Tidbits from Tom

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Courtesy of John Harper, 420 Talmadge Road, Clayton, Ohio 45315
Courtesy of John Harper, 420 Talmadge Road, Clayton, Ohio 45315
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Courtesy of Thomas M. Jensen 559 Sheldon Rd., Palmyra, N. Y. 14522.
Courtesy of Thomas M. Jensen 559 Sheldon Rd., Palmyra, N. Y. 14522.
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Courtesy of C. A. Gatchell, Route 1, Adel, Iowa 50003
Courtesy of C. A. Gatchell, Route 1, Adel, Iowa 50003
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Courtesy of Basil Amos, Russellville, Missouri 65074
Courtesy of Basil Amos, Russellville, Missouri 65074

First I want to thank all the engine collectors that have helped
me to determine the age of some of my engines in reference to my
letter in GEM in the 1972 Nov.-Dec. issue. To name a few, Walter
(Doc) Schrage – Charleton W. Mull – D. E. Jacobsen – Barwise W.
Man-waring Jr. – Richard E. Lagree -and others that wrote me.
Thanks fellows. I do wish others I wrote to would answer my
letters.

In August of last year I drove to New Haven, Ind., to see Doc
Schrage. I arrived at Doc’s place about 7:30 in the evening.
Doc is full of nformation, especially on Maytag engines. He has a
fine collection of Maytags and also a few hit and miss engines. The
next day Doc and I drove to Van Wert, Ohio to see Victor Lippi who
had about 40 engines. I think Victor has about the finest
collection of engines I have ever seen. All restored, but a few of
them. Just beautiful! If anyone of you are out his way stop to see
Victor. His address is 60 Cable St. Van Wert, Ohio. The trip was
just over a 1000 miles but I enjoyed driving thru Ohio and a small
part of Indiana.

I have added three more engines to my collection in the last
year. An Associated about 1-1/2 hp, Fuller – Johnson 2 hp and a
Plix.

I have never heard of a Plix. It’s a one cylinder upright
water-cooled. It has a solid brass radiator, including the water
tank. No serial on it. I have no idea what this engine was used for
or what it came off from. So once again Fellows, I need help on
this one.

In Nov. 73 on my way to Florida, I was driving south on
Interstate 95, I stopped in to see Robert Rogers in Dillon S.C.
Robert has a Living Farm Museum. Many things to see there. Well
worth stopping!!

I purchased this engine in June 1973. It’s a Plix. It has no
name plate on it, but would guess it to be about 1 horse power.
Anyone having one like it, I sure would like to hear from them. The
radiator is honeycomb and is solid brass including the tank.
Radiator was made in Buffalo, N.Y. by the Fedders Radiator Co.
Please fellows I need information on this one. I will answer all
letters. I’ve never heard this name before — have any of you
readers? – Anna Mae-.

My John Deere G. P. as we were just starting to build a pole
barn in which I can keep some of my collection.

Two views of my Eclipse 1A double flywheel pumper. Patent date
on that hopper is 1914. It was complete and in running condition,
just needed cleaning and repainting. I had never seen a picture of
the double flywheel model in the magazine – course I don’t have
them all. The stone on which it is setting is one of a pair of
stone burrs out of an old water mill that my great grandfather
operated here on our farm – well over a century ago, before the
Civil War.

My Rumely 6 Tractor, 1931 or 1932. I bought it a year ago from
John Q. Adams of Fargo, Oklahoma. It took a lot of work to get it
back to normal, but it was worth it. It surely looks and runs
good.

  • Published on Mar 1, 1974
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