![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
| Home | About GEM | Classifieds | Books and Products | Links | Subscribe | ||||
Aug/Sep 2008Subscribe NowEngine videos online! Check out the GEM video index on YouTube, the quickest way to find gas engine videos on the Internet. We’ve done the searching, all you have to do is the watching! Click below for GEM engine video index. |
A Question for Fairbanks-Morse OwnersBy James R. Hickey1336 Peach Avenue, El Cajon, California 92021 I recently received a copy of C. H. Wendel's "Power in the Past" - Volume 2, a history of Fairbanks, Morse and Company. It was a most interesting and informative book. However, page 98 raises a question. There is a list of serial numbers by year. The numbers range from 1911 to 1948 and the last number recorded is 908813 -this is supposed to be the highest serial number used on Fairbanks-Morse engines. However, I have a 2 HP F-M kerosene engine (see pictures) which very clearly shows the serial number 1114600. I wrote to Mr. Wendel and he replied that to the best of his knowledge F-M never made any engines with a seven digit serial number. I would like to have all your Fairbanks-Morse owners check their serial numbers and see if anyone else has one with a seven dig... 803 of 1178 characters shown.
To access the full article you must have Gas Engine Magazine: The Complete Archives on compact disk. Learn how you can own the complete Gas Engine Magazine archives.
|
|||
|
|
||||
Copyright 2008, All Rights Reserved | Ogden Publications, Inc., 1503 SW 42nd St., Topeka, Kansas 66609-1265 Natural Home Magazine • Farm Collector • Gas Engine Magazine • Steam Traction • Herb Companion • Herbs for Health Grit Magazine • Capper's Magazine • Good Things to Eat • Brave Hearts • Mother Earth Organic Coffee and Tea Motorcycle Classics Magazine • Mother Earth News • Utne Reader • Ogden Publications • EarthMoment Privacy Policy | Career Opportunities | XHTML | CSS | phpThumb | smarty | ADOdb | Generated in 0.091 seconds |
||||