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Aermotor Company Chicago, Illinois
My father found this engine in Lake Alfred Florida.
The City of Lake Alfred used the engine to run a pump that pumped
water up to the Cities water tower. The engine was manufactured in Detroit Michigan sometime between 1908 & 1915.
One of the first fuel
injection engines made. Sold new for $147.00 in (1908). Restoration by Heller Davis. I purchased this engine from a fellow collector at
the Florida Flywheelers show. The photo on the far left is what the
engine looked like when I purchased it. As you can see the engine was not restored and missing most all the governor parts with exception of the
fly weight. The governor parts were replaced and the
engine is completely restored now. This is one of the very first fuel injection type engines. Injection system
pressurized from the crank case. The photo below is a close up of
the top cap for the Peterson fuel reservoir on this engine. Engine restoration by John Davis &
Heller Davis.
Eclipse # 3 two horse power hit & miss
manufactured by Fairbanks, Morse & Co. Beloit, Wisconsin 1934 to 1941. This
engine was originally designed to be used on a pump jack for pumping water
when there was no wind for the wind mills. Also was used on other
farm equipment. Above photos show it being used on a mixer. The
mixer could be used for cement, mortar, plaster, mueller, etc..
Owner: (Heller Davis)
___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Galloway 5 hp,
manufactured by the William Galloway Co. Waterloo, Iowa. This
particular engine has a round connecting rod which I believe was used on
the early model Galloway's. Above are
the before and after restoration photos. Restoration by Heller Davis.
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Nelson Brothers 1-3/4hp,
Manufactured by Nelson Bros Co. Saginaw, Michigan. The engine was sold
by a (Jobbing house) called United Factories Co. Cleveland,
Ohio. "Unito" was their trade mark name. The engines
were sold with Unito embossed brass name tags and Unito painted on the
hoppers. The photos above are before and after restoration. Restoration
by (John Davis). ______________________________________________________________________
1910 International Victor 2hp manufactured by International Harvester Chicago, Illinois. When my father got this engine it was a basket case, everything was apart. As you can tell it has been re-assembled and completely restored. You don't see as many of the International Victor engines like this one, most are the Famous or the Titan type engines. Restoration by Heller Davis.
These two engines were manufactured by the Maytag Co. Newton, Iowa. The
engines were used to run Maytag washing machines to wash clothes.
1904 Old's Engine Model 2A, 2-hp
Manufactured by Olds Gasoline Engine Works Lansing, Michigan. This
engine came from the factory mounted to this Meyers double action water well pump
with 5 inch bore. Olds claimed that the pump was capable of throwing a
stream 85 feet under a pressure of 100 PSI. Restoration by Heller
Davis.
Peerless 3hp manufactured by the Peerless Motor Co. Lansing, Michigan. First produced in (1908) the engine was called the "Butcher Boy" used in some meat markets to run their saw's. The tank above the cylinder held water to keep the engine cool. That's my father Heller Davis in the photo, he did the restoration on this engine.
Petter Junior (Little Pet) 1.5 hp early series 1, S/N 1063. I purchased this engine from a engine collector-seller at one of our shows here in Florida. He acquired the engine from a farmer in Orms Town Quebec, Canada. According to the records from the Petter factory there were originally 300 of this style engine produced. Serial numbers 1000 through 1300. Due to problems with the engine at least 70 were known to be returned to the factory by customers for refund. There are around 10 of these engine known to exist at this time most of them are located in England or Australia. Restoration is currently in progress, below are some update photo's. New white metal bronze bushings for the mains, Added seals to the mains, New piston rings, New wrist pin, New Jet nozzle on the carburetor, New check ball & screw on carburetor, New inner return tube on carburetor reservoir, New diaphragm for fuel pump.
 Waterloo contract engine 1-1/2 or 2 hp hit & miss. |
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