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OLDS 6 HP GAS ENGINE

By Ronald Haney

RD #6, Box 6369 Stroudsburg, PA. 18360

An old car hood

An 8HP Foos on the cart

The iron frame and wheels

I bought this engine in 1986 from Paul Mager of Reeders, Pennsylvania.

The engine was bought new by his father and was in the family for over 70 years. It sat outside for years with just an old car hood over part of it. It was very weather beaten and rusty.

The first thing I had to do was sandblast it, then tear it completely apart and start from scratch.

The wagon cart belonged to the Mackes family of Sciota, Pa. It was in the family for many years. When I was a young boy, I used to work on the Mackes form and help farm, and there used to be an 8HP Foos on the cart. But when I got the cart after it ha...

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