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"OLDS GASOLINE ENGINES"

By Charles E. Bibler

523 W. Hardin St. Findlay, Ohio 15840

My experience with Olds gasoline engines started in 1910, when my father bought a type A 4½ hp. Olds engine to grind feed and do some wood sawing. I ran this engine a lot.

In 1914, I got married and went to work in an automobile factory; but, in 1921, my father passed away and I took over the farm and equipment. I then bought a type A 1½ hp. Olds engine for running pumps and our washing machine.

By that time there were several Olds engines being used in my neighborhood, but as several of them were being replaced by tractors, I bought the Olds engines not being used, rebuilt them and sold them to other farmers who had use for them. In a period of six (6) years I bought, rebuilt and sold 10 Olds engines in sizes of 1½ to 8 hp.

The Olds engines were built by the Seager Engine Works in Lansin...

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