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Mery Explosive

I enjoyed your story in the November 2002 issue on the Mery six-cycle engine.

Some time in the 1970s, a Mery showed up at the Vista, Calif., semi-annual show. It must have been the one owned by Bob Patty. I could almost swear it was painted red, but I could be mistaken. I remember hearing that the engine was seriously damaged on its way home, and until your article had never heard of it again.

As you noted, the engine attracts a lot of attention, and a few of us were extremely interested in it. I was thinking of building a model, but we were never sure exactly how it ran - I think we never picked up on the six-cycle bit.

Your article mentions a quarter-scale kit being sold by Roland Morrison, but no address was given. If the flywheel on the original engine is about four feet in diameter, then the overall...

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