THREE HORSE POWER AIR COOLED ENGINE

By Staff
Published on January 1, 1987
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400 4th St., S.W. Watertown, South Dakota 57201

I was amazed to read how many different makes of engines were
manufactured by the Nelson Brothers and sold by other companies
bearing different trade names.

Here is a picture of a 3 HP air cooled engine and a close up of
the brass name plate manufactured by Nelson Brothers Co., Saginaw,
Michigan. One unique feature of this engine is that it cranks
counter-clockwise.

In the American Gasoline Engine book it mentions that Nelson
Brothers manufactured a series of small air colled engines in the
1930s.

I take in as many thrashing bees and engine shows as I can
throughout South Dakota and Minnesota each summer, but I have never
seen an engine like it. If anyone has an engine like mine, I would
like to hear from them.

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