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Hercules Engine NewsBy Glenn Karch20601 Old State Road Haubstadt, Indiana 47639 This story centers around a 1 HP model S Hercules engine with serial number 374563. The main frame casting date was August 1, 1929. In 1973 I began collecting gas engines. During my travels as district sales manager for Pioneer Seed Corn, I was able to find a lot of engines out in the countryside. One day I asked my dad what had happened to the gas engine that we had there on the farm in the '30s and early '40s. After WWII most everything around the farm was electrified and the engine was no longer needed. It had been used to run the homemade ear corn elevator, the Clipper fan mill, the corn shelter and the pump jack at the barn. The engine was taken to a nearby community sale where it brought $12. Reportedly, it was back at the sale the next year where it brought $3. I also asked Dad when they got the e... 793 of 2988 characters shown.
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