Company: Witte Engine Works, Kansas City,
Mo.
Year: 1925
Horsepower: 2
RPM: 600
Bore: 3-3/4-inch
Stroke: 5-inch
Flywheel diameter: 16 inches
Flywheel width: 1-3/4 inches
Governing: Throttle
Ignition: WICO EK spark plug
Owner:
Ben Hilton
2579 Blackburn Bridge Road
Maiden, NC 28650
Witte
Kansas City, Mo.
Company: Witte Engine Works, Kansas City,
Mo.
Year: 1922
Horsepower: 2
Bore: 3-3/4-inch
Stroke: 5-inch
Owner:
Robert Peacock
4658 Diablo Drive
Cottonwood, AZ 86326
Company: Witte Engine Works, Kansas City,
Mo.
Model: Experimental
Year: 1932
Horsepower: 1-1/2
Serial number: 92744X Special
Bore: 3-1/4-inch
Stroke: 4-1/2-inch
Flywheel diameter: 14-1/2 inches
Flywheel width: 1-5/8 inches
Governing: Throttle
Ignition: WICO model FGB
Unique features: The second of two experimental
engines built with larger Timken roller bearings, as the 2 HP
J&K engines have. Very similar to the Model U; originally sold
to M.H. Mott, of McGraw, N.Y., Nov. 28, 1932.
Owner:
Jim Beauchamp
E8925 Reo Ave.
Westby, WI 54667
Company: Witte Engine Works, Kansas City,
Mo.
Year: Late 1930s
Horsepower: 1-1/2
Bore: 3-1/4-inch
Stroke: 4-inch
Weight: 185 pounds
Flywheel diameter: 14-1/4 inches
Flywheel width: 1-5/8 inches
Owner:
Ed Woodley
710 N. McKenzie
Luverne, MN 56156
Wolverine
Jackson, Mich.
Company: Field-Brundage Co., Jackson, Mich.
Model: Wolverine
Year: 1912-1916
Horsepower: 3
RPM: 450
Bore: 4-1/2-inch
Stroke: 7-1/2-inch
Weight: 900 pounds (shipping)
Flywheel diameter: 24 inches
Flywheel width: 2-1/2 inches
Governing: Hit-and-miss
Ignition: Webster Tri-Polar magneto and
igniter
Unique features: The paint is not original.
This was an attempt to get my son, who is a Michigan Wolverine fan,
interested in the engine hobby.
Owner:
Robert Jensen
209 Scott St.
Audubon, IA
50025
(515) 490-8648
rjensen@fccoop.com
Company: Witte Engine Works, Kansas City,
Mo.
Model: B
Year: 1950
Horsepower: 10
Serial number: 40548
Bore: 5-inch
Stroke: 6-inch
Flywheel width: 1-5/8 inches
Unique features: Oil field engine from Kansas
oil fields.
Owner:
Dick Christiansen
P.O. Box 669
Newell, IA 50568
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manufactured in a state or country beginning with letters A-C, and
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