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andrew
| | Posted on Monday, February 25, 2002 - 08:51 am: | 
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Russell Ward sent in the following info:
"I picked up the 5hp Frisco last weekend and after a bit of work on freeing up valves and timing etc decided it was time to wind her over and see if she could speak. I got a few healthy belches from the exhaust by which time I had to pack it in. I will try next weekend. I have attached a couple of pics. The engine number is 3245 and she was in a local ferry for nearly all her life before being pensioned off in the 50's. The gearbox is mostly there but very rusty. The original carburettor has been replaced by a Schebler. My other Frisco has all the original parts.
I also have included a shot of a brass plate of a 20hp Union engine. The plate was on the mantlepiece of a friend's tudy/sittingroom/kitchen (you know what engine people can be like I think it is a universal trait). Now this would be an engine worth tracking down but I would think that that size would have made it prime pickings for the wartime (WW2) scrap metal drive.
I have installed a 4hp Stuart in a 14' hull built to the Kingfisher plans in Stan Grayson's Old Marine Engines -The world of the one lunger- book. I have not taken a pic as yet but will when I have finished. It is a nice little boat for a nice little engine. I have had it for 25 years all original with f&r gearbox.
Will keep in touch. I actually have a video of my other Frisco being started after rebuild."
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Tom Stranko
| | Posted on Monday, February 25, 2002 - 07:20 pm: |
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Most of the replies I keep coming up with are some variation on "you lucky so&so!!" :-) |
Bill Schaller
| | Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 07:21 pm: |
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mark schaefer
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 03:42 pm: |
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I am interested in any info on standard gas engine co., pictures would be great if i could see more of the detail of the arrangements of components. any other places to find info would help. |
rholcomb
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 09:39 pm: |
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Hello mark,try my site http://robertholcomb.home.comcast.net
look under engines bob |
Tim Hoehn
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 12:42 pm: |
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Here is the Frisco Standard Shop in Oakland, California, circa 1912. The Standard Gas Engine Company was prospering when this photograph was taken. This is the South half of the assembling floor, which was 240 feet long and 40 feet wide. This was just part of the factory. A similar-size area housed the stock and packing room while the floor above contained machinery and small engine assembly areas. In common with other California-built engines, the 'Frisco Standard was a heavy-duty, four-cycle, equipped with make-and-break ignition.
The Standard Gas Engine Company of San Francisco is not to be confused with the Standard Motor Company of Jersey City, New Jersey, another early manufacturer of marine engines. |
Denny
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 12:38 am: |
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Hi,
I'm after any info on the frisco 4 poster engine.
My one seems complete bar the magneto. I'm in New Zealand and haven't come across any others yet.
What sort of mag did she have ??
How to start ??
Any thing on the company that made these engines.
This would be of great help to me.
Cheers, Denny |
andrew
| | Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 10:37 pm: |
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Denny,
Do you know Russell Ward (see the top post), I think he is in Australia or New Zealand. There seem to be a lot of Frisco Standards down under, I think some were even made there... I don't know if it was approved or if they were "knock offs". |
Hugh Webb
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| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 07:08 pm: |
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I have a 3cyl, 50 hp, Frisco Standard which I am in the process of recovering from the bush. It is 8 3/4" bore x 10 1/2" stroke, weighs in at about 3 ton. Still has reverse gear attached. It is the Panama Pacific Model of 1915 and came out of a wrecked fishing boat around 1951 for use in a sawmill. Any info on anyone who has a large Standard anywhere would be helpful.
Tks
Hugh Webb
Golden Bay
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