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MY COLLECTION OF "TIRED IRON"

By Russell Ginnow

3125 W. Fisk Ave., Rt. 3, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901

A short story about my collection of (Tired Iron) of about 35 old gas engines ranging from 1 H.P. to 10 H.P. Some were made by Termaat and Monahan (T. & M.) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Simplicity made by Turner Manufacturing Co. in Port Washington, Wis., Root and Vandervoort, Stover, F.M., I.H.C., Mc-Cormick, Hercules, Sandow, Economy. John Deere, Witte, Sattley, Fuller and Johnson, Galoway, Monitor, Lansing, Ottawa and Fairmont. I have a couple, that I can't identify. One is an upright with a 4 inch bore and a 4 inch stroke. It is a hit and miss with make and break ignition, a cam operated fuel pump to pump the gas from the base up to a Lunkenhiemer carburetor. The exhaust valve is operated by means of a roller mounted on the timing gear which runs on a lever to operate the push rod or rather pull rod that ...

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