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I see in GEM that you displayed an "unknown" 2-cylinder air-cooled engine at Mt. Pleasant (see GEM, November 2001). More snaps would help, but I'm rather positive this engine is a Buda.

They started building their Model E 2-cylinder air-cooled engine in 1908. This unit was built to power their Motor Cars (railroad), as Buda started as a railroad supply manufacturer. I do know of at least one obscure automobile company that used this motor. I have also heard that some early small trucks used it, but have no specifics.

Buda built this basic design for many years, and there were quite a few small changes over the years with at least three sizes of bore. I don't think any were built after World War 11. I do know some were still built in the late 1930s. Your motor is a later version, probably late 1920s or 1930s. It has the crankcase that has a mag drive, ...

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