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Courtesy of Dale Nickerson, Glasgow Road, Cassadaga, New York14718.

WHAT IS IT? Bore 3¼ and stroke 4½". Flywheel diameter 16". Weight 300 lbs. This engine uses a ratchet wheel to operate the exhaust valve and to provide ignition timing. Where was this engine made, by what company, and what year?Is this a rare engine?

Courtesy of Wm. Schwab, Columbus Jet., Iowa 52738.

I bought this engine some months ago, but so far no one seems to know what make it is. I was wondering if someone could name it for me. I cannot see any place on it that a nameplate was fastened. There is hardly any paint on it, except a little on the base that is a very dark green. It has a four inch piston, six inch stroke, one and a half inch crankshaft, twenty four inch flywheels with one and three quarter inch face, is an oval shape connecting rod with a bronze bearing cap. The governor ...

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