Piersen
Topeka, Kan.
Company: Piersen Telegraph Transmitter Co.
Horsepower: 5
RPM: 950
Serial number: A347
Year: Possibly 1921 or 1922
Bore: 4-inch
Stroke: 5-inch
Weight: 350 pounds
Flywheel width: 3-1/2 inches
Flywheel diameter: 16 inches
Governing: throttle-governed
Ignition: Dixie trip impulse magneto replaced by a Fairbanks
Unique features: This engine was designed by E.B. Cushman, has
hollow flywheels, a built-in radiator, and a hollow crankshaft with
a floating coupler that carries coolant back and forth to the
engine. The valves are angled in the head and one rocker runs both
valves.
Owner: Chuck Hartle, 10899 Hawthorn Road, Plymouth, IN 46563;
(574) 935-4029
Perkins
Mishawaka, Ind.
Company: Perkins Windmill Co.
Horsepower: 3
Serial number: 3494
Year: 1910
Bore: 5-inch
Stroke: 6-inch
Weight: 1,000 pounds
Flywheel width: 2-1/2 inches
Flywheel diameter: 26 inches
Governing: hit-and-miss, vertical flyball governor
Ignition: igniter, battery and coil, battery saver
Unique features: sideshaft
Owner: Glenn Karch, 20601 Old State Road, Haubstadt, IN 47639;
(812) 867-5266; glenn.karch@verizon.net
Pohl
Vernon, N.Y.
Company: George D. Pohl Mfg. Co.
Model: Farmer’s Favorite
Year: 1913
Horsepower: 6
Serial number: 1657
Bore: 5-1/2-inch
Stroke: 9-inch
Weight: 1,200 pounds
Flywheel width: 1-1/2 inches
Flywheel diameter: 36 inches
Governing: throttle-governed
Ignition: igniter, battery and coil
Owner: Woody Sins, 3 Edna Terrace, New Hartford, NY 13413;
hitnmiss1@juno.com
Pontiac Tractor Co.
Pontiac, Mich.
Year: 1916-1920
Bore: 3-3/4-inch
Stroke: 4-inch
Weight: 200 pounds
Flywheel width: 2-1/4 inches
Flywheel diameter: 14 inches
Governing: hit-and-miss ; throttle-governed
Ignition: battery, spark plug, buzz coil
Unique feature: Camshaft and igniter run by a bike chain.
Owner of above engines: Joseph Tiltman, 304 Center St., Holly,
MI 48442; (248) 634-7996
Model: A
Type: XL
Year: 1930
Horsepower: 4
Serial number: 1071
Bore: 3-3/4-inch
Stroke: 4-inch
Weight: 225 pounds
Flywheel width: 2-5/16 inches
Flywheel diameter: 14-1/8 inches
Governing: throttle-governed
Ignition: battery and buzz coil
Unique features: Roller main bearings, re-tagged by Frost
Insecticide Co., Arlington, Mass. Both Pontiac engines seen above
and below are headless, have fully enclosed crankcases, Mayer
carburetors, flywheels slotted to drive a sprayer pump and bosses
in the hopper to heat insecticide mix and cool the engine.
Owner of engines: Douglas R. Kimball, 6 Wildflower Lane,
Kennebunk, ME 04043; doug11k@adelphia.net
Year: 1920s
Bore: 3-3/4-inch
Stroke: 4-inch
Weight: 200 pounds
Flywheel width: 2-1/16 inches
Flywheel diameter: 13-7/8 inches
Governing: throttle-governed
Ignition: battery and buzz coil
Unique features: Babbitt main bearings
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