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[Updated Dec. 17, 2019]
• Air-cooled (Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, etc., valve and carb repair): Robert Blin, (319) 377-3339 | bblin@bser.com
• Alamo: Gary Calvin, (517) 368-5895 | g.calvin@hotmail.com
• Alma/McVicker: Roger Eldred, 10750 S. Vroman Rd., Shepherd, MI 48883 | roaks30@gmail.com
• Althaus & Ewing registry: Mark Shulaw, Bluffton, OH | frappi@wcoil.com
• Babbitt bearings/rebabbiting misc. engine machining: Larry Bunch, wendyrocky2@gmail.com
• Briggs & Stratton: Gene and Jessie Burmeister, Kewaunee, WI | (920) 255-6193 | aircooledobsession@hotmail.com
• Buzz coils: John Weymiller, Box 427, Eitzen, MN 55931 | (507) 495-3256
• Cars/1915 and earlier parts, brass car lights: David Kolzow, 615 East Union St., Earlville, IL 60518 | (815) 246-4545
• Clinton, Briggs & Stratton: Jim Brewer, 1293 Stone Gables Dr., Elon, NC 27244 | (336) 707-3210 | jlbrewer56@gmail.com
• Dempster Mill Manufacturing Co.: Michael Buck, 3207 Huppe Lane, Berthoud, CO 80513 | mudybuck@msn.com
• De La Vergne, Hornsby-Akroyd/diesel, oil, hit-and-miss, hot air: Michael P. Murphy, radio_murph@yahoo.com
• Fairbanks-Morse Type T vertical engines, Eclipse 1, 2 and 3, Type D “salt block” and Z/ZC: David Lyon, oldengines@msn.com
• Fitch Four Drive tractors: Bob Hamilton, RR No. 1, Princeton, ON N0J 1V0 Canada | (519) 458-8466
• George D. Pohl Mfg. Co.: Woody Sins, 3 Edna Terr., New Hartford, NY 13413 | hitnmiss1@juno.com
• Gilson: Bob Bolhuis, RR No. 4, Aylmer, ON N5H 2R3 Canada | (519) 765-3337(h)/(226) 448-0220(c) | bolhuis@amtelecom.net
• Gray: Matthew Oldenburg, grayhitmiss@gmail.com
• Haas tractors and engines: Jason Haas, jasonrhaas88@gmail.com
• Hercules: Keith Kinney | kkinney@herculesengines.com; www.herculesengines.com
• Hit-and-miss engines (Maytag Model 92, International LA/LB): Clifton McDaniel, 65 South Macon St., Reynolds, GA 31076 | (478) 951-5517 | hitmiss1@yahoo.com
• Ingeco, Venn-Severin, drag saws and log saws: Chris Jerue, P.O. Box 1474, Bremerton, WA 98337 | cjerueiron@gmail.com
• Jacob Haish Mfg. Co. “Chanticleer” registry: Jeff J. Marshall, DeKalb, IL | marshalljj@juno.com; www.jacobhaishmfg.org
• Jacobson, Bullseye, Maynard/Warren County PA-made engines: Don Worley, 7 Verbeck St., Warren, PA 16365 | (814) 730-4183 | worley@westpa.net; www.jacobsonengines.com
• John Deere: Mitch Malcolm, Otterfall, MN | (218) 367-2819 | mitchmalcolm@hotmail.com
• Krueger Atlas/Atlas: Gordon Green, P.O. Box 157, Medina, TX 78055 | (830) 285-1955 | bln55@yahoo.com; www.kruegeratlas.com
• Little Woodsman drag saws: Otto Ray, Jerome, ID | dragsawman2006@yahoo.com
• Lorenz and Benz: Arnie Fero, Pittsburgh, PA | fero_ah@city-net.com
• Magnetos, engine/valve timing: Merlin (Marty) Meyer, Orcutt, CA | (805) 937-4827
• Maytag: Pat Barrett, Brookhaven, MS | baracing@bellsouth.net
• Maytag: Robert Blin, (319) 377-3339 | bser505@gmail.com
• Maytag: Zach Northway, 245 Elm St., Le Mars, IA 51031 | (712) 490-5596 | zach@northwayauctions.com
• Maytag: Mark Shulaw, Bluffton, OH | frappi@wcoil.com
• McDuff: Jeff Fay, (603) 293-8000 | jfay@faysboatyard.com
• Nordberg diesels: Gregory Hahn, Franklin, WI | nblas575@gmail.com
• Novo engine manuals, “ROLLR” decals and Novo Co. info (no parts): Dale Russell, 704 Church St., Neodesha, KS 66757 | (620) 325-8963 | kb0wiz@yahoo.com
• Oddball engines: Robert Johnson, robjohn@midplains.coop
• Reeves pulley: Mike Tyler, 749 N. Campbell St., Ridgecrest, CA 93555 | tylermn@earthlink.net
• Root & VanDervoort parts: Mike Schlender, (715) 823-6702
• Rumely (OilPull tractors/company history): Odie Garfield, P.O. Box 58, Munger, MI 48747 | odiesrc@yahoo.com; www.rumely.com
• Scott & Ewing registry: Mark Shulaw, Bluffton, OH | frappi@wcoil.com
• Small engines (Maytag, Briggs & Stratton, Clinton, REO): Joey Bolyard | wrenchtwister28@yahoo.com; www.vintagesmallenginefixer.com
• Stover registry: Joe Maurer, 797 S. Silberman Rd., Pearl City, IL 61062 | (815) 443-2223 | toadhill@aeroinc.net
• Taylor vacuum engines: Rick Inzero | rdi@rochester.rr.com; www.oldengine.org/members/inzero
• Wallace (Glasgow) sleeve valve engines: John A. Burgoyne, 106 Stoney Ridge Rd., Azle, TX 76020 | (817) 401-0320
• Waterloo igniters, Kansas City Faultless igniters: JR Cooney, (937) 244-0476 | hydroelectricgiant@aol.com
• Waterloo, Majestic and Southern registry: Jimmy Priestley, 523 Courtney Ann Dr., McMinnville, TN 37110 | (931) 808-8175 | jimmypriestley@hotmail.com
• Worthington golf course tractors: Don Collins, 2540 Fox Road, Bath, PA 18014 | (610) 837-1732 | worthtrac11@gmail.com
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