[SEL] Great Engine Day

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Carl,
    You're a lucky dude.  There aren't many of these things left in 
barns and out buildings.  I got a 2 HP H FM and a 6 HP Novo about 30 
years ago almost the same way.  The guy had the old hunks of iron and 
they were sitting beside his barn.  Several engine folks knew they were 
there but I guess no one ever approached him the right way.  I got them 
both for $50.  Those were the days.....

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


> Last fall I picked up a 1913 Fairbanks H hit&miss and a pre 1918 Novo 3 HP
>which had been stored in a ole Gents barn for the last 60 years. He would'nt
>put a price on them but would take bids so I put in a low bid and forgot
>about them. Two weeks later I got a call that they were mine. I was the only
>one to show up. When I went to pick them up he handed me a bag with 2 buzz
>coils and 8 never used Champion Gas Engine Special spark plugs. Long story
>short the H fired and ran yesterday for the first time in over 60 plus
>years, after I remembered it needed gas in the tank to do that. Now onto the
>Novo before winter is over.
>
>Carl McGhee
>Battle Creek, Michigan
>USA
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