2145 Shilhon Road Duluth, Minnesota 55804
These are pictures of an engine I just restored. This engine was
a flower pot in Two Harbors, Minnesota, for maybe 50 or 60 years.
When I got it, there were flowers coming out of the hopper; there
was no carburetor or ignitor bracket on it, so it was exposed to
the weather.
This is a Sun-Power 5 HP, serial number 4187, 4′ bore by
8′ stroke. I am enclosing a tracing of the nametag, which reads
‘The Source from Which All Power Flows’ on top. A friend
pinstriped the engine and painted the hopper sides the same as the
nametag. I hand-painted the engine with a brush. I had to put a
sleeve in it and make new valves and springs.
When I got it, the dirt in the hopper was right to the top of
the hopper. I think that helped to save the engine, as there were
no cracks anywhere. The fuel tank base was full of red clay nearly
to the top, so it was a real ‘ bear’ to clean up.
Doesn’t even leak.
I asked many collectors what color a Sun-Power engine would be.
Nobody came up with the same answer, so I decided to paint it
yellow like the sun. Then I made the moving parts blue like the
sky, and all fuel parts red.
A friend of mine, Bill Young, gave me several oak 3×5 pieces, so
I have been making some carts for engines from them.