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The Graham-Bradley tractor
The Graham-Bradley tractor
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Ideal air cooled lawn mower engine
Ideal air cooled lawn mower engine
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6 H.P. Meco
6 H.P. Meco

The Graham-Bradley tractor on this month’s cover was built
in 1938 and restored in 1980. It is owned by Donald Fitzgerald of
236 Gale Road in Ann Arbor, MI 48105. This tractor is serial #50716
and will be shown this summer at the Central Michigan Show in
mason.

This picture was taken at the Thumb Area Old Engine &
Tractor Show in Caro, MI, last year. It shows an Ideal air cooled
lawn mower engine owned by William C. Kuhl of 464 So. 5th St.,
Sebewaing, MI 48759.

This 6 H.P. Meco (Manufacturers Engine Co.) was made in Kansas
City, MO. It is the property of Jim Hickey of 1333 El Rey Ave., El
Cagon, CA 92021, who describes its unusual air intake feature&
‘Air enters thru an opening near the needle valve, or, by
turning the choke/air intake knob 180 degrees; air is then drawn in
thru openings out by the muffler. As the air passed along the
exhaust pipe it would be pre-heated. This is a hit and miss engine
and as far as I know was not intended to run on kerosene.’

  • Published on Jul 1, 1981
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