAYS
The 7th annual Volcano Days Engine Show
4th Annual Freeland Valley Antique Power Show Was Great Fun
The Bridge City Campers Club
The Planning of a Show at OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON 1995
Collection of Economy engines
Wood County Flywheelers Plowing Contest
Plowing was within a hundred yards
Novocycle"" To Stir Your Interest
The sound it made was reminiscent
Hello From Wisconsin!
Engines are all being run on propane fuel
A Model Builder's Surprises
The tractor and engine shows
Auction Dos & Don'ts
Gas and Steam Engine Association
Pretty Fairbanks
The colors are not original, but the engine is pretty!
618 Little Maytags all in a Row!
Moved all of the engines outside
Hercules Engine News
Including Economy, Arco, Jaeger & Thermoil
My Tri-State Treasure
Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Association
Unexpected Fire!
Collectors of engines and tractors
See you Again, Next Time!
9th annual Blanchard Millpond Steam and Gas Engine Show
Typical Gas Engines"" and ""Vapour Engines""
Excerpted from Gas and Oil Engines
IN MEMORIAM
Stephenson County Antique Engine Show
My Dad Gave Me This FORDSON
Fordson Collector's Association
May 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Illustrations in the March Story belong to the February Story
REFLECTION
A Brief Word
MIXING DEVICE AMD VALVE ATTACHMENT.
The Economy and Reliability of Gasoline Engine Depends on Fuel Mixture
Eli and Me
Eli Engines is that the Cylinder and Block are Bolted Together
Making Bearing Shims: It Sure Worked For Me
Main Bearing Shim for a Model M 6 HP International
Restoration Is Easier Than Writing Stories
Merlyn Johnson & Lester were a Great help in the Mogul's Restoration
A FITCHBURG LATHE
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was a Major Industrial City, Selling Machines
Table Top Truck and Tractor
John Lauson Manufacturing Company built the Lauson Gas Engines and Tractors
""Way Down Upon The Swanee River,"" There's A Great Engine Show
What possible relationship could there be between the soft melodies composed by Stephen Foster and the WHOOF, Huff, Huff
This Bronco and I May Hold A Record
Raffle held at the Wheels of Yesteryear Club Show
DAT Joyner Engine
DAT means Double Acting Tandem
... This Must Be Belgium!
1927 Renault Tractor was built by Great Automobile Constructor Louis Renault Boulogne
Krebs' Witte
Witte Engine was Bought by Mrs. Krebs' Grandfather in 1919
The 22nd Annual LeSueur County Pioneer Power Show 1995
The LeSueur County Pioneer Power Association Show is an Annual Event
Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association
Dates for National Show and Regionals in 1996
My Cannonball Baker Racer!
Cannonball Baker Racer is a 1936, with its Briggs & Stratton Model H Engine
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TURBO ENCABULATOR
The Turbo Encabulator is used in the Operation of Nover Trunions
""Oil Engines"" Excerpted from Gas and Oil Engines
Capitaine Adopted the Lamp Heating System
My Son's Allis-Chalmers 1949 Model B
The Allis Chalmer was used on Farm in Spring Valley
WHAT A FIND?
North Jersey Antique Engine and Machinery Club
IN MEMORIAM
Paul was President of Shenandoah Valley Steam and Gas Engine Association
Antique Engine Association Show in North Carolina
The Antique Engine Association of Reidsville held its 14th Annual Show
Our Cushman Engine
Cushman was Securely Mounted on the Binder and Coupled via a Chain Drive
Hercules Engine News
Including Economy, Arco, Jaeger & Thetmoil
Meet a Planet and a Bulldog
4 HP Bulldog made by Bates and Edmonds and sold by Fairbanks Company
June 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Gerry say It is a Great way for new Collectors.
REFLECTION
A Brief Word.
It Was Not For Sale, At First!
Restoration of 8 Cycle Aermgtor Engine.
The U.P. Steam and Gas Engine Association 20th Anniversary Show
The U.P Steam and Gas Engine Association Show.
Old Time Farming for the City Folks
Indiana State Fair Pioneer Farm and Home Show.
A Family Heirloom
Restoration of Galloway Engines.
New Jersey to Florida to Maine Maytag
The Story of a Maytag Washing Machine Restoration.
1995 Whispering Hills Antique Power Shows
The Whispering Hills Antique Power Shows held on August 1995.
The Mighty Maytag
Building a Motor Scooter Using a Maytag Washing Machine Engine.
Engine Bought with a Peak of Clover Seed
Old engine with Round Flywheels which had been Used to Pump Water.
Spark Plug Collectors of America Announce New Officers, Meeting Dates
The Spark Plug Collectors of America Announces meetings for the 1996 year.
FARM ALL FOTO PAGE
Clare Kerns Built Farmall 1954 Super A Tractor.
IHC Collectors at Adams County
The Seventh Annual Show of Adams County Olde Tyme Association.
Our Neighbor's Rumely
Harley Operated Rumely Tractor.
Compressor To a Gas Engine
Gardner air compressor Had Hit and Miss Governor.
Valley Historical Engine Association Show
The 18th Valley Historical Engine Association Show.
Engine Show in a Shrine
The Engine Show Display Engines Manufactured in Kagawa Prefecture.
SCENES FROM A TRIP TO ENGLAND
Bob Recently Took a Trip To Abroad.
Live and Learn
A John Deere LUC Combine Engine.
The Sparta Economy Engine News
A Story of a company that eventually became The Hercules Gas Engine Company.
Abandoned and Forgotten?
The Threshers are Better and have given The Machine Maker.
IN MEMORIAM
Alexander was A Member of National Kitchen and Bath Association.
The Find of the Day
James Wrote A Poem On The Rust Hunters .
Memories of Cobb County
Grady Set John Deere Trucks from Bob Campbell in Eagle Grove.
Titan with a Top
Restoration of 10-20 Titan tractors.
July 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
The Southeast Regional Show will be hosted by Branch #32 in Clarksville
REFLECTIONS
A Brief Word
A Famous and a Hercules
The Hercules is a 1 HP N Series, with cone type muffler
Photos of an Estate Auction
The main item of the sale was a 1907 Winton automobile
Huber Museum Dedicated at Marion, Ohio Show
The Huber equipment line was the 1995 feature
DAYS OF YESTERYEAR DEPICTED AT ROCHESTER
The tractor pullers went home with trophies
A River Bottom Allis
The Texas engine show at Temple had a T-shirt made of this tractor
East Lycoming Farm & Heritage Association
The show was dedicated to a Charter member
That Old Guy That Shows No More
Dale attested that his displays should show the full scope of farm use
Gibson Tractor Club Update
Gibson fest will be sponsored by the Yesteryear Farm And Home Show
Notes of Interest
The 100th made '23 model D John Deere tractor; a nice collection
The Fairmont Railroad Inspection Car
The Fairmont saw many years of hard work on the railroad
My $20,000 1938 Case RC Tractor
The magneto gearing was also frozen in place by rust
This Was a Father and Son Project
The tractor and it was running and in great condition
ANTIQUE TRACTORS & ENGINES
Working for Muscular Dystrophy
Eshelman ""Sports Car""
The later cars had a slip clutch and brakes
O&R Owner Looking For Help
The engine has nine patent numbers on it and other patents pending
A British Viewpoint
Fairbanks Morse Z has been run at our shows without too many problems
Orie Stack, Town Marshal
The tractor is still going strong
The First Rumely In Nevada?
The street to get a gallon of gas and a quart of oil
Another Victim Of The Old Iron Bug
The rest of the engine was in pretty good condition
Internal Combustion Engines
The number and size varying for different conditions and fuels
Sistersville Oil & Gas Festival
Sistersville Oil and Gas Festival was one such show
Sparta Economy Engine News
Holm applied for a patent on a gas engine governor regulating device
Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association
The 1996 show season will be well underway
In Memoriam
Bill taught me everything I know today about gas engine etiquette
A Suitable Challenge Restored
The fuel pump was sent to England for refurbishing along with the crank gear
August 1996
REFLECTIONS
A Brief Word
A Fairfield First
McCormick planter
Ericsson Hot Air Engine
Iron-clad warship
Midwest Old Threshers 1995 Show
Lauson Frost Kings
Things I Learned The Hard Way!
McCormick-Deering
Prairie Homestead
Holt-Caterpillar
Chuck and Bill's Wallis
Historic O'Keefe Ranch
MID-MICHIGAN
Old Gas Tractor Association
The Oldest Friend?
Friend Manufacturing Company
C. H. E. Engine
Manufactured in Milwaukee
A Two HP New Holland
Gas Engine Encyclopedia
The 2 HP TITAN
The Southern Tier Antique Equipment Society
The Meeting of Good Friends
Tragic tractor accident
Why A Gasoline Engine Goes
One-cylinder motor
Rescued In Texas
Tractor from a scrap
And Again from the Lone Star State
One cylinder Mogul tractor
Chester Country Memorabilia
Pennsylvania State Grange Convention
What Frederick Maytag Didn't Know!
Maytag employee badge
The Around Toit Engine
Circle Hill Cemetery
My Mail Order Rumely
Engine Shop of Belle Vernon
Sparta Economy Engine News
Northwest Engineering Company
Compliments & Thank You
Western Montana Fair manager
LIST OF EDGE&TA BRANCH PRESIDENTS AS OF JUNE 1996
Fair Grove
IN MEMORIAM
Cast Iron Seat Collectors Association
Northwest Antique Power Association Only Two Years Old But Very Busy
Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association
Clark Air Borne Dozer
American Tractor Company of Churubrisco
Caught Up In the Past
White River Valley Antique &. Machinery Show
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
September 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
A new version of Farm Museum Directory.
REFLECTIONS
A Brief Word.
Enid Antique Power Show
12th annual Enid Antique Power Show at the Garfield Fairgrounds.
IHC Treasure Trove
Collection of IHC equipment and many tools at Kinsinger Engine Service.
Trophy Bagged While Horn Hunting
Harris engine partially buried in once-used hay.
The ""Tradition"" Continues!
A local sweet potato festival.
It Was Not Little House on the Prairie!
Memories of neighbor thrashing and old tractors are vivid.
My Sattley Simplex No. 30
Montgomery Ward 3 HP Sattley engine sitting in the shed.
HARVEST FESTIVAL at Reynolds-Alberta Museum
The Harvest Festival weekend was enjoyed by more than 4000 visitors.
Much To Do About Tractors
There is much to do about tractors to get them back into shape.
The Model T That Wanted To Be A Tractor
Tractor built from lawnmower parts and a Power Products engine.
Collectors Envision David Bradley Museum
Collectors hope to create a museum dedicated to the firm.
Thoughts on Removing Flywheels and Keys
Problems with removing keys and pulling off flywheels without damage.
It's What?
Old single cylinder gasoline engine.
OLD IRON DREAM
Pieces of memory of Marshall diesel engine.
NOT COMMON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Collector of old iron has both benefits and drawbacks.
A Tale of Two Ohios
8 HP Ohio dragged out of the barn.
Successful 34th Annual Show
Heritage Day for Antique Engine and Tractor Association.
Diesel and Other Internal-Combustion Engines
Vaporizing Oil Engines.
Sparta Economy Engine News
Comments about the first Economy brand engines.
Schooner Larinda To Be Launched
Larinda is a modified replica of the colonial schooner Sultana.
Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association
Northeast Regional Show held at Chip-pokes Plantation State Park, Surry, Virginia.
IN MEMORIAM
A. L. Speed Roe attended his last show at the age of 81.
ATTENDING AN AUCTION
Summertime not only brings show season, but auction season as well.
8 HP Eight Mule
Eight Mule Team Associated Engine is almost all original except the woodwork.
October 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
2nd class mail, for magazines and newspapers, is now known as Periodicals.
REFLECTIONS
A Brief Word.
Our Tour of England
John Coventry of Wade Farm Tours met Mr. and Mrs. Wendel at the airport.
Mr. Monarch
Bruce Zumwalt's fondness for a sturdy machine known as the Monarch crawler.
Massey-Harris-Ferguson
150th Anniversary Celebration.
My Bessemer HALF BREED
Bessemer was an air compressor, which was used in a local grist mill.
OH DEERE! OH DEERE?
The Stover engine, was mechanically free, had good compression.
Sparta Economy Engine News
The Waterloo Economy had the simple Witry patent speed control.
A Big Red PASSION
Sydney Bunnell has spent most of his 76 years in collecting oddities.
Phoenix Centipede Truck
Gas-powered centipede trucks were built by the Phoenix Manufacturing Company.
The Search For THE GIANT ACADIA
Richard has been collecting engines for around sixteen years.
Caught Slipping Around
Mickey Forster found a 2 HP Witte that a man had rebuilt.
My Second Engine, Was My, First
Loren's first engine was 25 HP Giant engine by International Harvester.
A Ruston & Hornsby Teaches The Three R's
Ruston and Hornsby engine made in 1941 by Harris, Scarfe & Sandovers Ltd.
1895 Duryea REPLICA
The ignition of Duryea Replica is generated from a battery.
A Silver King Associated Rides Again!
As a historic farm, Foster fields is run as a working farm
Gas Engines in the Oil Fields
Bradford oil fields extend into New York State and brought great prosperity.
Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association
A ballot with the amendment has been mailed to all branches.
November 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Continuing the Ruston Hornsby Story by Ken Evans
REFLECTION
A Brief Word
1996 Koreshan State Park Show
Flywheelers Displays Showing Tractors, Trucks, Giant Engines, Miniature Trains
HELPING HANDS
Mark Weborg, a Local Commercial Fisherman who was in charge of the Working Party
UAW Annual Antique Gas Engine & Tractor Show
UAW Local 662's 12th Annual Antique Gas Engine & Tractor Show
Hickory Tree Associated
The Tree Claimed the Ignitor, Push Rod, Trip Assembly, Wheel and Axle
ANOTHER
I've Got One I'll Give YouIf You'll Come and Get It
An Engine For a Pig
Engines at the Oblong Engine and Tractor Show
1996 Stonewall Antique Power Show & Swap Meet
Channel 7 News Crew at the Stonewall Antique Power Association
JOHN DEERE B
1935 John Deere B has been Restored by Jerry Brauchle
Our Fuller & Johnson Engine
Fuller & Johnson Model N has been Located in the Pump House at Adirondack Camp
SCOOTER PROJECTS
Gear Box from Old Crosley Automobile and Briggs and Stratton Engine
Is This The World's Smallest Real Ericsson?
Ericsson Hot Air Pumping Engine in a Junk Yard
An Engine To Reminisce With
Fairbanks-Morse 1 HP Dishpan Engine with Battery Ignition
MY CUB CADETS
Cub Cadet is Red and has Farmall Decals
A First of, Hopefully, Many, in Moundsville, West Virginia
Marshall County Antique Power Association
Sparta Economy Engine News
Trips to the Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Show
Memories Turn Into Models
Building Scale-Models of Tractors and Implements
A Ruston & Hornsby Teaches The Three R's
The Three R's of Research, Parts Removal and Restoration
It Deserved A Better Life!
Tractor in Pioneer Days Parade Celebrating Iowa's Sesquicentennial
LAUSON ENGINES AND TRACTORS
Their History and Development
IN MEMORIAM
Sterling Farnham was a Carpenter and Cabinet Maker
""BEFORE"" TO ""AFTER""
What It Takes To Go From
Old Iron Found in Central African Republic
Engine used to Power an Air Compressor Located in Bombari
December 1996
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
The end of the year is upon us, and we're thinking about great things to come in 1997.
REFLECTIONS
A Brief Word
Aluminum Soldering If Does Work
An aluminum boat propeller that had a chunk broken out was repaired with aluminum solder
Does History Repeat Itself? You Bet It Does!
Article about collecting old iron in the '60s in the Midwest, starting with air cooleds
My Sideshaft Polish Meat Grinder Engine
It was hard to imagine how many tons of Polish sausage had gone through it
Views From My Collection
Shop built from a cream separator base and is also a one-of-a-kind.
Farmers Have Opportunity to Win New Equipment
In honor of our 50th Anniversary, we're beginning a search for our oldest product
My First Restoration: 3 HP Hercules Engine
The story about my 3 HP Hercules model F kerosene engine begins in March of 1995
The Growing of the Christmas Tree
In summer's heat or winter's snow, Appears the fadeless Christmas tree
A Tour of Texas
Rio Grande Valley Livestock Antique Farm Equipment Show
LAUSON ENGINES AND TRACTORS
Their History and Development
It Sure Is ""CUTE!""
The annual tune up time was due for our 18 HP Craftsman lawn tractor
Phelps Farm Electric Plant
Phelps sales of gas engine power plants seem to have started not long after 1915
Sparta Economy Engine News
Economy Gasoline Engines made by the Holm Machine Manufacturing Company at Sparta
Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association
The 96 National, hosted by Branch 16, Springfield, Missouri is now history
IN MEMORIAM
Bill had collected many items of antique machinery during his lifetime
Saved from the Scrap Heap!
IHC Tom Thumb was a basket case. Both flywheels were broken, the crankshaft was bent
A FEW OF MY 27 GAS ENGINE MODELS
Made some of these models from casting kits, air compressors
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