old hit & miss engines and early tractors

['73 H1 Triple]

I stopped over at my former neighbor's friday at lunch and took pics of hit & miss engines until my batteries went dead. Sam is now 87 and still doing great

He has an exact copy of your Fairbanks 3hp Model Z ( his is a 1920 mfg ) that he purchased about 1950.



Here's the governor set up


He had that in the "engine house" right next to the barn. Here is the 5hp Challenge engine that his Dad purchased brand new in 1902 right in Lansdale,PA ( 10 miles away ) at J.L. Freed. The business is still running and is currently a Cadillac & Honda dealer.





Original bill of sale

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He's got this Cletrac track tractor too




This was sitting right behind it.


He sold his big steamer and got this smaller one


Went in the building and it was even better than I remembered



How 'bout this one, twin cylinder 40 hp


Here's one that was made right down the hard road from my friend Bill.




Here's an early International Harvester


Here's a steel wheeled Traylor tractor


Here's one of his rubber tire John Deere


Too new for you? How about steel wheels?





When we were heading back to the house, I spied this back in the engine house. It's one of the first Maytag washer engines which allowed clothes to be washed in a MACHINE




I'll be heading back with plenty of batteries and a notepad to get the history on as many of these engines as I can. Sam started collecting these in the 30s and is still at it

Jeff