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Jun/Jul 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. |
REFLECTIONSA BRIEF WORDBy C. H. WendelNow that we are well into winter, collectors everywhere are busily at work getting more engines restored. We are certain of this, because of the large amount of mail coming in this month. It is hard to believe that some 25 years ago when the Reflector first got serious about gas engines, this hobby was considered offbeat to say the least. Our first engine was a 6 HP John Deere on factory trucks, with clutch pulley, and in running order. Its fault was that the top of the fuel tank had rusted enough that oil got into the fuel, creating all sorts of problems. Since the engine only cost us $5, we traded it off in short order for a 5 HP Economy engine it too was subsequently traded for something else. Although the recent decline in prices generally has made our personal collection go down in "book value", the decline has perhaps ... 807 of 29521 characters shown.
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