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Ernie
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 04:54 pm: | 
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Hey Mr Durgee,
Do you have any info on this one?
Pics below.
Thanks Ernie |
Ernie
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 05:13 pm: |
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OK lets try again.
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andrew
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 07:02 pm: |
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Ernie,
That is an interesting engine. I don't know anything about it other that someone mentioning it once when I was looking for information on the Lion Engine made in Camden, NJ (different spelling).
I am familiar with Nahant, as I'm sure you are too. It is not the sort of place where much heavy industry took place... although they did build various "Boston Fishing Dories" there. I wonder if this engine was built for a fishing dory or if C.L. Lyon was actually a boat builder.
You might remember that a year or more ago a woman by the name of Beth from the Hull Livesaving Museum posted to the old board looking for information on Power Dories. They might have some information on C.L. Lyon. I have her email address if you need it.
Regards,
Andrew |
richarddurgee
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 08:42 pm: |
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Ernie:Going through my index of marine eng makers
1920 and earlier, I do not find "Lyon".
Trying to date engs I have found that tags themselves can put an eng in a certain group of years by the wording,changes in design,styles of
font,patent nos,lack of patent nos,thickness of metal,the abbreviations (co. Inc. maker etc).also
a place for serial nos and Hp rating, oiling instructions etc lend info to manufacturing dates.
The "Lyon" tag above shows no tel-tail evidence that it was from a real manufacturer.Many home mades and self assembled kits that someone went one step further to make his own I.D. plate. or by
the looks of the engine it was from a larger manufacturer and the tag-plate was changed, as Andrew suggests by a boat builder?? Got a good set of photos for the Engine ?? Maybe we can put a known Makers name to it and solve part of the puzzle ! |
Ernie
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 10:02 pm: |
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Richard,
I only have the 2 pics shown here. I have looked the engine over very well and the only similarity I see to another mfr is the flywheel. More than 4 holes is rather odd except for Bridgeport, I think. However this engine is tiny, flywheel about 12 in. I don't think Bridgeport made an engine this small. The throttle in the transfer port is also somewhat odd. It does use a "Palmer" style ignitor which was also used by many other mfrs,Lathrop and Stanley to name a couple.
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Ernie |
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