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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. |
A Real "HUMDINGER"By Charles Shelton1108 Emery Lane Clarksville, Indiana 47129 Unless you have at least sixty years of life experiences under your belt you probably are unfamiliar with the word, "humdinger." However, a real humdinger was a very popular phrase during the 70s and '30s. It was used to describe anything that was "better than average," from a team of mules to a farm tractor. Unfortunately, this manner of describing numerous items and situations dwindled into obscurity along with the gas engine in the late 1940s. The phrase "a real humdinger" was not a problem for the Carter Pump Company of Hackensack, New Jersey, as they "dubbed" their small water pumping outfit (see photo #1) as a "humdinger." Research does not reveal exactly how many years these pumps were manufactured and sold. Photo 1: This photo provides an excellent view ... 830 of 1828 characters shown.
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