Jun/Jul 2008

Subscribe Now

Engine 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.

Decisions, Decisions

Hit the Show, or Run the Auction?

By Dale Nickerson

Dale Nickerson's restored 1914 IHC Nonpareil 2 HP Famous. Nonpareil means "without equal."

I had quite a decision to make on May 13, 2000. Do I attend my club's Chautauqua County Antique Equipment Association Spring Gas-up, or go to an auction, where the engine you see here and some other engines were up for bid - a 1914 IHC Nonpareil 2 HP Famous vertical with serial number KG 1906. The Nonpareil line was sold by Osborn dealers and was painted blue.

Thanks to a very good friend who took me to the auction site a few times before the auction was held, I had a chance to really look the engine over, and even though there were a lot of parts missing or clobbered up, I knew there was hope for it. Needless to say, I skipped the gas-up - the auction was more important.

There were...

810 of 1968 characters shown.

 

To access the full article you must have Gas Engine Magazine: The Complete Archives on compact disk.

Learn how you can own the complete Gas Engine Magazine archives.

Exclusive Online Offer!


 

 Pay Now & Save 50% Off the Cover Price

Yes, send me one year of Gas Engine Magazine! I'll pay just $33.00.

Save Even More Money By Paying NOW!

Pay now with a credit card and take advantage of our Square-Deal automatic renewal savings plan. You save an additional $3.00 and get one year of Gas Engine Magazine for only $30.00 (USA only).


Canadian subs: 1 year, $41.00 (includes postage & GST), foreign subs: 1 year, $62.75. U.S. funds.

First Name:   
*
Last Name:   
*
Address:  
*
City:  
*
State/Province:
Zip/Postal Code:  
*
Country:
*
Email:   
*

Promotion Code:

 

- Bill Me offers valid in the United States only.
 
Copyright 2008, All Rights Reserved | Ogden Publications, Inc., 1503 SW 42nd St., Topeka, Kansas 66609-1265
Natural Home Magazine • Farm Collector • Gas Engine Magazine • Steam Traction • Herb Companion • Herbs for Health
Grit Magazine • Capper's Magazine • Good Things to Eat • Brave Hearts • Mother Earth Organic Coffee and Tea
Motorcycle Classics Magazine • Mother Earth News • Utne Reader • Ogden Publications • EarthMoment
Privacy Policy | Career Opportunities | XHTML | CSS | phpThumb | smarty | ADOdb | Generated in 0.02 seconds