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Me and My Engines

By John F. Hottle

327 Fairview Ave., Manassas, Va.

I am sending you a photo of four of my old gas engines that I have restored and painted they run and look like new. I have several more that I have not completed but hope to work on them this winter when I have more leisure time,-or rather when my wife has nothing for me to do around the house.

Courtesy of John Hansen, 350 Paderewski Ave., Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861 A 1912

Waterloo 1.5 HP. gas engine that I have.

The engine on the left rear is a 5 HP. Statley. This engine was broken up by a loose valve breaking the piston head out and breaking the block. I welded a new head in the piston, also welded the block, put in a new valve and made an ignition system with a model T coil and battery. This engine was outside for 30 years with the piston laying out in the weather. ...

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