Le Roi
Milwaukee, Wis.
Model: MH2
Year: 1924
Horsepower: 8
Serial number: 3840
Weight: 370 pounds
Bore: 3-1/8-inch
Stroke: 4-1/2-inch
Flywheel width: 2-1/2 inches
Flywheel diameter: 14 inches
Governing: throttle-governed
Ignition: modified to distributor, originally
magneto
Interesting fact: This engine was bought by
Ed’s father in 1930 from the company that originally paved State
Highway 2 across Page and Taylor counties in southwest Iowa in 1928
and 1929. It was used on one of their paving machines.
Owner: Ed Malcom
39 Malcom Lane
Pineville, MO 64856
Lambert
Anderson, Ind.
Model: Type 6A
Year: circa 1897-1903
Horsepower: 4
Serial number: 5903
Weight: 800 pounds
Bore: 5-inch
Stroke: 7-1/2-inch
Flywheel width: 2-1/2 inches
Flywheel diameter: 30 inches
Governing: upright flyball governor
Ignition: low-tension igniter, make and
break
Unique features: Articulated governor detent
arm, sideshaft and large bow-shaped igniter return spring,
headless, gravity feed mechanically metered fuel system.
Interesting fact: This engine was designed by
John W. Lambert. Its beginnings come from a patent he was granted
in 1895 (no. 534,163), which covered the general layout found in
most Lambert hit-and-miss engines.
Owner: Wayne Grenning
4233 Cambria Wilson Road
Lockport, NY 14094
Leader
Elmira, N.Y.
Company: Field Forge Pump Co.
Horsepower: 2-1/2
Serial number: 6778
Weight: 315 pounds
Bore: 4-inch
Stroke: 4-1/2-inch
Flywheel width: 2-1/4 inches
Flywheel diameter: 16 inches
Governing: hit-and-miss
Ignition: spark plug, battery and buzz coil
Owner: Darrell Dwyer
3362 E. Greenlee Road
Tuscon, AZ 85716
oldhitmiss@juno.com
Massey-Harris
Toronto, Ontario
Model: Type 2
Year: 1924
Horsepower: 6
Serial number: 6K1071
Weight: around 400 pounds
Bore: 5-1/4-inch
Stroke: 7-inch
Flywheel width: 2-1/2 inches
Flywheel diameter: 28 inches
Governing: throttle-governed
Ignition: WICO EK
Unique features/Interesting fact: The parts
manual shows the carburetor and fuel pump were introduced in 1928
and 1929 respectively. Though Larry bought the engine in pieces
with the carburetor, he had to get the fuel pump and accessories
copied from an original engine in Canada.
Owner: Larry Mortensen
Weslaco, Texas
Maytag
Newton, Iowa
Model: Upright
Year: 1910-1920
Horsepower: 1/2
Flywheel width: 1-1/4 inches
Flywheel diameter: 10 inches
Ignition: spark plug, battery and buzz coil
Unique feature: These 2-cycle engines run fine
in either direction.
Owner: Ernest Champ
10055 E. 550 N.
Peru, IN 46970
If you have an engine beginning with letters N through
Z, and would like it featured in A to Z, please send it to Gas
Engine Magazine, 1503 S.W. 42nd St., Topeka, KS 66609;
eshipps@ogdenpubs.com