Different Types of Engines

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Courtesy of Willard Gillie, 249 Mebane Street, Eden, North Carolina 27288
Courtesy of Willard Gillie, 249 Mebane Street, Eden, North Carolina 27288
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Courtesy of Walt Townsend, Box 53, McNabb, Illinois, 61335
Courtesy of Walt Townsend, Box 53, McNabb, Illinois, 61335
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Courtesy of Wilfred Koskela, Box 76, Devils Lake, North Dakota, 58301
Courtesy of Wilfred Koskela, Box 76, Devils Lake, North Dakota, 58301
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Courtesy of D. Hunt Esq., Mount Pleasant, Gunville Hill, Winterslow, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England SP5 1PR
Courtesy of D. Hunt Esq., Mount Pleasant, Gunville Hill, Winterslow, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England SP5 1PR
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Courtesy of D. Hunt Esq., Mount Pleasant, Gunville Hill, Winterslow, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England SP5 1 PR
Courtesy of D. Hunt Esq., Mount Pleasant, Gunville Hill, Winterslow, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England SP5 1 PR
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Courtesy of E. A. Liebl, 2208 Ave. A., Dodge City, Kansas 67801
Courtesy of E. A. Liebl, 2208 Ave. A., Dodge City, Kansas 67801
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Courtesy of Dale Nickerson, Glasgow Road, Cassadaga, New York, 14718.
Courtesy of Dale Nickerson, Glasgow Road, Cassadaga, New York, 14718.
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Courtesy: Bernard A. Hines 7197 Mississippi St., Merrillville, Indiana
Courtesy: Bernard A. Hines 7197 Mississippi St., Merrillville, Indiana
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Courtesy of R. Dayton Nichols, 6128 Route 5, Stafford, New York 14143.
Courtesy of R. Dayton Nichols, 6128 Route 5, Stafford, New York 14143.

This TWIN CITY engine can be seen in the Western Development
Museum, Yorkton, Sask. It is a 1919-6 cylinder and is 60×90 HP.
This picture was taken in 1964. I am on the left, and on the right
is my brother-in-law, Hedley Hickson who lives in Yorkton.

At left is a Farmall tractor, center shows a 5 HP Ruston-Hornby,
1926 and at right a 6 HP Amaco, No. 609630, year unknown.

My 1938 ‘U’ Deluxe MM Tractor which is in my possession.
According to the company, only 150 of these were manufactured and
supposedly were the first factory-cab tractor produced. They were
very sophisticated for a tractor of that era as they were equipped
with lights, horn, radio, heater, defroster, cigar lighter,
upholstered seats, dome light, windshield wipers, etc.

If anyone in your list of subscribers know of the whereabouts of
one of these, I would like to correspond with them.

When this engine was acquired it had not been run in about 40
years. The owner had to make some parts and do some repairing work
on it. He soon had it cleaned and painted. On January 1, 1971 he
pulled her outside, filled up the gas tank, hooked up the battery,
and turned her over. She started on the first try –a very nice
engine. Nonparallel Famous engine, manufactured by International
Harvester Company, Chicago, 4 H.P., Speed-450, No. No. RK149,
Patent May 2, 1905.

Vincent Deusch of La Motte, Iowa is shown above touching up the
saw blade on the saw-mill at ‘Kings Show’ in August 1973.
Vincent said he was an old hand at his chore. My recollection is
that he was the previous owner of this mill.

This engine belongs to William Graves of Camden, New York. It is
a Kenwood engine built by Stickney for Sears 1905 to 1915?

Shown above is my collection of hit and miss gasoline engines.
L. to r: 5 HP Economy, 4 HP Domestic, 2-1/2 HP Galloway, 1-1/2 HP
Fairbanks-Morse, and a 2-1/2 HP Stover,

I am a Gas and Steam Fan and enjoy G.E.M. and I.M.A. very
much.

Pictured above is a 25-50 Keck Gonnerman and the original owner,
Leo Niedalski, of Nashville, Illinois. The tractor was used for
many years for pea hulling, sawmilling and field work. It was used
on the sawmill for the last time during the fall of 1973.

The picture was taken in February of 1974 when I bought the
tractor and picked it up. My truck and trailer are in the
background. I purchased the tractor a year before and offered to
pay him on the spot. He refused, saying pick it up and pay him
then. When I went to get it he had changed his mind. This winter he
again decided to sell it, so I did not waste any time.

I have two other 25-50 Keck Gonnermans. The first is always the
most expensive – paid $50 for it, had to put wheels on it, and then
spent $550 plus parts to get it running, but not restored. The
third one came out of the southeast Missouri area and is partially
restored and has extension rims. All on steel. The Keck Gonnersman
was made at Mt. Vernon, Indiana.

The Avery 40-80 is pictured at Rollag, Minnesota.

At left is my latest engine. It was built in 1933 by Petters of
Yeovil, England. It is known as the Atomic Diesel and is an 8 HP 2
cycle full diesel engine. At right in the foreground is an English
built Associated. It is 2-1/2 HP gasoline engine fitted with a Wico
EK magneto built in the mid 1920s. The engine in the background is
my Ruston Hornsby, Type A.P.R. 2-1/2 HP gasoline/kerosene engine
and was built in 1926 by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln,
England.

My three Lister engines manufactured by R. A. Lister of Dursley,
England, this being the most commonest make of engine in the U. K.
From 1. to r. the first engine is a Type L, 4 HP at 400 RPM
kerosene engine [note the vaporiser], built in 1928. The second
engine is very similar with the exception that it as a fixed
cylinder head. It is a Type L, 5 HP at 450 RPM gasoline engine,
built in 1923. Both of these engines are fitted with oscillating
magnetos. The third engine is a 3-1/2 HP, Type C.S. diesel. It runs
at 650 RPM and was built in 1938.

  • Published on Jul 1, 1974
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