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A PAIR OF RARE BROTHERS

By Ted Brookover,

10907 Cleveland, Kansas City, Missouri 64137

In the beginning, all you wanted was a gas engine, any gas engine, that you could work on, get greasy on and be proud of. Then, as the "Bug" bites deeper, you want more. Like maybe a real nice engine, or a real rare engine. And, if you are lucky, you might find a real nice rare engine. But to find two real nice rare engines in less than a year, is almost too much to even dream about.

7 HP Side Shaft

Yes, that sounds like a dream, but it is exactly what has happened to my dad and I. The two engines are even brothers, both are Industrial Iron Works engines, built about the turn of the century. One is a 7 HP side shaft, with 49 inch flywheels, the other one is a 2½ HP tank-cooled engine which is unfortunately not a side shaft, but I guess even a dream can't be perfect....

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