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billschaller
Senior Member
Username: billschaller
Post Number: 141
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 08:00 am: | 
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this is not mine, but looks nice.
Unusual Vintage Hit Miss Gas Engine Boat Motor Item number: 170169137063
http://cgi.ebay.com/Unusual-Vintage-Hit-Miss-Gas-Engine-Boat-Motor_W0QQitemZ1701 69137063QQihZ007QQcategoryZ63945QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
miro
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 297
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 04:39 pm: |
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The drip oiler in the intake pipe looks to be factory installed .
miro |
bartropr
Member
Username: bartropr
Post Number: 26
Registered: 06-2006
| | Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 04:12 pm: |
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What year do you think this engine is and what hp might it be? Is it unusal not to have a makers plate? |
searcher
Senior Member
Username: searcher
Post Number: 211
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 05:45 pm: |
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At the risk of sounding picky, that crankshaft sticks out an awful long ways and the flywheel looks much thinner than the typical flywheel on a marine engine. Are both of those features characteristic of the Detroit family? |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 767
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 06:47 pm: |
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Looks normal to me.
A twin doesn't need as much flywheel as a single
A lot of the Detroits didn't have tags
My 2 cents worth, most likely half a cent worth |
searcher
Senior Member
Username: searcher
Post Number: 213
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 07:38 pm: |
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You are probably right. I don't think I've ever seen a two cylinder engine of the Detroit family so I have no first hand knowledge of them.
The long crankshaft just looked awkward to me. I wouldn't have noticed had it not been for some recent experience with a Knox and a Gray/Dubrie that also had oddly long crankshafts. It wasn't until I got a real close look that I realized both engines had been apart at some point and then reassembled with the cranks reversed. The giveaway was the baffle on the piston, it was reversed in relation to the port. |
johnny
Senior Member
Username: johnny
Post Number: 128
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 12:21 pm: |
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My guess would be that if it is a engine built by Detroit Engine Works then it is a very early one. Because it has to many differences from the twin Detroit's built from about 1909 & up. |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 768
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 03:00 pm: |
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From looking at the pics again the timer says It's a Gile.
In fact I just found this;
http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/1/96230.html
and this
http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/1/104688.html |
sfsorrow
Member
Username: sfsorrow
Post Number: 6
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 07:12 pm: |
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is this a detroit? |
johnny
Senior Member
Username: johnny
Post Number: 140
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 09:09 pm: |
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Here are a few pic's of twin cylinder marine engines manufactured by Detroit Engine Works around the 1909-1910 time period. What do you think? There were a lot of different companies that used this style wet exhaust manifold and some of the companies were not even from the Detroit area or state of Michigan. I say it is not a Detroit Engine Works or related engine but thats just my opinion and we all know about opinions.
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johnny
Senior Member
Username: johnny
Post Number: 142
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 09:31 am: |
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Does anyone have any literature for the Planhard carburetor thats on this twin? Apparently the carb was used on Detroit's. I would like to post the literature on my website for other collector to see.
John |
