Wonder
Waterloo, Iowa
Company: Associated Manufacturers Co.,
Waterloo, Iowa
Model: Chore Boy
Year: Circa 1923
Horsepower: 2
Bore: 3-3/4-inch
Stroke: 5-inch
Flywheel diameter: 18 inches
Flywheel width: 2 inches
Governing: Hit-and-miss
Ignition: Low-tension igniter with rotary
magneto
Unique features: This is a contract engine for
the Wonder Cement Mixer Company. The gas tank for the this engine
is mounted in the base. Wonder upgraded the horsepower from 1-1/2
to 2 HP before 1924 when Associated went to the Iowa Oversize
rating.
Owner:
Dean and Helene Suhr
3525 E. Hawser St.
Tucson, AZ 85739
Woodpecker
Middleton, Ohio
Company: Middleton Machine Co., Middleton,
Ohio
Horsepower: 6
Bore: 6-inch
Stroke: 8-inch
Flywheel diameter: 28-1/2 inches
Flywheel width: 2-13/16 inches
Governing: Hit-and-miss
Ignition: Battery and buzz coil, and auto
sparker
Unique features: Electric starting
Owner:
Michael Perry
2497 Sue Ann Lane
Flint, MI 48507
Worthington
Milwaukee, Wis.
Company: Worthington Pump & Machinery
Corp., Milwaukee, Wis.
Year: 1923
Serial number: B39925W
Horsepower: 2-1/2
Bore: 4-inch
Stroke: 5-inch
Flywheel diameter: 20 inches
Flywheel width: 2-1/8 inches
Governing: Throttle-governed
Unique features: Sold by Agar Cross & Co.
Ltd. in Argentina, Buenos Aires; all original paint, Argentine
decal, cast iron muffler and pulley.
Owner:
Boris Heshka
53080 Range Road 223
Andorossan, Alberta, Canada
T8E 2M3
Ziegler-Schryer
Freeport, Ill.
Company: Ziegler-Schryer Co., Freeport,
Ill.
Year: 1909-1911
Serial number: 40548
Horsepower: 1-1/2
Bore: 3-1/2-inch
Stroke: 4-1/2-inch
Flywheel diamter: 17 inches
Flywheel width: 1-1/2 inches
Governing: Hit-and-miss
Ignition: Low-tension coil (igniter)
Unique features: Dual tags – Duplex Mfg. Co.
tag was never stamped with serial number, speed or HP; one of two
1-1/2 HP known
Owner:
Jim White
7821 Dewberry Lane
Cedar Hill, MO 63016
Hit-and-miss@ruralcom.net
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