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*Puf 'n' Pop*

By Nina Kimbrough

P.O. Box 456, Alva, Florida 33920

Puff, puff, pop, pop, bang. To the uninitiated, engines running in harmony may sound like noise, but to Matt Ballentine of Ft. Myers, Florida they sound like Bach does to the symphony conductor. Each of his several old engines are lovingly restored, brightly painted and humming with new life.

His collection includes a Fairbanks diesel, make and break, horizontal, 3 HP, open piston, 4 cycle engine that was once used to power threshing machines and saw mills; a vertical 1909 Monitor used for pumping water; a Caille water cooled, 1½ HP, 2 cycle boat engine with priming cups that is at least 75 years old; a 50 year old Cushman with a governor for speed, used for threshing machines; a Pelton auto electric air compressor air pump; a 1937 .9 Evinrude Ekka Model 4201 and a Ladder No. 6 Fire Engine light plant.

The restoration of these ...

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