(10 years old), 6225 Middlerose Cr., Louisville, Kentucky
40272
One day when my dad was at work, he was checking a gas line out
in a field and he saw what he thought was a flywheel. He went to
check it out and sure enough, it was an engine!
He decided to find the man who owned this land to see if he
wanted to sell the engine. Dad was so lucky the man said yes! He
came home from work all excited and told me he found another engine
in Breckinridge County and he said the guy was going to sell
it.
That Saturday morning we drove for two hours to buy the engine.
It was covered with mud and there was a snake hole in the water
hopper. Dad was scared to pick it up, but he did, and luckily the
snake was not there.
It was an engine with a saw on it. The guy gave us the wheels
for it and the saw, too. Not all of the parts were there, and the
whole engine was stuck. We brought it home and realized that it was
going to take a lot of work to get it running.
Me, my dad and my grandpa collect engines. We also go to engine
shows. We have nine engines all together, and we only started
collecting in 1992. My mom says we spend too much money, but I hope
she will let us get more engines this year.
