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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. |
Besy Bangs Again!By John Knoll585 W28188 Hartwig Ave Mukwonago, WI 53149 The Bessemer's first debut at Sussex's 30th annual show. My father, Norman Knoll, got his first engine ten years ago and has only been collecting for the last five years. My father's first engine was a 6 HP Economy that had seen its better days; to me it was beyond repair. Norm set it out in our backyard and there it sat for another six years, just the way he had gotten it. One day, my father became bored and decided to attempt to restore her. The Economy was in very rough shape; many things had to be done, including putting in a new sleeve. When it came time to fire her up, my mother, Ann, and I watched. We had our fingers crossed when my father went for the first crank. The first crank over had her popping. My father said, "It's running better than it did when it came off the factory floo... 795 of 5017 characters shown.
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