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Benson Gray
New member
Username: bgray
Post Number: 2
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 06:45 pm: | 
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The one megabyte image at http://www.canoehullabaloo.com/engine/engine-1.jpg shows the front end. The slightly smaller image at http://www.canoehullabaloo.com/engine/engine-2.jpg shows the back end. The larger image at at http://www.canoehullabaloo.com/engine/engine-3.jpg shows the right side. The even larger image at http://www.canoehullabaloo.com/engine/engine-4.jpg shows the left side.
Any information would be much appreciated. Could it be from T. M. Chapman in Old Town, Maine? The shiny round object is a quarter for scale. Thanks,
Benson |
Benson Gray
New member
Username: bgray
Post Number: 3
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 07:57 pm: |
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I will guess the Thrall-Fishback Motor Co. from Detroit, Michigan based on the other images here at http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/1/91820.html and ask if anyone has a better idea or more details. Thanks,
Benson |
RichardDurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 1645
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 09:13 pm: |
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Thrall-Fishback it is ! By 1910 Thralls had the intake and exhaust together on the side of the cylinder,and had changed name to Thrall Motor Company. With the dual adjustable check valves on the water/pump I would date this eng 1909, cool old eng with the drip oiler on the intake manifold ! Did it have the reverse gear on it that is see in one of the photos ??
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Benson Gray
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Username: bgray
Post Number: 4
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 10:36 pm: |
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Yes, the reverse gear in the background is original and was another clue since it matched the one in the old advertisement that I found here. Thanks for the confirmation!
Benson |
Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 795
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 04:21 pm: |
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Take a good look at the grease cups. It may say Thrall Fishback on them. The red engine in the links above is mine and the grease cups are labled |
