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Keith Billet
Senior Member Username: keith
Post Number: 471 Registered: 02-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 08:38 pm: |
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Met a gentleman last week at the Coolspring Power Museum. He was looking for information on an engine he has. I scanned the pictures he had. I can ask for specific profiles if that would help. Keith
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Keith Billet
Senior Member Username: keith
Post Number: 472 Registered: 02-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 08:41 pm: |
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More pictures
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RichardDurgee
Senior Member Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3899 Registered: 11-2001
| Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 09:24 am: |
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* Is the crankshaft offset ? * |
Keith Billet
Senior Member Username: keith
Post Number: 473 Registered: 02-2002
| Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 01:50 pm: |
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Looking at the bearing end caps, it doesn't appear to be off center. Keith |
Nick Rowland
Member Username: nar
Post Number: 23 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 06:55 am: |
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Keith, It looks like an early Cushman. I'm attaching a couple pics of a small stationary one that some of the relation of the Cushman family bought at an auction back in 2004. Not sure about the marine versions but some of the stationary versions were also sold by other companies such as Modern from Chicago. -Nick |
Keith Billet
Senior Member Username: keith
Post Number: 474 Registered: 02-2002
| Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 10:21 am: |
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Thanks Nick, I always thought of Cushman as a maker of farm engines. Looking in Wendel's, he indicates they started by making marine engines about 1902. |
RichardDurgee
Senior Member Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3900 Registered: 11-2001
| Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 10:42 am: |
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* Put in a few hours on this one and Nick's photo showed a Cushman that I had not seen or recorded before. The six spoke wheel and the two bolt-bolt on engine mounts put it on my maybe list but other traits wouldn't match up. with nicks photo I searched and found that Cushman made first engines in 1902, the 1903-04 were the same design with the bolt on manifold and an exact match to Keiths photos. 1903 Rudder 1905 Cushman new design-- later years several design changes. * |
J.B. Castagnos
Senior Member Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1224 Registered: 07-2002
| Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 08:39 pm: |
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Good eye Nick, knowing what it is the flywheel looks like it would go on a Cushman Binder. |