[SEL] RE: Caille Upright

[ROGER DIRUSCIO]

Here is the link to some caille engines
  
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1659491&a=31672891&f=
   
  here is a link to a Sandow
  http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1659491&a=32006548&f=0
   
  I hope its of some help
  
chuck emsweller <clemsweller at earthlink.net> wrote:
  Hey Arnie,

I will see about getting some recent pictures up. I have tried to get
some history on this particular engine, but have not been very
successful. I obtained it 4 years ago from a good friend that we have
shown engines with for the past 25 years. He had a stroke about 10
years ago and decided it was time to auction off most of his collection.
He can't talk or write anymore so I wasn't able to get much about where
we found it. We do see that he gets to 6-8 shows each year with us! 

When I obtained the engine, it was missing the fuel injector nozzle. I
had just about given up on finding an original part and was prepared to
have one manufactured when by luck and my Dad's persistence, one was
found at Portland. 

>From my research, I have found that Caille, Sundow, Detroit and Bessemer
all had the same basic engine, but that's about as far as I have been
able to discover. There was an article in the November 1999 "The Old
Machinery Magazine" by Fred Little about the restoration of a 1911 4hp
Caille. Mine looks pretty much like that one. But I believe it to be a
size smaller.

I will see about posting some pictures here in the next few days. If
you have any more history on these little engines, I'd love to hear it.

Thanks!

Chuck Emsweller

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:47 PM
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Subject: [SEL] RE: Caille Upright

Hi Chuck,

I'm really interested in the Caille. Any chance of pictures? There's
some
really interesting history out there in terms of the development of this
two-stroke engine. Caille, Middleditch, Detroit, and Bessemer are all
fully
involved. Do you have any history or background info on the engine?

See ya, Arnie





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