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January 2003
Hit-and-Miss
New old engines continue to come out of the woodwork
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
Hercules Engine News
Economy Decal Details
Oil Fidel Engine News
Associated Oil Field Engine
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Stationary Engine List
Engines and Marital Harmony
Smokstak
Controlling Oil Rings
Original Worthington Found
With Surviving Worthington Engines Few and Far Between, this Original Engine Merits Notice
Brown-Cochran Co. Lorain, Ohio
With Three Valves and One Port, the Brown-Cochran was a Unique Proposition in Stationary Engines - A Close Look at A Surviving 4 HP
Gas-Up 2002
A Unique Selection of Rare Engines Converges in Western New York
Itasca Hot Air Meet
Hot Air Engines Come Together in Minnesota
The Rest of the Story
Restored Kaywood Three-Wheeler, Locdlly Made Tractors Stars of Michigan Show
Sole Survivor
It's Been a Life of Leisure for this Root & Vandervoort, the Only R&V Marine Known
February 2003
Hit-and-Miss
Tim launched a one-man campaign to save the engines
Letters & Miscellanies
Notes and Responses From Readers
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
The Winton Diesel
Abandoned in a Quarry/ A 500 HP, Six-Cylinder Winton Diesel Gets a Needed Nudge and Roars Back to Life
Oil Field Engine News
Interesting Engines
Ingersoll-Rand 8PLVG, One of Only Six Made, at Risk of Being Destroyed
Working life of driving a water pump in one of the Lower Neches Valley Authority (LNVA)
Stationary Engine List
Making the Most of Winter
Hercules Engine News
Model S Changes
Rockin' Superior at Mt. Pleasant
After a Life Working In Montana, a Giant of the Oil Fields Retires In Iowa
Still Working
A second McCormick-Deering 10-20 hidden in a pile of brush
Water-Inducted Wonder
Two-Cycle/ Hot Bulb, Kerosene Fueled Water Induction - The Mietz a Weiss Oil Engine Had it AH
Draper and Phelps, 1919
Draper and Phelps sold farm machinery and implements
Economy Post Card
Post card advertising Economy engines
It's the Oxygen Content, Stupid!
The brass oilers are shined to perfection
Heritage Engines
Industrial Giants Emerge From the Dresser-Rand Archives
Too Much Fun
Full-Size Fun From Pint-Size Tractors
SmokStak
About Capacitors
The Uncle Earl Engine
A 1-3/4 HP Economy Model S Finally Gets its Second Chance
2002 Index of Gas Engine Magazine
A PICTURE AND SUBJECT LOCATOR
March 2003
Hit-and-Miss
One look at the queries coming in for C.H. Wendel
Letters & Miscellanies
Ingersoll-Rand Saved, Thoughts on Ford and Rumely Tractor Engines
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Oil Field Engine News
Holtkamp Oil Field Engines
Hercules Engine News
The Economy Family Tree
Photo Mystery - IHC Titan?
What's interesting to us is the tractor, which appears to be an IHC Titan
SmokStak
The Art of Scraping Babbitt
Stationary Engine List
Checking for Gas
CASE TRACTOR LINE 1917
Case's first major entry in the gasoline tractor
Springfield Fest 2002
Summer's Coolspring Springfield Fest
The Mysterious Case SI
A 1948 Case SI with Steel Wheels
Fairbanks Co. Gas Engines
Who Built this Surviving Fairbanks Co. Engine Blakeslee or Bates & Edmonds ?
Picture From the Past
Frick 15-28 Gas Tractor
Old Friends and Coincidences
A Simple Trip and a Chance Encounter Lead to The Resurrection of an Early Olds Engine
Never Give Op
Stan's 3 HP Backus engine, serial number 1758
A Working Oil Lease in 2002
Almost 80 Years After it was Built, this 30 HP 1924 Bovaird & Seyfang is Still Working for a Living
April 2003
Hit-and-Miss
Few months of fighting cold iron with equally cold hands
Letters & Miscellanies
Flywheel Dangers, Heating Castings and Rumely Engines
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
In Memoriam
Alvin served six years during World War II in the North Atlantic
Hercules Engine News
Hvid History
Oil Field Engine News
Oil Field Correspondence
Aultman & Taylor Memories
Collecting photos of steam traction engines for 51 years
Smok Stak
Yesterday's Engine Prices
Stationary Engine List
Lifting and Loading Engines
Fuller & Johnson Engines and Cockshutt Tractors
An Interesting Combination Comes Together at the 2002 Dodge County Antique Power Club Show
DIY Brass Nameplates
Can't Find a Replacement Nameplate? Make Your Own -
Schoenner Engine
Three-cycle, Non-compression Flame-ignition Engine
Fordson Engine Conversions
Converting Ford Tractors to V-8 Power
The Wonder of the Walls
At Least Two Walls Engines Were Built
Snow Steam Pump Works
Twin Tandem, Double-Acting Natural Gas Engine
Carrying on Traditions ... Showing their Possessions
A Look at Some of Last Year's Shows
May 2003
Hit-and-Miss
Fred Nolan's great article on the restoration of a very rare IHC motor
Letters & Miscellanies
Kurz & Root, Fairbanks T, Stewart Little Wonder and More on 8PLVG
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Stationary Engine List
Cleaning Cylinders
Oil Field Engine News
Fuel: 1916 and Today
Hercules Engine News
Charting the Course of Carts
Smokstak
Smooth Engines
Repairing Seized Engines
Just Because it's Stuck doesn't Mean it's Down for the Count
A Novel Approach: Wax and Grease
Method for removing a stuck piston is the hydraulic method
Clift Motor Company
Clift engines used Model T Ford pistons, connecting rods and valves
Venn-Severin Diesel Recovered
After 60 Years of Pumping Water, this Rare Giant was put to Pasture
Frick Tractor Factory
Frick was working feverishly to move into the new and growing gas tractor market
Half of Kansas - Twice
Worn out but Still in one Piece, a Rare IHC Baler Unit is Lovingly Restored
I Needed a Project Engine?
Bringing a 2 HP 1907 IHC Famous Back to Life Proves to be a Lesson in Patience
West Coast Engine Comes Home
A Story in GEM Leads to a West Coast in Wyoming
First Time Restoration
Plucked from the Woods, a 1 HP IHC Famous Transforms from a Junker to a Jewel
Still Working
The goal was to have three 1918 Fordson tractors plowing at the same time
In Memoriam
Mac was a life member of the Texas Early Day Engine and Tractor Assn.
June 2003
Hit-and-Miss
Descriptions giving potential readers an idea of what they'll find inside the pages of the magazine
Letters & Miscellanies
Aultman Taylor Starting Systems, Myrick Engines and Speed Reducers
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Keeping it in the Family
Youngest Family Member Continues the Tradition
Hercules Engine News
Governor Overhaul
Stationary Engine List
Making Mufflers
Oil Field Engine News
Drilling Holes
SmokStak
Thermosiphon Cooling
My First David Bradley
David Bradley Super Power
Nelson Bros. ""Jumbo Line"" High Speed Engines
With the Introduction of its Line of Air-Cooled Singles Nelson Bros. Moved in a New Direction
Nelson Bros. ""Jumbo Line"" High Speed Engines
With the Introduction of its Line of Air-Cooled Singles Nelson Bros. Moved in a New Direction
Gas Engine Magazine Twenty-Five Years Ago
History of old-line engine and tractor
Build 'em Yourself
Vision, Skill and Ingenuity Come Together in the Making of Mini-Tractors
Giant of the Prairie
Lovingly Tended by the American Thresherman Association, a 1913 IHC 45 HP Titan's Future is Secured
STL TIKN
The Yuba's transmission is an interesting affair
The 2002 Riverbend Steam Gas Show
The 34th Annual Riverbend Steam Gas Show was held last July 19-20 at the farm of club
The Little Engine that Did
A Chance Encounter Leads to a New Appreciation
Crank 'em Up
The 2002 East Tennessee Crank Up Pulls in a Crowd Not to Mention Some Great Engines
Rock Island Reunion
Rock Island Tractors Reunite 69 Years Later
July 2003
Hit-and-Miss
Stewart Little Wonder and Standard cream separator were two names for the same engine
Letters & Miscellanies
Silo Farmall, Seized Engines, Information Sought and More on Welding Cast
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
In Memoriam
People are at the Root of the Old Iron Hobby
SmokStak
Low-Tension Mag Starting
Stationary Engine List
Cylinder Repair
Oil Field Engine News
Looking Back: A Short History of Ajax Iron Works
Found: 5 HP 1914 Hercules E
Hercules Economy is equipped with the optional Elkhart low-tension, gear-driven magneto
Hercules Engine News
I started tracking asking prices, sale prices and comments relative to Hercules and related engines
Marine Memories
The early manufacturers of marine engines were found in the coastal states
Saving An Historic Otto
Hidden for over 40 Years/ a Rare Otto is on Regular View at Rough and Tumble in Kinzers, Pennsylvania
Down by the Old Mill
A Venerable 20 HP Fairbanks-Morse Type Y Comes Back to Life after a 40-Year Slumber
John Deere ""D""
Seventy-Seven Years Later, and still in its Home Territory/ a 1926 John Deere Finally gets a Second Chance
Another Day at the Sawmill
A Small Piece of History is Saved and Memories are Revived as Friends Rescue an Old Sawmill
""Just Parts Engines""
Correct? No. Complete and Running? You Bet, and Not Bad for What were only ...
Locked In
Consigned to Duty at a Remote Reservoir Nearly 100 Years ago
Snapshot: Early Titan Single-Cylinder
The single-cylinder Titan was introduced as a 20 HP in 1910
IHC ""Red"" at Blanchard
The featured gas engine was IHC, and including IHC engines had a total of 220 engines on hand for the show
August 2003
Hit-and-Miss
Memories made, a bond formed, relevance established
Letters & miscellanies
REO Engines, Termaat & Monahan and Fordson Starting Attachments
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
My Promise
A Promise Made is a Promise Kept as a Rare Fordson-based Trackson Crawler Returns to the Field
Post Cards from the Past
John's collection are old post cards featuring gas engines
SmokStak
Welding Cast Iron
Hercules engine News
The Hercules Legacy
Stationary Engine List
Sal Ammoniac
Spark Plug Intensifier
Early in the development of spark ignition
Oil field Engine News
Weber Oil Field Engine
The Little Engine that Almost Got Away
Little HP engine has dual 8-inch flywheels with 1-inch faces
The ""Nimble"" T-6
A Nimble International T-6? Applying a Lifetime of Experience/ One Man Shows it can be Done
2002 Albany Pioneer Days
Antique Construction Equipment Headlines the 2002 Show
Show Stopper
A Full Day Sees a 1918 Hercules Running Again
Small Scale Fun
A Little D and a Red Wing Give Big Pleasure
1917 ILLINOIS SUPER-DRIVE
Color Inserts and Automotive Styling weren't Enough for Illinois Tractor Co, to Survive a Flooded Market
A Mery Modelers Meeting
With Only Two Real Mery Engines Known, 10 Scales at Once is Something to See
Show and Tell
Little Kids, Big Kids and Old Engines
September 2003
Hit - and - Miss
Fascinating as the rare and unusual machinery
Oil Field Engine News
Oil Field Memories
In Memoriam
Western New York Engine Man, Dale Nickerson, Dies at Home
Letters & Miscellanies
STL TIKN and Thoughts on Contributions to Clubs
Hercules Engine News
Uncle Joe's Hercules
Back Road Bessemer
Not Exactly Barn Fresh, an 8 HP Bessemer Finds itself Leading a Slightly Different Life
Post Card Engine: Part II
Manufacturer Identified, but More Information is Needed
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
Stationary Engine List
Stationary Engine List
SmokStak
Automotive Spray Paint
Olds Engines
Coolspring Expo & Flea Market Celebrates
Rumely Oilpull
With the Help of Friends, a Homemade OilPull Comes Together 22 Years Later
Hercules Engines at Inland Empire
Two Complete Sets of Hercules Economy Model E Engines Headline Spokane Show
THE CURTIS CRUDO
An Old Air Compressor and a Strong Streak of Ingenuity Combine in the Creation of
First Show of the Year
A wonderful experience at the 2003 California Antique Farm Equipment Show in Tulare
Best Bet Yet
Rescued From a River, a Rare 6 HP 1891 Union Runs Again After a Friendly Bet-----
A Gas Engine Fairy Tale
Rough and Tumble that has huge displays of mechanical engines
October 2003
Hit-and-Miss
Early engine and tractor engineers crafted ingenious and fascinating mechanisms.
Welcome Back
Found, lost and Found again, a 1944 IHC LB gets a Third Chance
Letters & Miscellanies
Tractor Conversions, Flywheels and Engine Show Weddings
Reflections
Readers' Engine Questions
In Memoriam
Ken loved the outdoors and was active throughout his life in Boy Scouting at the local and national levels.
Oil Field Engine News
Wright Brothers Engine
Hercules Engine News
Natural Gas Mixer
Engine Prices Past
Feb.1917 issue of Gas Review
Stationary Engine List
Contending with Cooling
SmokStak
Water or Antifreeze?
2003 McLouth Threshing Bee
Gas Engines on the Rebound at the 46th Annual Show
Tractor Lift
Ohio Show Raises the Bar on Advertising Ingenuity
Friction-Drive
Light Weight Coupled with Friction-Drive Drove Heider's Success
Green Mountian Magic
Gas Engine in Vermont's Green Mountains
Patent Design
Ostenberg Designed Unique Abenaque Cooling Scheme
Parr Wagon Co.
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Rumely GasPull
A Short-lived Model the GasPull was Part of Rumely's Attempt to Build its Market
Gasoline Engine Advantages
By 1903 the Gasoline Engine was Already Recognized for its Obvious Benefits
How To Fix Stuff
1972 Chevy Nova
November 2003
Hit-and-Miss
Reg Ingold showed up from Australia with the scale Merry Explosive
Letters & Miscellanies
Rumely GasPulls, Olds Engines, Bovaird & Seyfang, and Mower Motors
Engine Show Abroad:
Report from Scotland
Seafaring United
An Old Boat Shed Reveals a Working Treasure in the Form of a 10 HP United
Flywheel Forum
Readers' Engine Questions
In Memoriam
Everette L. Spivey drove a 1955 Greyhound diesel bus to just about every engine show
Building and Using a Magneto Timer
Understanding Magneto Timing is Key to Proper Engine Operation
Stationary Engine List
Keeping Rust at Bay
Hercules Engine News
Jaeger Machine Co.
Portland 2003
The Spotlight was on Engines at the year's Biggest Show
Metamorphosis: From Steel Yard to Show Grounds
Inspired by a Model Froelich, Idaho Man Builds His Own
Oil Field Engine News
Rock Oil, Petroleum Butter and the First Oil Well
SmokStak
Model T Buzz Coils
Patent Design
Gas Engine Patents of Note
POST CARD
Air-cooled engine made by Gade Bros. Manufacturing Co
December 2003
Hit-and-Miss
Rusty Hopper, an engine buddy
Letters & Miscellanies
Engine Memories, Igniter Points, Nelson Bros. Engines and Heider Tractors
Flywheel Forum
Readers' Engine Questions
Rolling Restoration
Still in its Work Clothes, this 4 HP Waterloo Boy is Back in the Old Iron Fold
Oil Field Engine News
Looking Back, Looking forward
In Memoriam
Alvin's hobby was repairing old gas engines
Stationary Engine List
Terrors of Timing
SmokStak
Why Won't He Sell?
Hercules Engine News
Surrounded by Surprises
Old Engines at the 33rd Annual Old Timers Show
The show always includes demonstrations of past agricultural practices
Briarpatch Beauty
Old-Engine Buddies Journey to Bring a 22-1/2 HP Bessemer Oil Field Engine Back to Life
The Machinist's Art
Scratch-built 4 HP Scale Alamo Showcases Missouri Man's Skills
A Winch in Time
Mystery History of 1948 Case SI Outfitted with an Evans Winch Finally Comes to Light
Patent Page
Make-and-Break
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