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Randy Molho
New member
Username: rustngreese
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2012
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 08:28 pm: | 
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I am new to this forum and I saw this engine one time at one of our local tractor/engine shows. I would love to know the manufacturer of this great piece of mechanical art. I hope one of you guys can help me. Thanks, Randy |
Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 490
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 08:35 pm: |
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What part of the country was it in? It resembles a Schaake at a glance. |
Randy Molho
New member
Username: rustngreese
Post Number: 2
Registered: 12-2012
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 08:41 pm: |
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I don't know except that it showed up a couple of summers ago at our show and I really admired it for the interesting design. |
Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1594
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2012 - 08:35 am: |
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Looking closely there are a lot of parts the look like Buffalo.
However still only a guess |
miro forest
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 644
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2012 - 09:30 pm: |
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Could it be a Standard? The upright posts don't look as beefy as some Standards I've seen, but this one looks like one I've seen in a boat up here in Muskoka.
miro |
Robert B. Price
Senior Member
Username: rbprice
Post Number: 414
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 07:22 am: |
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Doug Charles, the Standard expert, doesn't think it is a Standard but probably a Canadian engine.
Where is Bruce Goss when we need him? :o) |
Keith Billet
Senior Member
Username: keith
Post Number: 369
Registered: 02-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 09:16 am: |
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New York Safety Valve? |
Randy
New member
Username: rustngreese
Post Number: 3
Registered: 12-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 10:21 am: |
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Thanks for all of the responses from you guys! I looked up Schaake as Robert suggested that it might be and it does look similar to the photo I saw but the engine was a different model. I guess Schaake's were made in New Westminster, British Columbia which would fit with Robert's last posting. |
Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 494
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 10:55 am: |
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Randy, Schaake engines were also made in Seattle, or at least retailed there. Schaake later advertised the Cowie engine as one of their products, but it resembles this engine and their earlier engines, so perhaps they were all Cowie designs. I see no Johnson Bar holes in the flywheel and that would fit with Schaake's statement that there was "absolutely no cranking with the Cowie....starts with compressed air from the throttle."
You didn't tell us where the engine was displayed? |
Robert B. Price
Senior Member
Username: rbprice
Post Number: 415
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 07:48 pm: |
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More info from Doug Charles -
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Randy
Member
Username: rustngreese
Post Number: 4
Registered: 12-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 11:42 pm: |
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The engine in the photo was at our local tractor and engine show that we hold twice a year in Vista, CA (near San Diego). Our shows are held the 2nd and 3rd weekends in June and October. Very few marine engines are usually seen there but once in awhile you will see one like a Frisco Standard or a Buffalo. I don't own a marine engine myself but I have always enjoyed looking at them at shows. |
