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Collecting Wisconsin Engines

By Andrew Spinelli

The average farm show has a lot of equipment on display, the spectrum running from flywheeled engines big and small to gas tractors, steam tractors and many old farm implements. One engine manufacturer rarely represented, however, is Wisconsin.

Wisconsin heavy-duty air-cooled engines had a wide variety of uses, from industrial to agricultural, and most people remember these engines powering hay balers, water pumps and generators on farms. I first started collecting Wisconsin engines around 10 years ago, my first being an S7D, an engine that probably saw duty powering a garden tractor. My grandfather spotted it at a farm show and thought $20 was a good deal - he figured we would get at least $20 of fun out of it, which we did. The engine was in very good condition needing few parts to run, and we spent many years playing around and having a lot of fun with this engine...

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