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richarddurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3824
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 02, 2016 - 08:02 pm: | 
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1909 Stop ! Look ! Listen !
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jb_castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1184
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, July 02, 2016 - 09:06 pm: |
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Richard, looks like the west coast mfg shared engineers. 8HP Union, San Francisco
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richarddurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3825
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 02, 2016 - 11:32 pm: |
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This is a 1910 Atlas ad from same magazine as the
top photo.
Does seem these early West Coast Gas engines
shared DNA ?
Great Old Marine Engines !
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giii
Member
Username: giii
Post Number: 12
Registered: 04-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2016 - 08:50 am: |
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The Atlas Gas Engine Co and the Imperial Gas Engine Co of San Francisco had merged as of Jan 1906 into Atlas Imperial Engine Co that later produced the Diesel. Interesting to note that they still produced engines under both names to favor the respective customer base.
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robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 714
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 01:00 am: |
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Does anyone know when Atlas Imperial gave up the open crankcase? The bronze bodied ignitors were gone by the time my 12hp came off the line sometime in the 1920s, as were the roller followers, or perhaps only on the smaller engines. Smaller being a relative term at 1200 lbs. The part about the "conservative rating" rings true! |
giii
Member
Username: giii
Post Number: 13
Registered: 04-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 08:21 am: |
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My early (1906) Atlas Gas Engine 4 cylinder has an enclosed crankcase, I have no idea on smaller engines. Well into the thirties their catalog was only a suggestion of what they were willing to make. Perhaps they supplied open cases to order later than one would expect?
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