[SEL] ATIS Christmas Charity Auction?

[James Moran]

Reply to Arnie's email-
 1.  You can see  some images of  the engine (IHC "M", I believe/the tag is missing)  by going to "public.fotki.com/mikesloane/jim morans discoveries".   As mentioned previously, my appreciation to Mike Sloane for this  posting effort.  Should there be any difficulty with the download,  he may be contacted at mikesloane at verizon.net.
 2.  The  flywheels are 18" in diameter.  In terms of condition, it is what  it is.  It is stuck and there are components missing (e.g., fuel  tank).  The mag is a Wico and the machine had been mounted to a  wooden skid, a portion of which remains.  
 3.   Understand this FULLY...I have next-to-no knowledge of h-'n-m  goods.  However, in "lurking" around the SEL site, I am abundantly  aware of not only your (collective) skills but (perhaps of greater  significance), your (again collective) enthusiasm for the engines and  the importance of their preservation.  It seems to me that you are  a group of men and women who assist each other willingly and with a  high degree of eagerness.  Perhaps with your experience, your  access to the needed "bits and pieces", and your apparent love of a  challenge, this old girl could once again (at least) make some  noise.  Then again, maybe its future is nothing more than a parts  item.  I honestly don't know and admit to nothing further. 8^)
  4.  No, sorry.  I am not proposing donation but, rather,  selling it for a fair price to someone who understands the situation.
  5.  Again, there are many other "things" at the site.  I know  what some are and I don't have a clue as to the purpose of others.
  Let me know, please.
  Jim Moran

Arnie Fero <fero_ah at city-net.com> wrote:  Hi Jim,

Would you provide the list with a little more info on the engine?  What
model?  IHC made a great many different engines and they vary hugely in
terms of desirability.  What HP?  What condition & completeness?  Are you
proposing to donate it to the ATIS Charity Auction or are you offering it
up for sale?

See ya,  Arnie

Arnie Fero
Pittsburgh, PA
fero_ah at city-net.com

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, James Moran wrote:

>  As some of you are aware from various postings in the recent past, I am  in the process of re mediating and (generally) cleaning up a 77 acre  parcel which will be put on the market in the next few months. Among  the "relics" that came to my attention were the McCormick-Deering 10-20  and the IHC engine.
> The 10-20 has been sold to a fine fellow in  my area who intends to begin restoration. He has the time, tools, and  (most importantly) the know-how to accomplish this. Note that I possess  none of the three above-mentioned qualities. I am, however, a believer  in preservation of such items and I am pleased that, rather than going  to the scrap heap, the tractor will again "see life" though virtue of  this gentleman's skilled eyes and hands.
> Now, this leaves the  engine in which the tractor restoration fellow had no interest. Is  there anyone in the Rochester, New York area would be inclined to  affect a restoration on this old soldier? Know, too, that there are  other implements strew about the landscape on this property that just  might be of interest (threshers, buzz saws, belts, plows, planters,  etc.)
> If anyone out there is close enough and is at all  interested in this "opportunity" (I use that term loosely, here) please  let me know via return email.
> Please do not view this message  as being one of "commerce". I am most assuredly NOT in the "old iron"  business. Rather, please think of this concept as being more along the  lines "preservation".

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