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The Hercules Engine News

By Glenn Karch

20601 Old State Road, Haubstadt, Indiana47639

There are many questions that get asked in the process of restoring and rebuilding of engines in the Hercules family. Here are a few of them.

A reader built a cart for his Hercules engine using the information given on page 28 of the October 1997 issue of GEM. His question was, "What color should it be painted?"

There are only a few colored illustrations to go by in the literature. Apparently the cart frame and axles were red with green wheels to match the engine color. Some would say that the wheels should be black. For an Economy engine cart, the frame and axles are red and the wheels are black. What shade of red is used? Make it simple. Go to the local True Value hardware store and get X-O Rust #T-5 IHC Red.

The writer of a recent letter told about his model T Thermoil engine. In his conclud...

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