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January 2002
Editor's Letter
Bill Tremel and Joe Prinzinger researched and compiled the article
Reflections
Looking for Clues to Unknown Engines
1914 Fuller & Johnson Resto
Matthew Holderman's first engine was a 1935 Maytag Model 92
Letters and Miscellanies:
To the Reflector:
Piney Chapel 2001
Alabama Show a Continuing Success
Found in a Barn
A 2-1/2 HP John Lauson Finds New Life
Hercules Engine News
Sorting out Drip Oilers
SmokStak
Head Gasket Won't Seal!
The Color of Tractors
Sorting Out the Many Flavors of Fordsons
Stationary Engine List
Running Slow
In Memoriam
Leo was part owner of the E.M. Brubaker & Sons implement business
1902 Cushman 1-1/2 HP
Cushman's 100th Anniversary Brings the Oldest Known Cushman to the 25th Camp Creek Threshers Show
Old Ads - A Blast From the Past
The virtues of the Rex spark plug are touted
News From EDGE&TA
EDGE&TA Branch 22 Fall Show
Decisions, Decisions
Hit the Show, or Run the Auction?
Wico EK Magneto Tester
Constructing a Tester for Your Home Workshop
Restoration Rescue:
From a Pile of Parts, a 3 HP McCormick-Deering M Comes Back to Life
Oil Field Engine News
OFES members pose at last year's Portland show
The History of the B.D. Tillinghast Machine Shop
In 1882 the first commercial gas well came on line in Washington County
The D.C. & U.
A Gas/Steam Convertible Engine for the Oil Field
February 2002
Hit-and-Miss
Anonymously working away pumping natural gas throughout Kansas
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Collecting Wisconsin Engines
The average farm show has a lot of equipment on display
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
In Memoriam
Albert was born Feb. 25, 1924, to the late Albert and Cassie Person Fuqua Sr. of Adairville
WESTERN GAS ENGINE
An Early 7 HP Western Gets a Deserving Restoration
Monitor Engine Show
The Dodge County Antique Power Show at Burnett
Xenia, Ohio 2001 Show
The 2000 show was supposed to feature New Holland engines
Hercules Engine News
Half-Breed Project Update
Farmall F12 Resurrection
One Year and Two Tractors Later, A Stunning F12 Comes Back to Life
From Creators to Collectors
The Foos Manufacturing Co. Scientific -- A Rare Engine Comes to Light in an Unlikely Guise
SmokStak
Maytag Won't Spark
Stationary Engine List
Repairing Cracked Hubs
2001 Index of Gas Engine Magazine A PICTURE AND SUBJECT LOCATOR
PICTURE LOCATOR
Oil Field Engine News
Bailing Rigs in the Oil Field
March 2002
Hit-and-Miss
Classic Farm Tractors Calender available from Classic Tractor Fever
Letters and Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
In Memoriam
Curtis Bradbury was a member of the Utah Air National Guard
REFLECTIONS
Readers' Engine Questions
REFLECTIONS
Readers' Engine Questions
Hercules Engine News
Half-Breed Project Update
Pioneer 30-60 Pioneer Gets a New Lease on Life
Steve Sabo, who owns Target Transport in Middlebury
Mietz and Weiss 2-1/2 HP
Jeff Young of Pinellas Diesel Service reworked the injection pump
The Early Farm Days Show
Over 90 exhibitors from four southern states displayed their equipment
Economy Saw Rig Comes Back to Life
View of the Economy saw rig
The Clarke Gas Engine Company
In 1898 brothers Clarence Clear Clarke and John Norris Clarke founded the Clarke Gas Engine Company
SmokStak
Building Magnet Chargers
Stationary Engine List
Making Mufflers
Saving the ""Bessie 7""
Salvation or Salvage In Rural Kansas
Freeland Valley Antique Power Club 2001 Show
The club hosted the Buckeye Chapter of the Cockshutt Tractor Club
Home-Made Oil Pull
3 HP Model M International gas engine is ideal to use for power on a model OilPull
Another Hubbard Surfaces - Literally
The 4 HP Hubbard found stuck in the sand in a lake
April 2002
Hit-and-Miss
The old iron hobby is full of surprises
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
REFLECTIONS
Readers' Engine Questions
Hercules Engine News
Sparta Economy Engines
Two Wheels For the Farm
The Harvey David & Son Farm Cycle
Stationary Engine List
Dealing With Officialdom
Smokstak
What Got You Started?
Oil Field Engine News
A Day in the Field
TRAMMING IN
Setting Ignition and Waive Timing
Cajun Wheels
A Straight-Forward Method for Making Cart Wheels
David Bradley Tri-Cut
This Might Just be the Only One in Existence
The Lawn Ornament
A 1918 IHC Mogul 1 HP, s/n W25692
The Little Monitor
Famous for Windmills and Pumps, Baker's Little Monitor Pump Rigs Helped Revolutionize Life on the Farm
Gentlemen, Move Your Engine
AFTER 60 YEARS IN RETIREMENT, A 70 HP 1911 CHICAGO PNEUMATIC GETS A NEW HOME
The Crown Motor Works
From 1909 to 1925 Arthur Henry Van Wambeke
1918 Fordson Brings Charity Sale Full Circle
George eventually located a 1918 Fordson in Canada
May 2002
Hit-and-Miss
The 1911 4 HP Waterloo Boy reader Bob Naske recently pulled from a shed is a perfect example
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
SmokStak
The Apparent Art of Engine Rationalization
Stationary Engine List
Governing Speed: Part 1
A Word to Dealers
Who Are Not Selling Gasoline Engines
My First Engine was My Second
Trials and Tribulations in Returning a 25 HP IHC Giant to Working Form
Restoring the Reid
Bringing an 1899 Oil Field Engine Back to Life
2001 Riverbend Steam & Gas Show
The Riverbend Club wants to thank everybody who brought a Ford, Ferguson or Fordson to the show
Connecticut River Antique Collectors Klub
Members have donated many pieces of equipment
Northwest Antique Power Association Show
Dreams Do Come True
Out of Hibernation
In the Same Family Since New, a 1911 4 HP Waterloo Boy Comes out of Hibernation and Back out to Play
Illustrated Engines
I like old engines, but prefer to collect hit-and-miss engines
A Restoration Spanning Continents and Generations
The kids can either display something in its original form or restored
In Memoriam
Bill helped countless engine enthusiasts in parts searches
Cooper-Bessemer Memories
Reminiscences on Running Old Iron
Hercules Engine News
Hercules Variations
Oil Field Engine News
Oil Derricks and Oil Field Engines
June 2002
Hit-and -Miss
This issue marks Glenn's 10th year of writing about Hercules-built engines
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
In Memoriam
Lee Bowman was a retired machinist having worked for F. C. Russell 20 years
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Hercules Engine News
Hercules X Model Engines
Oil Field Engine News
Bessemer Beginnings
Stationary Engine List
Governing Speed: Part 2
SmokStak
Grumpy Old Men
1941 Krohne Tractor
Necessity Breeds Manufacture The Krohne Manufacturing Co.
Hot Air Engine Update
First Southwest Region Hot Air Meet a Success
The Ostenberg Engine
Ostenberg engines were designed and built by Swedish immigrant John A
John Lauson Portable
Frost King hopper-cooled portable made by the John Lauson Manufacturing Co
It's Show Time!
You Can Run Just About Anything With that Old Iron, the Only Limitation is Your Imagination
1909 Root & Vandervoort A Lucky Engine
1909 8 HP Sideshaft, Serial Number E8763
Yukon Gold
Mining for Old Iron in the Yukon Territory
The Golden Gate Gas Tractor Co.
Golden Gate Gas Tractors were designed with orchard farmers in mind
Haas Tractor Club Update
Data on Haas Tractors Grows with Membership
July 2002
Hit-and-Miss
Cooper-Bessemer engines found in Ottawa
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Hercules Engine News
Hercules Model N Engines
SmokStak
Charging Exhibitors
Oil Field Engine News
More on Bailing Rigs
In Memoriam
Louis and his son, Mark, began showing engines in 1970
Stationary Engine List
Making Shims
From Wreck to Resto -1 HP Mogul
The Story Behind the Story
1929 Fairbanks-Morse Six-Cylinder Diesel
Still Making Waves after more than 72 Years on the Job
1899 Industrial Iron Works
The Missouri Engine
Early 2-1/4 HP Galloway Discovered
An Early 2-1/4 HP Galloway Raises Interesting Questions about Galloway Production
Backyard Restorations
Tips on Taking it Apart and Getting it Back Together
A Man of the Cloth
OilPull ran and sounded just like the big ones
Two for the Price of One
Two IHC LAs Provide One Finished and Running Engine
International Harvester Centennial Rally
New Zealand Engine Enthusiasts Celebrate IHC's 100th Birthday
Back Home Again
A Hercules Model S That Never Really Left
August 2002
Hit-and-Miss
Cotton has long been an agricultural staple in the south
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Hercules Engine News
Unraveling Production Dates
Stationary Engine List
Magneto Mysteries
SmokStak
Spotlight on Light Plants
The Kaywood Tractor
A Three-Wheeled Kaywood had been hinted at in the Past
The British are Coming
Relatively Uncommon on our Shores
1927 Ingersoll-Rand Portable Compressor
Once on the Brink of Becoming Salvage Yard Fodder
Oil Field Engine News
Setting Up Oil Field Engines
California Gold
A Private Exhibition Highlights Engines Made Along the California Coast
Southern Comfort
The Southland Flywheelers 2002 Alabama Jubilee Brings Old Iron into a Unique Setting
Two of a Kind - Novo Twin
A Two-Cylinder 12 HP Novo Sees the Light of Day for the First Time in 40 Years
Public Service
Westinghouse Engines at Work
Fond du Lac Tractor Conversion
Brief Period in the Teens and 1920s
September 2002
Hit-and-Miss
EDGE & TA 2002 Southwest Regional Show
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
In Memoriam
Exhibition at the Annual Batsto and White Bog Shows
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Hercules Engine News
Hercules Oddities
John Deere Brass Tag Engines
On the Lookout for Counterfeits
Oil Field Engine News
Pouring Babbitt
SmokStak
Engine Therapy
Stationary Engine List
Playing Safe
Calling all Internationals
New Show at the Schuylkill County Agriculture Museum Will Feature IHC Engines, Tractors and Implements
Variety Counts!
Rare Engines Converge at Neunen 2002
Western Classics
EDGE & TA 2002 Southwest Regional Show Brings Out
The Making of a Mini McCormick Tractor
Steel-Wheeled Tractors Plowing the Prairie
The Bull With the Pull
The Big Bull Tractor: 1915-1920
The Uncommon Lauson Engines
Looking Beyond Frost Kings at Unusual Lauson Engines
The Uncommon Lauson Engines
Looking Beyond Frost Kings at Unusual Lauson Engines
October 2002
Hit-and-Miss
Model E that was bought just to supply the proper Wico EK for the first
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Stationary Engine List
Final Finishing
SmokStak
Magneto Musings
Hercules Engine News
A Tale of Two Engines
1913 Avery 20-35
Avery designed the 20-35 in 1911, with production of the new model starting in 1912
Oil Field Engine News
Hot Tube Hercules
Tractor Wrestling in Vermont
Hardly a Sport, Only a Lucky Few Survive Even One Round
Yukon Dreams
A 1941 Case LA Surfaces Deep in the Yukon Territory
Jewels of Stockton: Samson Juniors
The Samson Junior is a first generation design and was developed by John M. Kroyer
Mystery T-Head
Prototype or Production ? Ten Years After its Discovery This Engine's History Remains Unknown
1919 Galloway 2-1/4 HP
A Letter from Galloway and an Original Warranty Certificate
Rock Island Line
Proving One is Never Enough, an Illinois Collector Goes for a Full Set of Rock Island Engines
Understanding Breaker Point Ignition Systems
Breaker Point Ignition System Basics - Knowing How the System Works is Key to Keeping it Working Right
Yester Year in Motion
Thirty Years ago One Man Opened his Collection to the Public What Evolved is now an Annual Event
3 HP Best Gas Engine
Frank's engine is the only 3 HP Best extant, and as such rates right up there on the rarity chart
Fordson Hoist Tractors
With the Success of the Fordson Tractor
In Memoriam
Bill was an enthusiastic member, taking part in shows in Kentucky
November 2002
Hit-and-Miss
Making the mistake of judging a book by its cover
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
New Holland Engines
New Holland Engines are a Tradition Carried Down Through the Generations
Hercules Engine News
Hercules Look-Alikes
The Next Generation
Young Enthusiast Develops Love for Old Iron
Stationary Engine List
Why Won't it Run?
SmokStak
Best Bearing Grease?
Oil Field Engine News
Gas-o-meters and Yellow Dogs
An Interesting August
Chance Meetings, Simple Exchanges Lead to Great Finds
Gilson Handy Hopper Comes out of Hiding
Hanford Mills Museum Pulls a Rare Gilson from Storage
1895 Mery Explosive
A Double-Acting Six-Cycle Wonder
The Hagan Gas Engine
Unique Carburetor, Hagan Gas Engine and Manufacturing Co.
December 2002
Hit-and-Miss
The Otto-Langen engine occupies an important place in the history of the internal combustion engine
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Stationary Engine List
Draining Fuel
Hercules Engine News
Hercules Model SK
SmokStak
Two-Cycle Motor Oiling
Oil Field Engine News
Notes on the Reid Company
Worth the Wait
A Little 1 HP Fairbanks-Morse Eclipse Goes Back Together 30 Years Later
The End of an Era
Sale of B. D. Buchanan's Engine Collection Marks
Portland 2002
Portland Delivers the Goods - Again
Engine for Sale
5 HP New Holland, Appeared complete, a little rough
Hidden Hercules
Forgotten and Neglected for Decades, a 5 HP 1919 Hercules Model E Comes Out of Hiding
OTTO-VOLK
Building an Otto-Langen Atmospheric Engine -With a Little Help from the Curbside Parts Supply
War Wagon
Custom-Made Engine Transporter Inspired by NASCAR
In Memoriam
Many of us have fond memories of Harry and his stories of the old days in the oil field
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